Tag: Narcotics Task Forces

Special Units

5 Minnesota Officers Shot Serving Search Warrant

Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said two officers were shot in their vests and three were shot in other locations on their bodies.

October 12, 2023

Patrol

Slain DEA Agent Identified, Details of AZ Amtrak Shootout Revealed

The agents and officer were part of a southern Arizona drug interdiction team, Counter Narcotics Alliances. They reportedly boarded the train at 7:53 a.m. The shootout began at 8 a.m.

October 5, 2021

Special Units

WA Deputy Murdered in Car While Conducting Surveillance, 3 Suspects in Custody

Authorities say Detective Jeremy Brown was in his vehicle conducting surveillance when he was murdered.

July 26, 2021

Weapons

NC Investigators Find Glock Disguised as Nerf Gun During Drug Raid

One of guns was the converted Glock model 19 pistol fitted with a 50-round drum magazine, and altered to resemble a Nerf toy.

March 18, 2021

Special Units

A Law Enforcement Hero's Tale

Last month a Dayton, OH, police detective was murdered serving a warrant on alleged fentanyl distributors, and all Americans need to hear his story.

December 3, 2019

Patrol

Dayton Detective Critically Wounded During DEA Raid

Fellow officers loaded the wounded detective into a police cruiser and drove to Grandview Medical Center. Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl told local media that Detective DelRio is on "advanced life support."

November 5, 2019

Special Units

Philadelphia Suspect in Custody After Hours-Long Standoff, 6 Wounded Officers OK

The suspect in Wednesday's hours-long standoff in Philadelphia in which six officers were shot surrendered to authorities just after midnight Thursday, exiting the residence with his hands in the air.

August 14, 2019

Special Units

Multiple Officers Wounded, 1 Critical in North Philadelphia Shooting

One of the officers was reportedly shot in the head and is in critical condition. The critically wounded officer was reportedly conscious when he was taken from the scene.

August 14, 2019

Special Units

Task Force Operation Busts Major Gang Drug Distribution Network

An operation conducted by local, state, and federal law enforcement has brought down a major methamphetamine distribution network in California.

June 24, 2019

Patrol

2 New York Officers Injured in Gunfight with Suspect During Drug Raid

Multiple agencies were working with an FBI task force in seeking to arrest 42-year-old Samuel Galberth at a hotel when the gunfire broke out.

June 5, 2019

Patrol

Texas K-9 Credited with $1.4 Million Cocaine Bust

K-9 "Spyke" with the Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force—a multi-agency initiative of the Houston HIDTA—is being credited with sniffing out a $1.4 million cocaine shipment secreted in a custom compartment in a vehicle on a local highway last week.

May 27, 2019

Patrol

DEA, Charlotte Police Take Down Mexican Cartel Drug Traffickers

For roughly a year, investigators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department partnered with the DEA, State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), and the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office in an effort to stop the distribution of illegal narcotics by the Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel.

March 29, 2019