November 1, 2019 California's Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state In a lighted garage on one of San Francisco's busiest streets, a young man in baggy trousers and messy brown hair pulled down his pants. He had been hiding two pairs of stolen jeans with the tags still on them. He handed them to another man waiting nearby, took some money, pulled up his pants and headed back into another store on Market Street - home to the city's high-end designers and big-chain retail shops. The incident wasn't a one-off.
October 31, 2019 Australian police find $210M worth of meth hidden inside sriracha bottles Police in Australia have arrested four men in connection with the $210 million worth of methylamphetamine found hidden inside hundreds of bottles of sriracha in a cargo container imported from the United States.
October 30, 2019 Ohio drug bust nets enough fentanyl to 'kill everyone' in the state FBI and Homeland Security investigators seized over 40 pounds of fentanyl in an Ohio drug bust, a quantity large enough to wipe out the state's entire population "many times over," officials revealed Wednesday.
October 30, 2019 Wild video shows moment El Chapo's son was busted Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday showed dramatic helmet cam footage of the moment Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán's son was captured by police earlier this month, before the government later released him after cartel gunmen launched an ambush and killed at least 8 people and injured 20 others.
October 26, 2019 California man visits national park to see Yogi Bear, police find 8 pounds of meth in spare tire A California man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after a visit to see Yogi the Bear at Yellowstone National Park lead police to finding eight pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a spare tire.
October 26, 2019 Connecticut police 'big dogs' sniff out 420 pounds of marijuana in U-Haul truck Four Connecticut State Police drug-sniffing dogs are being credited with helping troopers collar two men on drug-trafficking charges.
October 23, 2019 15 additional fentanyl arrests, 49 indictments in Arkansas drug trafficking rings Investigators dismantled three drug trafficking rings in Arkansas and arrested 15 additional people on Wednesday in the third major law enforcement operation in October designed to disrupt the flow of the drug fentanyl, Cody Hiland, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced.
October 22, 2019 Ohio mom who says she sold meth to put kid through college is sentenced In a plot straight out of an acclaimed TV drama -- but with an ending too sobering for the small screen -- an Ohio mother-of-five who said she sold crystal meth to send her child to college was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday.
October 21, 2019 New York brothers saved meth equipment from fire but left grandma to die, prosecutors say Two New York brothers are facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly saving their methamphetamine equipment from a house fire, but leaving their 82-year-old grandmother to die, according to prosecutors.
October 21, 2019 Tupac Shakur arrested in Tennessee for meth possession, threatening officers with knife: cops It turns out Tupac Shakur isn't dead -- he's just been living in Tennessee.