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.
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
Training, mental health resources are essential to support first responders facing both the opioid crisis and COVID-19 outbreak
The judge ordered that the money had no connection to drugs and should be paid back with interest
Deborah Madden was accused of skimming cocaine she was supposed to be testing while working at the lab in 2009
The indictment alleges that DEA agent Terry Watson was killed at the hands of an organized group of robbers who operated taxi cabs in Bogota
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There were no drug checkpoints, just officers waiting to see if any drivers would react suspiciously after seeing the signs
A farmer was given 2 years probation for growing more than 8,000 pot plants - a punishment police say sends the wrong message
Police responding to a school’s burglar alarm found the man screaming and called for an ambulance
The man stuffed a golf ball-sized bag of drugs into his mouth as he fled, and couldn’t breathe
In 2010, Florida had the third-highest number of arrests of blacks for marijuana possession in the nation: 26,711, behind New York and Illinois
Former East Washington police chief Donald Solomon will spend 11 years, 3 months in prison for role in drug sting
So far this year, 15 people have died of heroin overdoses in Scott, Dakota and Hennepin counties
The ten-year narcotics officer allegedly planted drugs on a man, then robbed his home
Dozens of law-enforcement officers statewide have been certified as drug-recognition experts
“It’s definitely not something you see every day,” said Sgt. Aaron Williamson, of the woman who uses an oxygen tank
The officers arrested the driver for speeding and driving without a license before they uncovered 22 lbs of drugs
It takes a tremendous amount of evidence and proof before medical review boards will even think of suspending a doctor’s license, let alone revoke it
Desmethyl fentanyl is reported to be 40 times stronger than heroin and 80 times stronger than morphine
Prostitution and drug use allegations led police to a senior citizen housing complex in northern New Jersey
230kg of cocaine paste was seized and 5 were arrested by the end of the raid
They were caught at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andres Sunday after arriving from Bogota
Multiple officers refused to stop the celebrators because they had a permit from the park
The 4-foot creation violated the one-ounce California law, so officers confiscated it
Other members of the crew impersonated cops to steal drug money
Mexican drug cartels are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States
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