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Patrol

CVS Pharmacy Admits It Sold Meth-Making Chemical To Criminals

Retail pharmacy CVS agrees to pay a $77.6-million fine after admitting to unlawfully selling pseudo-ephedrine to criminals. It's the largest civil penalty under the federal Controlled Substance Act, according to the DEA.

October 13, 2010

Special Units

How Cartels Smuggle Narcotics Into Arizona

Earlier this year, a regional SWAT team led by deputies with the Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Office took POLICE Magazine into the Vekol Valley in the Arizona desert to show one way smugglers bring narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border. Smugglers often use illegal immigrants as drug mules to carry 25-pound marijuana bundles using makeshift "backpacks" of rope and cut strips of Mexican blankets to lessen discomfort. Listen to our podcast, "Tracking Smugglers in Southern Arizona," with Pinal County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Thomas. Photos by Paul Clinton.

October 13, 2010

Patrol

DEA's Prescription Drug 'Take Back' Nets 240,000+ Pounds

In Troy, Mo., a man brought his kitchen drawer full of medication to the collection site to empty. At another site in Jacksonville, Ill., a woman brought in nearly 50 years' worth of medicines for disposal.

October 5, 2010

Patrol

Nogales PD's Pursuit Led to Smuggling Tunnel and Drug Load

A Nogales (Ariz.) Police officer initiated the foot pursuit that eventually led to the discovery of one of two smuggling tunnels, an arrest and seizure of more than 800 pounds of marijuana worth more than $400,000.

October 3, 2010

Patrol

California Reduces Penalty for Marijuana Possession

California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill reducing the penalty for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction.

October 2, 2010

Special Units

Oregon Heroin Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

Two cousins from Medford, Ore., were sentenced to federal prison on Monday for leading a heroin trafficking organization in the Rogue Valley. Heroin-related arrests and overdoses in the Medford community have steadily increased since the organization established itself.

September 29, 2010

Technology

Handheld Video Borescope

Advanced Inspection Technologies

The new Cobra-Scope is a handheld video borescope that weighs only one pound and can snake through accesses as small as .177 inches. This remote visual inspection tool is ideal for drug traffic interdiction, among other uses.

September 29, 2010

Patrol

Mexican Nationals Reportedly Smuggled Meth to Colo. in Car Batteries

Officials today said they dealt a major blow to a methamphetamine trafficking ring suspected of moving up to 50 pounds of the drug into Colorado in common car batteries.

September 26, 2010

Patrol

DEA's 'Take Back' Initiative Collects Prescription Meds

Many Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse are increasing at alarming rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs, according to the DEA.

September 23, 2010

Patrol

Texas Drug Smugglers Using U.S. Mail

The packages, headed for Houston, Sugar Land, Missouri City and elsewhere, came from as close as the Rio Grande Valley and as far away as Pakistan and Iraq.

September 22, 2010

Patrol

Former California Cops Endorse Marijuana Legalization

The members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) voiced their support for Proposition 19 at a press conference in West Hollywood on Monday.

September 15, 2010

Patrol

Border Agents Fire Into Mexico, After Attack From Traffickers

The agents were returning fire, after they came under fire from Mexico. Several Border Patrol agents were seizing the marijuana using patrol boats, prior to the brief shootout.

September 13, 2010