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.
Training, mental health resources are essential to support first responders facing both the opioid crisis and COVID-19 outbreak
While preliminary data shows no significant change in overdose numbers, one agency describes how stay-at-home orders have impacted overdose locations and outreach efforts
Out of a series of conversations between the feds and rural cops comes a report detailing the dire issues facing those who police small-town America
Police say dispatcher Vicki Boyung admitted to smoking marijuana inside the Carnegie Police Department during her shift
Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a nearby antidote would only encourage drug abuse
A suburban Chicago man accused of operating a methamphetamine lab appears in his booking photo wearing a T-shirt from the television show “Breaking Bad”
Chief stated that ODs led to more than 30 deaths on the first day drug was legalized in Colo. Data was based upon a story that ran on satirical websites
Cash businesses — such as the stores in Colorado and Washington State where sale of marijuana is now legal — are attractive targets for thieves
Officers will soon carry a powerful prescription drug to reverse the effects of an overdose
As Mexican troops forced their way into Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s main hideout in Culiacan, the country’s most powerful drug lord sneaked out of the house through an escape tunnel beneath the bathtub
A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was taken alive overnight
During a search of Angulo’s car, police said they discovered “highly suspicious” packaging material
Investigations of Liberty Reserve and the hidden website Silk Road, a vast black-market bazaar for narcotics, demonstrate how virtual currency is attracting a legion of flesh-and-blood criminals
Police seized 1K pot plants as well as 27 weapons, including grenade launchers, sawed-off shotguns, rifles and 9,000 rounds of ammo from former ‘McGruff’ actor
Chief Bill Lansdowne is backing a statewide effort to reduce most nonviolent crimes, including drug possession for personal use and petty theft
Deputy was shot after entering a home with other officers looking for guns and marijuana
A family of 3 under the influence of heroin led police on a pursuit through Detroit that ended in a violent collision
The compromised cases could possibly affect 80 law enforcement agencies in 35 counties
The NYPD’s intensive effort to determine the source of the drugs in an apparent accidental overdose is unusual as dealers cannot be held liable for a customer’s death
If you are a narcotics officer or a drug interdiction officer — like me — this may have started affecting you already
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Saturday it is investigating 2,600 cases handled by a Pensacola-based agency chemist
Might we consider the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 — a proposed bill aimed at reducing mandatory minimum sentencing for “non-violent” drug offenses — another step toward marijuana legalization?
Support has focused on the high costs of incarceration
Officers found multiple bags of heroin in her purse, and she continued saying that she “only wanted one” of the bags
An employee of a McDonald’s restaurant was charged with selling heroin in Happy Meals to customers using the coded request “I’d like to order a toy”
The officer’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening; the gunman was arrested on attempted murder charges
A nationwide challenge is helping people see officers as public servants, not an invading army — and it starts with the kids
Suspect was taken to two hospitals and subjected to anal probes over suspicion of hiding drugs
Color mirrors hit drama “Breaking Bad,” which depicted an Albuquerque-based meth operation that cooked up the drug with a blue hue
The waitress contacted police Friday after a couple included an envelope of meth while paying for their drinks
That’s how many officers are dedicated to full-time narcotics interdiction on the tangled highways of the part of Southern California where I work
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