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Patrol
Retired Georgia Officer Dies in Narcotics Task Force Helicopter Crash
David Hall had been piloting the Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter that served the Columbus-based Metro Narcotics Task Force that went down in Lake Mitchell on Friday.
November 19, 2018
Special Units
Task Force Charges 26 In New Haven Cocaine Ring
A multi-agency task force arrested 15 people suspected of running a cocaine ring in New Haven, Conn., area. A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging 26 individuals with narcotics trafficking offenses.
February 28, 2011
Patrol
Man Shot After Attempting to Run Over Michigan Officer
A 24-year-old Port Huron man was shot by police Tuesday after officers said he tried to run over a Drug Task Force officer during a narcotics investigation.
December 19, 2014
Special Units
$40M In Cartel Marijuana Seized In Chicago
A joint narcotics task force on Tuesday seized approximately eight tons (or 16,000 pounds) of marijuana, recording the largest cannabis seizure in at least 20 years in Chicago.
June 27, 2012
Patrol
Private Investigator Used Cops for 'Dirty DUI' Arrests
Two police departments and a narcotics task force in Contra Costa County, Calif., have been implicated in a "dirty DUI" scandal involving a private investigator accused of arranging for the arrests of ex-husbands at the behest of their ex-wives.
October 16, 2011
Patrol
Inside a Real "21 Jump Street" Investigation in Suburban Houston
Six students in Pearland ISD – four or them adults; two still minors – were arrested and handed a total of 10 charges following the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Task Force undercover operation, which began in August 2014 and ended in March 2015.
April 7, 2015
Patrol
Texas K-9 Credited with $1.4 Million Cocaine Bust
K-9 "Spyke" with the Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force—a multi-agency initiative of the Houston HIDTA—is being credited with sniffing out a $1.4 million cocaine shipment secreted in a custom compartment in a vehicle on a local highway last week.
May 27, 2019
Patrol
Texas Task Force Arrest Man, Seize $33K in Illegal Drugs in Raid
Deputies with the Fort Bend County (TX) Sheriff’s Office confiscated 6.5 pounds of marijuana, 198 THC vapes, Xanax, and more than $7,000 cash in a raid on Friday.
September 12, 2018
Special Units
Task Force Busts Calif. Heroin Ring
A joint-agency task force arrested 12 suspects and seized nine guns, as officers served arrest warrants Tuesday on members of a Northern California heroin distribution ring operated by Norteño gang members.
May 15, 2012
Special Units
Ariz. Task Force Bust Nets Marijuana, Guns, Illegals
A task force in southern Arizona seized 4,369 pounds of marijuana, 40 undocumented aliens, four vehicles, and three weapons during an operation that involved multiple agencies, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office announced.
September 19, 2011
Special Units
Mexican Mafia Member Gets Life for Prison Narcotics Deal
Jose "Bat" Marquez, who was also a member of San Diego's Del Sol street gang, was extradited from Mexico in January 2007 on other charges. In April of that year, Marquez orchestrated a meth deal from his jail cell that involved several Mexican Mafia associates.
November 1, 2011
Technology
Drug Task Force Delivers Suspect in Cold Case Homicide Using Vigilant Solutions LPR
The 21st Judicial District Drug Task Force in Tennessee used its Vigilant Solutions license plate reader (LPR) system to bring to justice a suspect in a cold case homicide from 2002.
February 11, 2016
Technology
Centice Upgrades Mobile Narcotics Identification System
The portable MFL-3000 enables narcotic squads and drug task forces to quickly and easily perform drug identification in the field without destroying evidence. The portable device uses Centice's Raman Spectroscopy technology to create a spectral fingerprint of the substance.
February 20, 2013
Technology
The TruNarc Narcotics Analyzer Now Used in All 50 States
The handheld device uses Raman spectroscopy for presumptive narcotics identification in the field so that officers can make safe, definitive decisions.
July 25, 2022
Special Units
FBI Searches for Three New York Gang Members Wanted on Narcotics Charges
Wanted posters listing the names of the fugitives and those that have been captured has been made available to the public. Those who were indicted are suspected to be members of the Bloods and Latin Kings gangs.
July 1, 2010
Training
Shot N.H. Detective Returns To Duty
A Rochester (N.H.) Police detective wounded during the deadly Greenland ambush is back on the job following a 16-month hiatus recovering from the gun battle.
August 7, 2013
Patrol
Ga. Officer Killed In Code 3 Crash
Veteran Columbus (Ga.) Police Cpl. Thomas Keith Slay was killed and a Russell County Sheriff's deputy was seriously injured in a crash while responding to a an officer-assistance call with lights and sirens.
July 30, 2013
Patrol
DEA, Charlotte Police Take Down Mexican Cartel Drug Traffickers
For roughly a year, investigators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department partnered with the DEA, State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), and the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office in an effort to stop the distribution of illegal narcotics by the Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel.
March 29, 2019
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