Tag: Drug Enforcement: Page 33

Patrol

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.

March 20, 2012

Patrol

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.

March 14, 2012

Special Units

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.

March 13, 2012

Special Units

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.

March 12, 2012

Gangs

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.

March 5, 2012

Patrol

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.

February 27, 2012

Special Units

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.

January 31, 2012

Special Units

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.

January 25, 2012

Patrol

'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.

January 23, 2012

Special Units

Cartel Leader Who Inspired 'Traffic' Pleads Guilty

Mexican drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano-Felix pleaded guilty Wednesday to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering in an agreement that avoids a trial and brings a sentence of 25 years in prison.

January 4, 2012

Patrol

In Praise of the Unreasonable Cop

The first rule of Law Enforcement is: You do not talk about Law Enforcement. The second rule of Law Enforcement is: you DO NOT talk about Law Enforcement (and those that do will get a Fight Club beatdown).

December 15, 2011

Special Units

Barrio Azteca Members Plead Guilty To Conspiracy Charges

A U.S. citizen and Mexican national admitted to working with the gang in buying and selling illegal drugs on the streets of El Paso. They confirmed that the gang extorted money from drug dealers operating on the gang's turf.

December 1, 2011