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This New Street Drug Is 10,000 Times More Potent Than Morphine
It was first developed in a Canadian lab more than three decades ago, promising and potent — and intended to relieve pain in a less addictive way. Labeled W-18, the synthetic opioid was the most...
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Officers In Calif. Seize More Than SEVEN TONS of Marijuana
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Otay Mesa cargo facility Thursday discovered more than seven tons of marijuana in a commercial truck with cargo manifested as...
View Article48 Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples Indicted By Feds
Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate...
View ArticleATF Releases International Firearms Trace Data Report
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today released several international firearms trace data reports for the top five reporting Caribbean nations, Canada, Mexico...
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Woman Stopped At Border Wearing Meth-Stuffed Bra
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 29-year-old Tucson woman May 5 after finding nearly $5,700 worth of methamphetamine stuffed in her bra. After officers working at the...
View ArticleMexican court says ‘El Chapo’ can be sent to the U.S. | Update
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman might be on his way to a prison he can’t escape. On Monday, a Mexican federal court ruled Guzman, boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, can be shipped north...
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Setting DUI limits for marijuana won’t work, AAA researchers find
There is a legal limit for drunk driving, but when it comes to marijuana, new research shows it may be impossible to say just how high is too high to drive. There’s no breathalyzer for pot, and...
View ArticleNY Governor Launches Statewide Task Force To End Heroin and Opioid Crisis
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a statewide heroin task force charged with ending the heroin and opioid crisis in New York. The group, comprised of a broad coalition of experts...
View Article21 Members of NYC Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Feds
Federal and local officials in New York today announced the unsealing of two Indictments charging a total of 21 members of a Bronx-based drug trafficking organization with narcotics trafficking and...
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Colombia Makes ‘Biggest Seizure of Drugs': 8 Tons of Cocaine Found
Authorities in Colombia recovered eight tons of cocaine in a recent raid targeting the Clan Úsuga gang. Dozens of commandos backed by helicopters seized the drugs from a banana plantation near the...
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CBP Officers Find Marijuana in Gas Tank, Armpits
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two Arizona men in separate incidents May 16 for attempting to smuggle a combined 117 pounds of marijuana through the Raul Hector Castro...
View ArticleYonkers gang leader sentenced to 30 years in prison
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Da’Quan Johnson was sentenced on Friday, May 20, 2016, in White Plains federal court to a prison term of...
View ArticleU.S. Signs Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement with Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine— The United States signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) with Ukraine on May 23, 2016, marking a significant milestone in collaboration on security and trade facilitation...
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Mom Arrested After 2-Year-Old Eats Meth
CALIFORNIA — During the late night hours of Sunday, May 8, 2016, City of Gonzales Police Detectives were summoned to St. Elizabeth Hospital regarding a cruelty of a juvenile case. Investigators learned...
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GOP Congressman Says He Used Marijuana While In Office
U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., just made a striking admission: speaking to a group of marijuana activists on Capitol Hill, Rohrabacher said he had recently turned to medical marijuana to help...
View Article10 Arrested In Staten Island Gang Takedown
New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, Richmond County District Attorney Michael McMahon and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton announced today the arrest...
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Victim of drive-by shooting now wanted for murder
NASHVILLE, Tenn — One of the women shot last Sunday night while riding in the front seat of a car on Rains Avenue near Wedgewood Avenue is now wanted for murder. Midtown Hills Precinct detectives are...
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Couple Traveling with Infant Arrested for Smuggling Meth
SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents from the Indio Station assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a couple, traveling with their child, for suspected drug smuggling...
View ArticleFeds: Mexican Sex Trafficker Forced Woman Into Prostitution In NYC
A member of a Mexican sex trafficking organization, Paulino Ramirez-Granados, has pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the sex trafficking of a woman from October 2000 to December 2008. The...
View Article14 Brooklyn Gang Members Indicted By Feds
Four indictments and two complaints were unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging 14 defendants for their involvement in narcotics trafficking and...
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