Drug Interdiction / Narcotics
The Drug Interdiction / Narcotics topic covers all aspects of drug enforcement, from highway or border interdiction to undercover infiltration into gangs or drug cartels. From marijuana and cocaine to prescription pills and heroin, this topic covers it all.
Police1 and Louisiana State University (LSU) asked officers from across the country to share their opinions
The promise of less crime and calls for service that would accompany legalization of marijuana remains unfulfilled
Overall, police leaders and students have different views about how drugs should be treated for hiring officers
Global crackdown on so-called Darknet sites that sell illegal drugs is one of the largest stings against the virtual organized crime world
Man confessed to operating a spinoff version of the shuttered website, which enabled more than 100K people to buy and sell illegal drugs over the Internet
Voter-approved initiative reduces penalties for drug possession and other nonviolent crimes
Police in Northern California are investigating who gave a plastic bag of methamphetamine to a young girl on Halloween
Micah Dailey’s mug shot shows him sporting a green T-shirt with the Monopoly board game order to “Go Directly to Jail” stenciled on it
Bo followed his fleeing master, who was being pursued by officers
The Backscatter Z is about 9 pounds and requires little training to use
32-year-old Jesse Valdez III was driving in his patrol car when an SUV crossed into oncoming traffic at an intersection and slammed into him
Officers say they found several bags of marijuana inside suspect’s apartment
Judge on Monday dismissed a pending felony drug case after Officer Darren Wilson failed to show up in court
The newest DRE device from Ocular Data Systems is on display at IACP 2014
Officials say the estimated 10,000 abandoned dwellings in Gary serve as magnets for drug dealers, squatters and others seeking cover for criminal acts
An agent from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency was shot in the elbow Monday morning as he and other agents were serving a search warrant
36-year-old man was found unresponsive Friday in a holding cell at a Border Patrol checkpoint between Carlsbad, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas
Facebook wants assurances from the Drug Enforcement Administration that it’s not operating any more fake profile pages as part of ongoing investigations
Set up account using photos and other personal information of woman arrested in drug case to trick friends and associates into revealing drug secrets
At one point, the dispatcher noted that she could hear a bubbling sound as if something was cooking
If officers don’t take the right steps to ensure their personal safety on scene of a BHO lab, they can find themselves the next victims in a BHO explosion
A case from NC turns on whether an officer’s mistaken belief about a state law still can justify a traffic stop that led to the discovery of cocaine
The scouts use solar panels, encrypted radios and cellphones to warn smugglers when police or agents get close
Local police are upset that they were denied access to information about the case; county police are investigating the theft charges
Man was angry about a pot possession arrest when he drove a tractor over six cruisers and a van owned by the Orleans County Sheriffs’ Department in 2012
Two men were dressed in black SWAT team gear and one was wearing a sheriff’s office uniform armed with a handgun
Suspect’s attorney wants the charge dismissed because he doesn’t expect Darren Wilson, who didn’t attend the preliminary hearing, to show up in court
2010 cavity search did turn up cocaine, and the suspect was charged with a federal drug crime
High school handed out marijuana-laced lollipops to classmates at her high school, and one student was hospitalized
Suspect filmed the incident on cell phone camera and later uploaded it to YouTube with claims of police harassment
Most tickets were issued by a single police officer who disagrees with the legal pot law
After the agent entered the parked vehicle and inspected the drugs, the suspects brandished an AK-47 and a pistol
