December 31, 2019 Alabama man caught with meth, heroin asks for photo with arresting deputies An Alabama man who was found in possession of meth and heroin during his arrest on Saturday had an unusual request for the arresting officers: to be photographed with them.
December 28, 2019 Uruguay seizes 6 tons of cocaine worth $1B in country’s largest bust Drug traffickers in Uruguay were hit with a major setback this week when local Naval and customs officers discovered a 6-ton haul of cocaine this week.
December 26, 2019 New York DA touts state's largest MS-13 crackdown Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini on Thursday touted New York law enforcement arresting nearly 100 MS-13 members and associates, a sophisticated operation that is considered the largest crackdown on the gang in the state’s history.
December 23, 2019 Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88 Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it with Americans, has died. He was 88.
December 23, 2019 Florida sheriff posts ‘drug house closed’ sign in front of home after undercover operations lead to arrest A Florida sheriff planted a sign stating “this drug house closed for business” in front of the home of a suspected dealer as he was taken into custody last week.
December 21, 2019 New York DA on historic MS-13 bust: 'the fight continues' Friday's announcement of the largest-ever MS-13 crackdown is a "huge blow" against the gang but the fight is not over, Suffolk County, N.Y. District Attorney Timothy Sini said Saturday.
December 20, 2019 Third tunnel found under US-Mexico border in Arizona town Two Mexican nationals were arrested in Arizona this week after a third tunnel – providing a hidden passageway underneath the U.S.-Mexico border – was found in the town of Nogales this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Thursday.
December 19, 2019 Mexican woman who ran international drug cartel convicted The leader of a Mexico-based international drug trafficking ring has been convicted of attempting to transport cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, the Justice Department said Thursday.
December 19, 2019 American-born Israeli woman jailed in Russia has appeal rejected by court: reports A Russian court reportedly rejected the appeal on Thursday of a 26-year-old woman with dual American and Israeli citizenship who has been jailed in Russia since April after authorities allegedly found nine grams of cannabis in her luggage.
December 18, 2019 Coast Guard offloads $312M worth of cocaine seized at sea The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday offloaded an estimated $312 million worth of cocaine that had been seized from smugglers in the eastern Pacific Ocean.