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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2018

Legal Weed Putting Some Canadian Police Dogs Out of Work

"Our interdiction dogs are often used to form grounds to continue searching or to arrest people," said Staff Sgt. Gary Creed, a senior trainer with the RCMP's police dog service in Innisfail, Alberta., where all of the national police force's dogs are trained. If they are trained to sniff marijuana, some of their evidence would not be admissible in court, he said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2018

Massachusetts Police Seize Guns, Drugs, Cash in 4 Simultaneous Raids

The raids were conducted by troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and C3 community policing unit, as well as officers from the FBI Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration and Holyoke police.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2018

Oregon Man with Over a Pound of MDMA Crashes Into Police Car

An Oregon Man — identified as 25-year-old Toren Paul Flom — was in possession of 458 grams of the psychoactive drug, Molly/MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) in his vehicle when he crashed his car into a Portland police vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2018

Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs

The 'NPS Data Hub' will help forensic chemists identify new types of fentanyl and other narcotics more quickly.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 2, 2018

Indiana Police Seize "Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Pills"

Among the illegal drugs seized were what police describe as "Trump-shaped ecstasy pills," with an image of the president on one side, and the words "great again" printed on the other.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2018

FBI, DEA, Local California Agencies, Take Down Major Meth Ring

An eight-month operation by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has resulted in the seizure of large quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 21, 2018

NYPD Unveils New Policy to “Reduce Unnecessary Marijuana Arrests”

According to NYPD projections, the new policy will likely reduce overall marijuana arrests in New York City by about 10,000 per year based on 2017 arrest records and patterns.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2018

Georgia Officer Busted in Drug Raid Resigns

Atlanta Police Officer Iris Rowe tendered her resignation on Wednesday after she was among the subjects arrested in a raid at an apartment complex on Monday during which officers found marijuana, pills, guns, ammunition, and cash.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2018

Two Hospitalized After Unwittingly Consuming ‘Edibles’

Two hotel housekeepers in Vermont were hospitalized Wednesday after they unknowingly ate marijuana edibles.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2018

Ohio Drug Smuggling Task Force Announces Major Fentanyl Seizure

Officials said that the volume of drugs had “the capability of killing more than four million people.”

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