March 5, 2019 Fentanyl a 'game changer' in drug war, says DEA special agent Two major fentanyl busts in New York and New Jersey are bringing more attention to the growing opioid epidemic gripping America -- and a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent who helped lead the operations explained Tuesday how the drug is “a game changer.”
March 5, 2019 MS-13 gang member, 5 others arrested in Arizona drug bust, officials say An MS-13 gang member and five others were arrested during a massive drug bust in Arizona, officials said.
March 2, 2019 Opioid crisis -- Since when does the government write prescriptions? Opioid-related deaths nationwide jumped four-fold in the last two decades, and the epidemic has made major inroads in the Eastern states, according to a new study by a U.S.- Canadian research team. They found that “the life expectancy lost at age 15 years from opioids is now greater than that lost from deaths due to firearms or motor vehicle crashes in most of the United States.”
March 2, 2019 Feds raid fentanyl and heroin mill in affluent New York City suburb Federal agents busted a heroin and fentanyl mill in an affluent New York City suburb and arrested five people, according to reports.
March 2, 2019 Marine Corps vet with dual US-Mexico citizenship oversaw massive cocaine operation, prosecutors say A U.S. Marine Corps veteran with dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship was indicted in a San Diego court Friday for his alleged role in a massive cocaine operation that stretched from South America to the U.S., according to court records.
March 1, 2019 El Chapo jurors could be in legal trouble for criminal contempt as defense readies push for retrial Earlier this month, a twelve-person jury convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on every count one of the ten charges against him. But it’s now the jury – who were carefully and secretly selected amid much concern of their safety and the extended nature of the trial – who might be facing legal ramifications of their own as Guzman’s defense appears set to file a motion mandating a re-trial as allegations of juror misconduct swirl.
February 28, 2019 California woman with surname 'Meth' sentenced for supplying meth that killed inmate A California woman with the last name "Meth" was sentenced to prison after she smuggled meth to an inmate at a state prison, officials said.
February 27, 2019 South Carolina men sentenced for conspiracy to kill one's ex-wife with mail bomb Two South Carolina men — one of whom was already imprisoned — were sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for conspiring to kill one of the men's ex-wife via a mail bomb.
February 27, 2019 Puerto Rico drug gang fed victims' bodies to caimans, 75 indicted on trafficking charges: feds Seventy-five people in Puerto Rico were indicted Wednesday for allegedly running a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring that including selling hard drugs in public housing complexes and throwing bodies of victims to caimans.
February 26, 2019 Two Arizona men, Mexican woman caught trafficking $4.3M in hard drugs across border, cops say U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained two Arizona men and a Mexican woman for allegedly trafficking more than 349 pounds of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and suspected fentanyl in three separates incidents at the border this weekend.