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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2013

Police: Pa. Woman Asked Cop for Heroin

A Shamokin, Pa., woman flagged down a city police officer Saturday to ask him for help getting a "fix" of heroin. Patrolman Raymond Siko II told Arlina Alves, 49, that he was a police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2012

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2012

Jury Convicts Afghan Trafficker with Taliban Ties

An Afghan national who distributed nearly 20 percent of the world's heroin in 2006 and supported the Taliban was convicted Tuesday and faces a 20-year prison sentence.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2012

Task Force Busts N.Y. Heroin Trafficking Ring

The federal government Tuesday indicted 20 members of a New York-area drug trafficking ring that brought 20 kilograms of heroin valued at $2.75 million to street-level dealers in Queens and Long Island in the past nine months.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarSeptember 27, 2011

Homeboys and the Return of Heroin

Heroin's old dirty image is being revamped to appeal to the younger generation. Heroin that is smokable or snortable can be marketed to avoid the old associations with dirty hypodermic needles.

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