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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2010

National Black Officers Group Supports Pot Legalization In California

The initiative would help eliminate laws that have a negative impact on the black community, according to Ron Hampton, the group's executive director and retired Metro (D.C.) PD officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2010

Juarez Cartel Member Extradited To U.S. For Drug Trial

Purported Juarez Cartel associate Felipe Dominguez-Vargas has been extradited from Mexico to stand trial on federal drug trafficking charges.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 18, 2010

Colombian FARC Leader Sentenced For Cocaine Trafficking

From approximately 1998 through 2004, Cuevas Cabrera conspired with others to manufacture and distribute tons of Colombian cocaine that he knew would be imported into the U.S., according to evidence presented at trial.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarAugust 17, 2010

Legalizing America's Addictions Won't Cure Crime

It is this use of illicit drugs that first seduces young men into the criminal underworld and later makes the gangs the principal purveyors of this genocidal poison. Profits derived from this drug trafficking finances and arms these gangs for wars with rivals, and it connects them with international drug trafficking organizations.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2010

$12 Million in Black Tar Heroin Seized Near Myrtle Beach

Horry County, S.C., police found an estimated $12 million worth of heroin and other drugs in the Myrtle Beach area in what the police department is calling its largest seizure of the drug to date.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2010

Top PCP Distributor In D.C. Gets Life Sentence

Lonnell Glover, 48, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role as leader of a Phencyclidine (PCP) and heroin distribution organization in the District of Columbia and Maryland. With two years of investigation, the FBI revealed that Glover was one of the largest regional suppliers of PCP and heroin in the area.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 6, 2010

51 Surenos Arrested In California Narcotics Sting

With the combined forces of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Santa Barbara County Sheriff and Santa Maria Sheriff, an investigation to identify and eliminate drug trafficking of street gangs has resulted in the seizure of numerous pounds of cocaine, marijuana, firearms and methamphetamine.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2010

Gulf Cartel Member Sentenced To 22-Year Prison Term for Atlanta Cocaine Delivery

Drug trafficker Jose "Pepe" Barrientos-Rodriguez, a member of Mexico's Gulf Cartel, faces 22 years in prison for attempting to unload approximately 247.5 kilograms of cocaine in the Atlanta area.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2010

Five Men Face Murder Charges In Chandler Officer's Slaying

Ledesma, 34, was part of an operation involving nearly 12 Chandler police officers, including SWAT members. The type of operation where police bait drug suspects with seized evidence is known as a "reversal."

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Chameleon Chemical Agent Test

Morphix Technologies' Chameleon, a field-configurable chemical detection unit, provides a low-cost, easy-to-use, hands-free solution for first responders.

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