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.
As drug diversion escalates within healthcare, how can police improve response and communication with hospitals?
For starters, it’s not cannabis – learn what to look for on the street, how to protect yourself and how to gather evidence when dealing with these illicit chemicals
While the arrival of a drug detector team was fortuitous in this case, the critical factor was that the trooper performed the business of the traffic stop in good order
Across the country, a modern-day crime more typically associated with the Old West — cattle rustling — is plaguing the livestock industry
There has been a big resurgence in heroin mainly because a legitimate prescription drug — Oxycontin — is now much more difficult to obtain
The oil boom in the Bakken shale fields has touched off an explosion of growth and wealth on this remote wind-swept prairie. But it has also brought a dark side
Troopers took notice of a nervous Rodlofo Hernandez-Flores and uncovered $250K in drugs
The green light comes as the department is finalizing its new financial investigations seizure team targeting drug traffickers’ assets
While no one expected the state’s first-in-the-nation recreational sales would eliminate the need for dangerous underground sales overnight, the violence has raised concerns
Police in East Texas have arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer
U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said the discoveries foiled cartel plans to sneak large quantities of drugs across the border
Suspect was arrested on charges of battery of a police officer, resisting arrest with violence, and disturbing the peace
Alarmed by an increase in opiate drug overdose fatalities, officers in some police departments are carrying and administering antidotes on the scene to stem drug deaths in their communities
Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation’s oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld
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Seven years ago, when Skip Holbrook took over the Huntington Police Department in West Virginia, he faced a big problem called Fairfield West
An anonymous tip led officers to suspect, who told investigators he was high on Xanax and marijuana when he shot the patrol car with a 10-gauge shotgun
Buffalo firefighters believe they have the exclusive right to administer Narcan, a lifesaving antidote to forestall the effects of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses
The ring was extremely well-armed with about 100 firearms including AR-15 assault rifles, an AK-47 pistol with a drum magazine, a grenade launcher, bulletproof body armor and thousands of rounds of ammunition
A man believed to be high on PCP was arrested after he climbed on top of an SUV, taunted police, and stripped naked
Circuit Judge Victoria Brennan put Richard Masten on probation and ordered that he complete a memo about the law governing disclosure of anonymous tips
What started as a single arrest for a drug-related bench warrant turned into an hour-long crime spree
For disobeying the order, Richard Masten was found in contempt of court Friday by Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Victoria R. Brennan
Steven Brian Keith, 58, died about 7 hours after he was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint, EMTs assumed he was faking a seizure
Suspect was in a hurry to sell his stash of Percocet pills because he is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for a 2012 drug case
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug traffickers
Agent Joaquín Correa-Ortega and Sgt. Victor Perez were both fired upon while undercover conducting an arms purchase
Video captures a mother on a bus nodding in and out of consciousness while her young daughter tries to wake her up
“Reefer Sanity” affirms the field observations of an experienced drug recognition expert
The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled the campaign Thursday to put an end to driving under the influence of marijuana
Police are jumping into the marijuana-regulation effort out of fear that the state is inevitably moving toward a sanctioned industry with or without their input
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