March 10, 2022 As borders re-open, officials see an uptick in drug trafficking Borders are back open, after nearly a year of being closed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. But now, that additional traffic near the Texas-Mexico border includes illegal drugs. And the amounts found are increasing, daily.
March 1, 2022 State of the union under Biden is 'crisis,' Republicans say Ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address, House Republicans held the "real State of the Union" to point out the president’s mounting crisis affecting millions of lives across the U.S., including inflation, COVID-19 mandates, education, and fentanyl.
February 22, 2022 Fentanyl test strips can detect deadly opioid hidden in recreational drugs Health professionals hope Fentanyl detecting test strips will help reduce the number of deaths related to the dangerous drug.
February 21, 2022 Colorado police recover fentanyl from home where five people fatally overdosed on Sunday afternoon Detectives with the Commerce City Police Department recovered narcotics that tested positive for fentanyl from a home where five adults suffered fatal overdoses on Sunday afternoon.
February 18, 2022 CBP sees 'substantial increase' in fentanyl seizures, confirms 153,941 migrant encounters in January Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday said it had seen a "substantial increase" in fentanyl seizures at the southern border in January, just as it confirmed that there were 153,941 migrant encounters last month.
February 17, 2022 Coast Guard offloads over $1 billion in cocaine, marijuana at Florida port The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) offloaded an enormous amount of seized drugs worth more than $1 billion at a port in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday.
February 14, 2022 Arizona CBP officers arrest Mexican national with $85K worth of fentanyl pills U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills.
February 14, 2022 Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, setting her up for an attempt at a second gold medal in Beijing.
February 11, 2022 Philadelphia SWAT officer shot in bulletproof vest, suspect in custody, police say A Philadelphia police SWAT officer was briefly hospitalized Friday after his bulletproof vest stopped a bullet while he was serving an afternoon search warrant, according to authorities.
February 11, 2022 Republicans introduce 'HUNTER' Act to ban taxpayer funds for crack pipes A pair of Republican lawmakers authored new legislation to ban federal taxpayer dollars from funding crack pipes, needles and other drug paraphernalia, following a firestorm over a viral report that alleged the Biden administration would be funding crack pipes for addicts.