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A sniffer dog led authorities in Philadelphia to 110 pounds of fentanyl hidden in a shipment of iron oxide from China last week. Fifty packs of the illegal drug were hidden in the shipment at the Port of Philadelphia, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. They guessed the value of the shipment at …
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Houston warned its officers and the public not to touch flyers placed on vehicle windshields after a sergeant was poisoned by fentanyl on the paper. The sergeant found one of the flyers, which were addressed to “FBI, Police, Firemen,” and warned of a conspiracy theory about the CIA and …
After the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration took steps to reduce the availability of dangerous opioids via doctors’ prescriptions, illegal sales on the internet’s black market. According to a report published in BMJ, a medical journal, the result of stricter DEA enforcement to cut supplies of opioids had the “predictable consequence” of boosting the illegal market …
The mayors of seven U.S. cities joined forces Monday to lobby the United States government to legalize marijuana and reduce federal restrictions on it. Leaders of the various cities – Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, West Sacramento, Las Vegas and Denver – put together a resolution at an ongoing conference of U.S. mayors in …
On Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard Cutter Active unloaded more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of $78 million on Tuesday morning in San Diego. On May 18 and 19, the Coast Guard seized these drugs off the coast of Central America and also arrested six individuals suspected of drug smuggling. These …
A big drug bust in the North Shore towns of Massachusetts this week captured more than five pounds of heroin or fentanyl and more than 3,000 pills. State and local police arrested 13 people Monday in connection with the illegal operation. They also confiscated $415,000 during the raid. The case was cracked via a cooperative …
Federal authorities secured indictments for 57 members of various North Texas white supremacist gangs. The charges handed down by the federal grand jury include drug trafficking and kidnapping. According to authorities, 42 defendants were arrested last week, but nine were already in custody on other related charges. Six of the suspects are still wanted, according …
An Ohio woman has been arrested after her seven-year-old son was found to have ingested cocaine. The child, who has not been named, is said to have been found unresponsive at his desk at North Elementary School on Monday 16th April. After his teacher failed to wake the minor, the emergency services were called – …
A major crackdown on the opioid drug trafficking has led to the arrest of dozens of people, including two key distributors operating in Michigan, West Virginia, and Ohio, Justice Department Officials reported Tuesday. The massive operation dubbed “Saigon Sunset,” involved federal, state and local law enforcers and targeted close to 100 people in a bid …
During his second day of testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced sharp questions from members of Congress over his company’s failure to stop illegal opioid ads on the social media site. The criticism doesn’t only cover Facebook sites, but also extends to ads on other social media …
On Friday night, Maine law enforcement officials warned of bad batches of heroin on the streets after nine overdoses occurred in four different counties. Steve McCausland, the spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety, issued a statement on Sunday stating that the Maine State Police and the Main Drug Enforcement Agency arrested three people …
A drug bust in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood on Friday yielded three arrests and the seizure over $100,000 in drugs, according to authorities. Police were originally tipped off by someone who thought drugs were being dealt out of the home on Fountain Street, according to a criminal complaint. The police arrested Parish Thornhill, Eric Williams, and …
