Tag: Drug Enforcement: Page 31

Special Units

Traffic Stop Uncovers Ariz. Border Tunnel

Federal and local authorities uncovered a sophisticated underground tunnel at the California-Arizona-Mexico border with lighting, ventilation, and reinforced beams possibly linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel.

July 11, 2012

Gangs

Mexico's Deal With the Devil

The Mexican press estimates that 19.5% of the official ballot boxes were installed in areas controlled by the drug cartels. Many voters avoided the poles altogether in fear of intimidation and violence.

July 10, 2012

Special Units

Former Calif. Deputy Who Smuggled Heroin Burrito Sentenced

A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was believed to be trying to smuggle heroin, stuffed inside a burrito, into a courthouse jail was sentenced Monday to two years in jail.

June 27, 2012

Patrol

Feds To Regulate Synthetic Marijuana Drugs

A new federal law would establish regulatory oversight and enforcement of 26 drugs commonly found in synthetic marijuana known as "K2" and "Spice."

June 27, 2012

Special Units

Supreme Court Rules On Cocaine Sentencing

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two Chicago drug dealers should have been sentenced under a 2010 law that reduced the disparity of sentencing for crack and powder cocaine.

June 20, 2012

Patrol

Ky. Department Credits Task Force for Drug Bust

A northern Kentucky police department credits the Fivco Area Drug Enforcement Task Force (F.A.D.E.) for the arrest of four suspects trafficking prescription pills from Detroit.

June 18, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Agency May Swap Police Job for Chemist

The Newark (Ohio) Police Department's chief has proposed hiring a chemist to test drugs confiscated by the agency instead of hiring a police officer to fill an open sworn position.

June 17, 2012

Patrol

Plan Would Limit NYPD Pot Arrests

New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo will ask the legislature to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana to reduce the number of "stop and frisk" encounters between officers and subjects, he announced today.

June 3, 2012

Patrol

'Bath Salts' User Describes Overdose

A former "bath salts" user tells CNN he "felt so evil" during an overdose when last using the drug.

June 3, 2012

Patrol

ATF, Oakland Police Arrest 60, Seize 92 Guns

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Oakland Police Department arrested 60 suspects and seized 92 weapons, culminating a four-month investigation.

May 29, 2012

Patrol

Ky. Trooper Solicited Sex In Uniform With Gun

Michael Fred Pennington, 35, offered a woman a Lortab pill in exchange for sex in September. The woman alerted law enforcement and once Pennington arrived at her London residence and gave her the pill, Kentucky State Police detectives arrested him.

May 21, 2012

Vehicles

Texas DPS Patrol Boats Armed for Cartel Threats

To protect its troopers against Mexican drug cartel soldiers often armed with military-grade weaponry, the Texas Department of Public Safety has outfitted three boats to patrol the U.S. border splitting the Rio Grande River and Falcon Lake.

May 16, 2012