January 16, 2020 Border patrol agents in California arrest teen boy with drugs strapped to his body A 14-year-old Mexican teen was caught at a U.S.-Mexico border checkpoint in California with three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body, authorities said.
January 16, 2020 26 charged in Puerto Rico-to-Wisconsin drug smuggling operation that used US Postal Service Twenty-six people in Wisconsin are facing potential life sentences Thursday after being busted by authorities for allegedly running a massive drug smuggling operation that funneled cocaine and cash between Milwaukee and Puerto Rico.
January 12, 2020 Newt Gingrich: Tens of thousands of Americans are dying each year from this horrific epidemic Education can save lives and help us fight this killer.
January 11, 2020 Oregon pot smugglers recorded themselves rehearsing kidnapping, then carrying it out Two pot smugglers recorded themselves kidnapping the manager of an Oregon storage facility at gunpoint—after recording themselves the day before rehearsing the crime in a hotel room, according to reports.
January 11, 2020 Brandon Judd: Border wall critics are 'absolutely incorrect,' calls court ruling 'a great win' Critics of President Trump's border wall are "absolutely incorrect" and drops in illegal immigration and drug smuggling prove it, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said Saturday.
January 8, 2020 Portugal seizes cocaine worth $33M hidden in banana shipment from Latin America Police in Portugal uncovered a stash of highly pure cocaine with a street value of $33 million hidden inside a shipment of bananas from Latin America.
January 3, 2020 Naked Florida man, high on meth, bites K-9 dog, assaults officer: report A Florida man is facing several charges after police say he assaulted an officer and bit the ear of a K-9 dog while naked and high on methamphetamines last week.Â
January 2, 2020 'Affluenza teen' Ethan Couch arrested again, for violating probation after testing positive for THC Ethan Couch, the Texas defendant who used to the "affluenza" defense to get off on charges that he killed four people while drunk driving in 2013, has tested positive for THC, according to media reports.Â
January 2, 2020 Mexico's president says 'El Chapo' had same power as if he led country himself Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera had had the same power as the country's president.
December 31, 2019 Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 marijuana convictions to ring in 2020 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker granted tens of thousands of pardons for people convicted of low-level marijuana-related offenses on Tuesday.