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.
The realities of the opioid crisis mean that police should keep an opioid response kit on hand at all times
Data includes the location of naloxone administration, how many doses were administered and what happened to victims after they received naloxone
So-called “safe injection sites” are facilities where drug users would be able to shoot up in an enclosed environment supervised by medical professionals
The roundup of arrestees began Tuesday morning and was the result of a long-term undercover probe by the FBI, the IRS, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Officer Paul Nauden, 46, had complained of chest pains
7-year-old boy had 18 bags of the drug, handed them out to friends
Drugs continue to flow across the porous northern border through remote airstrips
The officer says he feared the man was reaching for a weapon, so he forcefully pulled him out of the car
The 20-year-old suspect pulled a large-caliber revolver from his waistband and pointed it at the officers
“This guy is such a creep that he would shoot up in a public bathroom with his kid with him,” an officer said. “That’s insane”
Local police chiefs are fuming over the ruling, which serves to further decriminalize marijuana laws in the state
“You’ve got someone who’s sheriff riding around high on meth with a gun. It’s pretty scary”
Police raided three homes that had been entirely converted into marijuana growing operations after a one-year investigation
Sen. Charles E. Grassley wants to know whether ATF ordered its agents not to cooperate in his investigation of the shooting
Accused of smuggling several bundles of marijuana across the border from Mexico in a marked Border Patrol truck
Some say ports of entry vulnerable as resources go to stop illegal immigrants
Followed the wounded animal to the owner’s marijuana growing and selling operation
Jesus Navarro is charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy to distribute marijuana in connection with the death of agent Luis Aguilar in January 2008
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says “Operation 602 Exchange” resulted in the seizure of 223 weapons, many of them stolen
Obama signed legislation that reduced the sentencing disparity between the two types of cocaine from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1
The arrests were made Thursday and Wednesday as part of two federal indictments for activities since 2005, stated a news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office
When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes
A doctor recovered 54 bags of heroin, 31 empty bags used to package heroin, prescription pills, and $51.22
Unprecedented numbers of cops work in Mexico and high-profile arrests occur monthly while drones spy on cartels
Even with a fully staffed force, the city ranked among the most dangerous places in the country
Following the arrest of the mayor, police chief, and a trustee in a federal gun smuggling case, Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos says he decided to suspend the village police department’s access to Luna County dispatch services
Source tells AP that the flights of unmanned aerial vehicles are operated by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security
U.S. Ambassador in Mexico Carlos Pascual met with Juárez Mayor Hector Murguia to discuss national security after blow against the Barrio Azteca gang
