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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2012

Texas Deputy Finds $7M of Marijuana In Construction Equipment

A Parker County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy discovered 2,500 pounds of marijuana worth $7 million at a truck stop in Weatherford.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2012

Undercover Narcotics Cop Busts 13 Students

Last week, police arrested 13 Exeter Union High School students, aged 15 to 19, on drug-related charges. The arrests were the result of an undercover operation at the California school.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2012

Thieves Stealing Tide Detergent For Drug Buys

Thieves have been stealing Tide detergent from markets and convenience stores to pay for narcotics from street-level dealers instead of using cash, the Associated Press reports.

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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 ValdemarMarch 6, 2012

Gangs and Electronic Surveillance—Part II

The girlfriend was provided with a “burnout phone.” A burnout phone is one that would be operational for a few months before being burned out. By that time the bill would have grown to many thousands of dollars, which they had no intention of paying.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2012

Colo. Voters Will Consider Legalizing Marijuana

Colorado voters will decide this fall whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use when the state becomes the second in the nation to put such a proposal on ballots this year.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2012

Bronx Marijuana Jungle Raided by NYPD

NYPD investigators raided an indoor jungle of marijuana plants that reached seven feet in height and likely generated $3 million in drug profits for its owners.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2012

LASD Task Force Used Heroin-Packed Burrito In Jail Sting

A secret Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department task force used a burrito stuffed with 24 grams of heroin during jail sting to uncover corruption among its deputies.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2012

'Shake-and-Bake' Meth Fills Hospitals with Burn Patients

A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment.

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