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Special Units

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.

November 30, 2011

Patrol

Former Sheriff of the Year Caught In Drug Sting

A national sheriff of the year was arrested in Colorado in a drug sting attempting to exchange drugs for sex.

November 29, 2011

Gangs

How a Cartel Enforcer Thrived In Lockup

Jose "Bat" Marquez received a life sentence for trafficking methamphetamine from a prison cell. Most law enforcement officials would consider this a success; however, it was too little, too late for those of us familiar with his criminal past as a violent enforcer for Mexican Mafia and Tijuana drug cartel.

November 22, 2011

Special Units

Nogales Border Agents Seize Cocaine from Truck's Fuel Tank

U.S. customs agents seized more than $500,000 in cocaine from a false compartment of the fuel tank of a Ford F150 truck at a border checkpoint in Nogales, Ariz.

November 15, 2011

Gangs

California's Budget Fix: Cut Gang and Drug Fighters

State lawmakers are positioning their budget axe over the heads of the state Department of Justice's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (BNE) and Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence (BII).

November 6, 2011

Special Units

Ariz. Authorities Break Up Cartel Smuggling Ring

Arizona law enforcement agencies and federal agents dismantled what is believed to be a major smuggling ring for the Sinaloa Cartel, seizing $1.5 million in narcotics, collecting 19 weapons, and arresting an illegal immigrant who had been deported two weeks earlier.

November 2, 2011

Special Units

Mexican Mafia Member Gets Life for Prison Narcotics Deal

Jose "Bat" Marquez, who was also a member of San Diego's Del Sol street gang, was extradited from Mexico in January 2007 on other charges. In April of that year, Marquez orchestrated a meth deal from his jail cell that involved several Mexican Mafia associates.

November 1, 2011

Patrol

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.

October 26, 2011

Gangs

Medical Marijuana: California's Biggest Losers

Wake up California; you've been sold a lie. This lie has allowed the Mexican (and other) cartels and gangs to produce huge crops of unregulated marijuana here in our state. These fields produce hybrid dope high in THC content and high in illicit profit. For this, some men are willing to kill.

October 26, 2011

Patrol

Driver Chokes to Death, After Swallowing Bag of Weed

A man who was being pursued by police choked to death, after swallowing a plastic bag containing marijuana.

October 25, 2011

Patrol

NYPD Corruption Trial Focuses on Bad Narc Busts

The trial has yielded troubling testimony about officers "flaking"—planting drugs on subjects to meet arrest quotas and get overtime pay.

October 23, 2011

Special Units

'Heroin for Sale' Flier Allows Oregon Cops To Raid House

Neighbors who suspected drug activity at all hours at a North Portland home posted and distributed "Heroin for sale" fliers that, in part, helped tactical officers raid the property.

October 20, 2011