Tag: Narcotics

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12-hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4-year-old son, Joel, asked ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police departments around the U.S. are working to shield their radio communications from the public as cheap, user-friendly technology has made it easy for anyone to use ...

EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Nearly five dozen members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs who were working together to control the drug trade near the East Orange-Newark border have ...

BOGOTA, Colombia—What to do with a black, $250,000 Ferrari seized from a Colombian drug trafficker for which a buyer couldn't be found? Paint it green-and-white. Those are the colors of ...

COVINA, Calif. -- Police seized in excess of 80 pounds of cocaine, a large amount of cash, two assault rifles and two handguns after serving a search warrant at a ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Hells Angels have had a rough year in California. Three Northern California members have died violently in the last month amid a turf battle with a rival biker ...

DETROIT (AP) — A former suburban Detroit police chief and five of his detectives have been charged in an alleged scheme that used drug forfeiture money to pay for prostitutes, ...

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a highly trained Marietta police dog has died after being struck by a vehicle. Marietta police tell Fox 5 Atlanta (http://bit.ly/nKcHoM) that 2-year-old Inja, ...

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was sitting in my office reading reports from the previous night’s activity. At the time, I was a narcotics task force commander. ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A former Chicago police officer who authorities say was the ringleader in a band of rogue police who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from suspected drug ...