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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Grants that generally open in the spring are slated for release before the end of 2018
This year seemed to be an order for law enforcement to stand down
An FBI dive team recovered nearly 7.5 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible craft which had sunk off the coast of Honduras near the Nicaraguan border
460,000 pot plants uprooted, more than 100 arrests made
A man and woman were arrested at the end of the two-hour standoff
Six people have either pleaded guilty or indicated they’ll plead guilty since authorities broke up the operation last year
Some states have regulations in place that regulate which type of law enforcement agencies can or cannot work traffic on interstates
Ga. authorities say 2 men became so high they thought intruders had broken in
Federal police said they seized copies of the “code of conduct” during an arrest of cartel members
Attorney said his client’s resignation ‘had nothing to do with the marijuana charges’
“The guy was saying, ‘Why didn’t you shoot me — that’s why I told you I had a gun,’” police said
Video ‘intended to be informative,’ said police spokesman
Police seized 212 pounds of drugs worth $5.7 million
Todd Major lost his job with the Fullerton Police Department after he began abusing prescription drugs
Cops should never search a vehicle alone, but — and this is a BIG but — these things do happen every so often, so here are some safety tips and considerations
The second ‘bath salts’ case in the area; in another, the muscles of one patient in his 20s were so damaged that he suffered kidney failure
Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker said he sent out the advisory to try to encourage people to stop using illegal drugs
The project was scrapped after local and federal prosecutors sent a letter warning that it was illegal
Currency scanner counts money, records serial numbers, and eliminates the need for photocopying
As U.S. interdiction efforts curtailed the Caribbean drug flow, and Colombian cartels were dismantled with U.S. help, Mexican cartels gained more prominence and power in the flow of cocaine and other drugs
Police have a battle plan for crime-ridden Union Square park
A multi-agency law enforcement team raided the camp with air support from the Oregon Army National Guard on U.S. Forest Service land
3 cars confiscated last year had meth hidden in special compartments
Union Pacific spends $3.6 million a year on its own police officers and has spent another $72.5 million supporting federal efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border
The budget situation this year is the worst local officials have seen
The Fair Sentencing Act reduces penalties for crack cocaine offenses in order to reduce the disparity with powder cocaine penalties
Ariz. department releases video of drug raid that left former marine Jose Guerena dead
Federal prosecutors admit mandatory-minimum-sentencing laws can be “draconian,” but key to getting drugs off street
Several gunmen shot Jose Manuel Rivas Lopez, 41, after storming into his home in Juarez