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.
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In this Q&A, a former cop turned school safety expert discusses best practices and tech tools that local law enforcement can use to prevent violence on campus
Application period open for grants to support school violence prevention, anti-drug task forces, officer safety and wellness, and community policing
A man who was arrested after a fake drug deal appealed to a Washington court that police acted illegally
‘We’re allowing them to be investigators again,’ says Capt. in charge of Police and Community Together (PACT) unit, ‘we’ve given them the avenues to be police officers.’
A yearlong investigation culminated in the arrest of the teen and seven adults, as well as the seizure of more than 600 hydroponically grown marijuana plants
Heroin, ‘very pure crystal meth’ found in sleeping compartment of 18-wheeler after officer noticed suspicious activity
Many sophisticated operations are run online, so a Google think tank is working to find ways to disrupt international crime
Cartels are building sophisticated passages to escape heightened detection above ground
A 220-yard tunnel with lighting and ventilation is the second such underground passage discovered in less than a week along the U.S.-Mexico border
Sheriff’s drug-detecting Belgian Malinois named Viper ingested a fatal amount of cocaine
Tempe police announced Friday that 20 people have been arrested and $2.4 million was found after a six-month investigation involving local and federal authorities
40% of pot arrests in Idaho result from Oregon’s product, say state police; residents of Idaho can get cards for purchase in neighboring state
The operation started small but worked in plain sight, with some horses carrying names with drug references, such as Number One Cartel
Suspect stripped down to his underwear at a local golf course, authorities said
City is ‘perfect place to set up shop’ for drug cartels, officials say
‘They did not come to our storefront to sell Bibles and Blue Bell ice cream,’ says ATF SAIC
Medical examiner: Fla. man shot by police while gnawing on another man’s face wasn’t on bath salts as it had been speculated
The city council passed a groundbreaking ordinance Wednesday decriminalizing having “small” marijuana amounts
In Fast and Furious, ATF agents in Ariz. abandoned the usual practice of intercepting all weapons they believed to be illicitly purchased
The Fair Sentencing Act reduces the difference between sentences for crimes committed by crack cocaine and powder cocaine users
Police officers will undergo additional training before a new ordinance takes effect
The vote followed a decision by President Barack Obama earlier in the day to assert executive privilege for the first time in his administration
Two men stopped twice in one day by law enforcement in 2010 had $17k seized; second stop conducted by task force member
Rahm Emanuel issues press release backing idea of civil citations for 15 grams or less
Georgia law covered every prior known compound of ‘spice,’ no arrest authority for new compound
The Coastal Trident 2012 exercise, which combined drug interdiction and counterterrorism efforts was planned long before a rash of drug-smuggling incidents
Recent drug raid arrests netted suspects with ties to Zeta cartel; feds say they have contacts with many of the city’s gangs
Workers quietly nicknamed Jose Trevino Morales’s stables as the “Zetas’ stables”
Police are warning of a potent new mind-altering drug called ‘Cloud Nine’
Marijuana policy is appearing on legislative agendas around the country
200 suspected dealers had cases dismissed or sentences vacated due to potentially tainted evidence
