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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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Singer spent Wednesday night at the Hudspeth County jail after a Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in her tour bus
Australian police are finding it easier to crack down on illegal marijuana possession
Police did not buy a woman’s story that she was unaware marijuana grew in her garden
Court records say one of the police detectives received a text Wednesday morning asking if he knew anyone looking for drugs
Police are trying to determine if a contaminated batch of PCP is going around Camden
An unidentified gunman killed a convicted drug trafficker who was one of the first to bring the drug into the United States
UHP troopers observed a small bag inside a suspect’s shoe from which he took a pill
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The resilient green marijuana plants “stick out like a sore thumb” in dry conditions
Washington state’s voters are to consider whether to legalize the fun use of pot for adults
State is last remaining holdout to monitoring program; state Sen. concerned over privacy of information
Meanwhile the number of pounds of bulked processed marijuana confiscated has has doubled in that time
Investigators say 28-year-old Jermal Ponds also had a loaded handgun and a 12-inch bayonet when he was arrested
More than 4 pounds of methamphetamine was disguised as dozens of candy bars
A drawn-out legal battle led the city council to vote unanimously to shutter medical marijuana shops - but it may not be over
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