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.
If a person commits a low-level crime to support an opiate addiction, they can avoid arrest if they are willing to enter a treatment program
Don’t unknowingly harbor the germs and other threats suspects might leave in your squad
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
Stevenson High School said the ongoing investigation, in which Lincolnshire police are also participating, has resulted in multiple suspensions
An arrest in Oregon sparked a legal battle over what crosses the line into potential for illegal marijuana sales
A former law enforcement officer submitted a video that was voted the number one question Obama should answer in a live-streamed video chat scheduled for Monday evening
Meriden police planned to seek an arrest warrant for the boy’s mother on charges of risk of injury to a child
A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug
Danielle Wood, 23, had an oustanding warrant and a search revealed cocaine on her person
An outside consultant investigated missing cocaine, other narcotics
There were no outstanding warrants for the arrest of stocky, 23-year-old Eric De Luna
A Los Angeles County deputy charged with smuggling heroin into a courthouse jail in a burrito had been dismissed from the sheriff’s training academy in 2007
Officers were trying to serve a drug-related search warrant
Arellano Felix headed a once-mighty cartel that came to power in Mexico in the late 1980s
The nation’s high court has previously said a home deserves special protection from law enforcement searches
US troops are increasingly using ‘spice’
The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money
An Albuquerque Police Department officer chose to search a suspect’s pants pockets during a traffic stop, uncovering a pipe
The 5-foot tall plant was brightly decorated to resemble a tree
Multiple courts, in various jurisdictions, have repeatedly decided in favor of random stops to determine compliance with boating safety requirements
DC police and federal authorities set up a phony recording studio where undercover agents purchased guns and drugs
The investigation began when Tempe police pulled over a man after seeing a drug deal
This highly-debated topic has even infiltrated the law enforcement community, and a surprising number of cops are speaking out in favor of legalization
An investigation by Border Patrol headquarters determined that an officer’s views were ‘contrary to core characteristics’
Agents say Hurd, 26, a wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, was arrested Wednesday night
Some rookie officers have become victims of drug cartel violence
Officers detained two Wash. men on several charges, including tampering with evidence
Alisha Halfmoon, 45, was arrested in a meth sting a month prior to the Walmart incident
An indictment alleges that Ayman Joumaa led a conspiracy to sell tons of Colombian cocaine to the Zetas drug cartel
A district judge ordered a 19-year-old to stand trial on marijuana possession charges
