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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2011

Sophisticated Drug Tunnel Leads To $65M Marijuana Seizure

The passageway, found Tuesday after a six-month investigation, connects a warehouse in Otay Mesa with one in Tijuana, Mexico. The 612-yard long passageway is equipped with electric rail cars, lighting, reinforced walls and wooden floors.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2011

Illinois Chiefs Call for Defeat of Medical Marijuana Bill

Illinois police chiefs and other law enforcement officials are calling for the defeat of HB30, which would legalize marijuana for medicinal use.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2011

Feds Temporarily Ban Chemicals Used in 'Bath Salts'

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an emergency order banning three chemicals used to make street drugs known as "bath salts" and "plant food." The chemicals will be illegal for at least 12 months, and could be banned for another six months.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2011

Federal Funding Cut Cripples Meth Enforcement

Police and sheriff's agencies have curtailed their enforcement of methamphetamine because they can no longer afford the clean-up costs associated with the labs, concludes an investigative report by the Associated Press.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 6, 2011

Florida Officer of the Year Allegedly Distributed Meth

The Boynton Beach (Fla.) Police Department's 2010 Officer of the Year has been indicted in a federal drug probe alleging he distributed more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 19, 2011

Cartel Operators Used Indian Reservation As Smuggling Pass-Through

Acting in coordination with a southwestern Arizona Native American tribe, the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 27 of 46 suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel who smuggled illegals and drugs through reservation land.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 18, 2011

Philadelphia Cop's Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

A federal judge today sentenced the wife of a former Philadelphia police officer to more than 10 years in prison for her role in a heroin conspiracy that included two police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2011

NYPD Helps Seize $10 Million In Hydro Weed

A strike force of NYPD officers, DEA agents, and Sullivan County police coordinated the Wednesday bust. Each plant seized could produce a pound of pot worth anywhere from $600 to $1,200 on the street.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

Nationwide DEA Sweep Nets 541 Arrests, $11 Million

The DEA declined to give specific locations, yet Arizona, Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Detroit, San Antonio, San Diego, Chicago, Newark and Miami are key areas.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2011

Six Zeta Cartel Members Arrested In ICE Agent's Killing

Mexican President Felipe Caldéron called President Barack Obama to tell him about the capture of Julian Zapata Espinoza, a reputed Zetas cell leader nicknamed "El Piolín" (Tweety), who is allegedly responsible for the homicide of Special Agent Zapata.

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