Drug possession could be legalized Oct 3, 2008
Reviving a similar push by his predecessor, Calderon's bill aims to free up police to hunt for narcotics dealers and smugglers, but it could meet opposition in largely conservative Mexico as well as in the United States. (Reuters). (Boston Globe)
Cardinal Health Inc., Agrees to Pay $34 Million to Settle Claims That it Failed to Report Suspicious Sales of Widely-Abused Controlled Substances Oct 3, 2008
"Today's settlement makes clear that the Department of Justice is committed to doing its part to curtail illegal access to these dangerous drugs." Hydrocodone is the generic name of a prescription painkiller that is classified under federal narcotics law as a Schedule III controlled substance ... Additional assistance was provided by the Criminal Division's Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section. (PR Newswire)
Falterman challenged for marshals seat Oct 3, 2008
He is a graduate of Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy, Patrol Officer Response to Street Narcotics, The Suicide Prevention/Management of Mental Health Emergencies and Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is time for a change in the city of Jeanerette. (New Iberia, LA)
Tuesday drug raids round up 15 Oct 3, 2008
The narcotics detectives don t ever stop. It s never ending. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
More of this story Oct 3, 2008
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation together with the Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics, Austin Police Department, Kerr County Sheriff's office, and the Bexar County Sheriff's office ... The Gulf Cartel is responsible for the transportation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana from Colombia, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico to the United States, as well as the distribution of those narcotics within the United States. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
AP IMPACT: Tons of drugs dumped into wastewater Oct 3, 2008
Tightly regulated narcotics susceptible to abuse go down the toilet. "We flush it and flush it and flush it until we can't see any more pills," she says. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
October 2006 Oct 3, 2008
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia. Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. (White House News Releases)
October 2002 Oct 3, 2008
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia. Nominations. (White House News Releases)
Informant recordings lead to charges in sale of heroin Oct 3, 2008
Mangual was charged with three counts of possession of narcotics, three counts of sale of illegal drugs and three counts of possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a public housing project. Mangual was held on $75,000 bond after his appearance Wednesday in New Britain Superior Court. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Drug trade, crime could drag Bissau into chaos-UN Oct 3, 2008
Narcotics experts say some members of the military facilitate the trade by guaranteeing safe passage for jets and boats ferrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs through one of the world's poorest countries. Guinea-Bissau has lurched from one crisis to another since independence in 1974 and there are fears that the drugs trade will further undermine attempts to stabilize the nation, which is due to hold elections in November. (AlertNet)
State argues for its right to use Limbaugh records Oct 3, 2008
Limbaugh is under investigation for alleged doctor-shopping - obtaining duplicate prescriptions of narcotics from multiple doctors. He has not been charged with any crime. (Yahoo News -- Rush Limbaugh)
State offering free nicotine patches for people in recovery Oct 3, 2008
He added that the smoking rate for individuals who have ever attended Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, or received treatment for drug or alcohol use is 47. 6 percent. (Brookline TAB, MA)
NATO forces to begin attacks on Afghan drug lords Oct 3, 2008
NATO forces in Afghanistan will step up attacks on drug lords and narcotics traffickers who are supporting an insurgency that over the past year has rebounded and is responsible for rising violence, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday ... But by drawing a clear link between the narcotics trade and its role in the insurgency, McKiernan was outlining what could be an important and expanding role for American and NATO troops as they seek to eliminate a source of money and... (International Herald Tribune)
Authorities intercept shipment of drugs Oct 3, 2008
Officers with the Madison County Sheriff's Office and Piedmont Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad learned about the shipment and waited for it to arrive in a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Baldemar Nu ez Estrada, according to Madison County Sheriff Clayton Lowe. Officers from the two agencies, along with others from the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force and agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, stopped the vehicle on Georgia Highway 98, about halfway between Ila and Commerce,... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Blaine Co. sheriff: England faces Femling in replay of '04 Oct 3, 2008
England would like to see the return of the county's K-9 drug dog program, as well as more full-time narcotics detectives and other improvements ... Steve England idSteveEngland wrote on Oct 3, 2008 6:18 AM:" If the Blaine County Sheriff's Office conducted employee exit interviews, then the current sheriff might grasp just why his deputies are leaving. But, an elected official does not have to conduct these type of interviews, something I would implement ASAP. By the way, 8 patrol deputies have... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Akuffo-Addo- Why Oh Why Oct 3, 2008
Cocaine-dealing," as in 38 million worth of cocaine being smuggled through Ghana getting "lost" under the "watchful" eyes of the NPP Government. This just one time, there are series of that ANANSE STORY. OH MY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US Anyone can articulate policies on narcotic drugs. Akuffo-Addo please answer the following question before thinking about saying anything to the good people of Ghana. We are tired of your arrogant attitude. ANSWER US NOW.KRONFOO Even Tagor and Kiki Djan can... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Drug disposal sites few in Valley Oct 3, 2008
The site does not dispose of narcotics. The reporter can be reachedat or (559) 441-6310. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Douglas Police Report Oct 3, 2008
David Middleton 12-16-58 was arrested at 1556 Mission Ave for Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Narcotics. Rolando Aguilar 3-20-79 was arrested at 6th St. and A Avenue for Driving on a Suspended License. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
World Briefs Oct 3, 2008
Iraqi security forces have said that the soldiers used "potent narcotics" to kill themselves. Ali al-Baghdadi, an Iraqi police official, noted that members of the 57th Airborne were behind the murders of several families in Northern Baghdad. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Woodbury Police Officers Earn Certificationin Use of Tasers Oct 3, 2008
In Waterbury, Officer Wright said he spent a lot of time tracking down narcotics suspects. He said he considers pulling someone over as being more dangerous than acting on a narcotics search warrant ... "When you target someone in a narcotics search warrant, you do your research," he said. (Voices, CT)
Undercover investigation leads to arrest of five for illegal guns Oct 3, 2008
Friday October 03, 2008. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, front right, and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, front left, display a cache of illegal guns recovered during an investigation. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
McCain-Palin to steer US in the right direction Oct 3, 2008
There are those who choose abortion for good reason, including HIV/AIDS, drug use(ever see a baby withdraw from narcotics. cancer, threat to mothers life, etc. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Drug ring leader gets 20 years Oct 3, 2008
In the battle to reclaim Biltmore, police said that trinity of circumstances gave them an opening to infiltrate the narcotics enterprise that crippled the area in and around Shannon Ridge Apartments ... It was an effort narcotics detectives dubbed "Operation Sugar Cane," an allusion to the ringleader's nickname of "Sugar Shack.". (Florida Times-Union)
Special Reports Oct 3, 2008
Even as America pursues a war against terror, tons of deadly narcotics pour across the border. A series on places being considered to augment or replace San Diego's Lindbergh Field. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
U.S. presses NATO to target Afghan drug lords Sep 25, 2008
WASHINGTON - U.S. defense officials are pressing their NATO allies to do counter-narcotics operations in Afghanistan, targeting an opium trade that fuels terror networks there ... U.S. forces don't focus on counter-narcotics missions, and instead are fighting insurgents and training the Afghan forces ... Last week, after a stop in Afghanistan, Gates told reporters that if allied troops have the chance to take out a narcotics lab or arrest a drug kingpin, they should be able to do it. (MSNBC -- International)
Oro Valley police officer shoots, kills suspect Sep 25, 2008
"Our investigation is very preliminary at this point, but what it appears is that there has been an ongoing narcotics investigation involving the Oro Valley Police Department and a number of schools. and one of those schools has been identified as Canyon Del Oro," said Tucson Police Lieutenant Rick Middleton. After the shooting, the driver ran the car he was driving into a column outside a store in the shopping center. (FOX 11, AZ)
Afghan Tribal Leader Guilty of Drug Trafficking Sep 25, 2008
"As of yesterday, we thought the verdict was going to be not guilty, that there was no evidence that he intended narcotics to come into the United States," Lopez said ... Noorzai claimed that contractors working for the U.S. government enticed him to the United States assuring him he would not be charged with narcotics trafficking ... "For a split second, it made me think of 9/11, but as the case developed, we understood that this was all about narcotics and nothing about terrorism.". (Law.com)
The lonely death of Cycle Maung Maung Sep 25, 2008
Rumors spread to explain his alleged actions: he was possessed by a demon, or the regime gave drugs to the police, soldiers and Swan-ar-Shin to make them more violent and the narcotics fueled Maung Maung's cruelty. True or false, his neighbors avoided him and few set foot into his house after the Saffron revolution crackdown. (Asia Times Online)
Watertown Crime Watch: Alert resident foils car break-in Sep 25, 2008
E. Lighter doses of prescription narcotics. Man drinks beer in public while talking to police. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-police chief expected to surrender in drug probe Sep 25, 2008
But until now, Kaczmarek managed to avoid criminal charges in the investigation even though he met in February with the drug gang's admitted co-leader, Kerry ``Slim'' Kirkem, to talk after State Police secretly removed cocaine and other narcotics from another person involved in the operation ... Authorities have said the large-scale narcotics enterprise funneled cocaine and heroin from Long Island and New York to the Capital Region. (Albany Times Union)
* World News Quick Take Sep 25, 2008
Yesterdays police statement said the others are accused of consuming the narcotics and had been released pending further investigation. Four had been deported because they overstayed their visas. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Alternative therapies enter the mainstream Sep 25, 2008
At the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, nurse Donna Audia offers reiki treatment in conjunction with narcotics. As part of the pain control treatment that trauma patients routinely receive, Audia follows the Japanese practice of gently touching patients and moving her hands along their bodies while they keep their eyes closed. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Shooting in shopping center at First and Wetmore Sep 25, 2008
Undercover officers with Oro Valley Police were investigating a narcotics case that led them to the shopping center. It was then when an officer opened fire and shot a suspect related to the investigation. (KOLD.com, AZ)
Police shot one in a drug raid Sep 25, 2008
JAKARTA: A Jakarta Police narcotics officer shot an alleged marijuana dealer in Depok early Wednesday for resisting arrest. "We shot him in the leg," division head Sr. Comr. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
County OKs medical marijuana ID cards Sep 25, 2008
"But too often, this card has become an excuse for some people to carry and grow marijuana.. A number of cities have reported a spike in crimes around marijuana dispensaries."This is going to be an wait-and-see," Mestas said.Currently, there is no medical marijuana dispensaries in Kings County.Fresno County, which has recently adopted its medical marijuana ID card program, projects about 500 patients seeking the cards. Tulare County, which implemented its program in 2006, has issued about 40... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Leader Of Cocaine Ring Gets 17 Years Sep 25, 2008
Prosecutors said Robinson was the leader of a drug trafficking organization that operated in Duval, Clay, and Miami-Dade counties and supplied narcotics to parts of Georgia. Robinson and 12 co-defendants were arrested in July 2004 after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the Clay County Sheriffs Office. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Police arrest man who kept walking into traffic Sep 25, 2008
Police said they suspected Forrester was under the influence of depressants or opium- based narcotics because his eyes were opening and closing in a nodding off manner, his pupils were extremely constricted and he allegedly had fresh needle marks on both arms, according to police reports. Officers arrested Forrester and charged him with disorderly conduct after he refused to lower his voice or stop walking into traffic. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Sex offender points to family tragedy during his sentencing Sep 24, 2008
He was attending a Narcotics Anonymous meeting when he met the girl. I didn t understand that sex was a problem as well, Dietz said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Cocaine Ring Hid Drugs in Children's Toys, DEA Says Sep 24, 2008
Diaz and another man, Jesus Diaz, 36, of Moonachie, N.J., also are charged with laundering the proceeds of the alleged narcotics business. Gilbride said Diaz brought as much as $100,000 per week in drug proceeds to Prima Check Cashing, where Jesus Diaz, with the assistance of Lisa Rodriguez, 36, of Moonachie, N.J., sent wire transfers to associates in Puerto Rico. (Fox News)
Three nabbed in drug raid in Albany's Pine Hills area Sep 24, 2008
Each was charged with felony drug possession and narcotics possession with intent to sell, as well as misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. All three were arraigned in Albany City Court and remain in the Albany County jail without bail pending a future court appearance. (Albany Times Union)
Allen man arrested in nation wide operation Sep 24, 2008
The arrests were part of "Project Reckoning," a multi-agency law enforcement effort led by the DEA. According to the statement, the Gulf Cartel is responsible for transporting multi-ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marjiuana from countries in South and Central America to the United States, as well as the distribution of those narcotics within the U.S. "Project Reckoning" is a 15-month investigation that has led to the arrests this week of more than 175 individuals... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
No Time To Waste Sep 23, 2008
Further, the Taliban makes plenty of money from the narcotics trade. The Taliban will also hope that US military operations against Pakistan will alienate the Pakistani people and align them in its favour. (India Times, India)
Watertown Crime Watch: Somerville man booked with OxyContin Sep 23, 2008
E. Lighter doses of prescription narcotics. Alleged groper runs from law, and the law won. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
K-9 dies in Fayette County Sep 23, 2008
Rex was certified in narcotics detection, tracking, and Officer protection ... Rex was certified in narcotics detection, tracking, and officer protection. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Medical Van Carjacked In Tacoma Sep 23, 2008
-- A courier was making a pharmaceutical stop when her van of supplies and narcotics was carjacked, Tacoma police said ... Inside the van was about a $250 million in pharmaceutical supplies, including at least $100,000 in narcotics, Fulghum said ... "There are a variety of drugs that were taken. It was all containerized, just A to Z basically, Fulghum said.Tacoma police won't release information on the kind of narcotics taken as investigators are trying to locate the missing drugs.Some of the... (KIRO TV, WA)
North Iowans face possible life in prison on meth charges Sep 23, 2008
Their arrests followed a long investigation by the North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force that included a search warrant sweep on March 26 at several locations ... Task Force investigators were assisted by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff s Office, Mason City Police Department, Task Force Special Operations Group, Manly Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mason City Police NET, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Iowa National Guard Counter Drug, Clear Lake Police Department... (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
AP IMPACT: Tons of drugs dumped into wastewater Sep 22, 2008
Tightly regulated narcotics susceptible to abuse go down the toilet. "We flush it and flush it and flush it until we can't see any more pills," she says. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Ex-wife of manslaughter victim hopes for justice Sep 22, 2008
" Stockton has been charged with negligent homicide, a class C felony under Arkansas law with a sentence of between three and 10 years and a fine of up to $10,000. Kathy said police and prosecutors told her the charges had resulted from blood test results showing narcotics in Stockton's system at the time of the crash, but Tony Rogers, elected prosecuting attorney of Carroll County, Ark., declined to confirm or deny this. Although the charge for causing the death of her ex-husband, father to two... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
For young English-speakers gone astray in Israel, a helping hand Sep 22, 2008
He goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings and has a steady job working nights as a debt collector. "Sure, I sometimes miss my old life," he admits. (Christian Science Monitor)
Construction Wraps Up in Time for Tulsa State Fair Sep 22, 2008
Actress Tatum O'Neal has broken her silence following her father and brother's arrest on Wednesday on suspicion of narcotics possession. Water Cooler. (FOX23.com, OK)
Fleeing cocaine suspect suffers fractured leg Sep 21, 2008
The suspect, who was fleeing from operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) after he had been invited by them, received multiple fractures on his left thigh as a result of the heavy fall on the ground floor of the main airport building. He is currently on admission at the 37 Military Hospital receiving treatment and doctors say he will be there for at least 10 weeks. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Drug court manager busted on drug charges Sep 21, 2008
Columbia County narcotics investigators said Friday that the coordinator of the county s Drug Court program has been selling information about criminal investigations to drug dealers and users ... The leak "could have been deadly, even catastrophic," narcotics investigator Sgt. Phillip Edwards said in a statement ... The Columbia Enforcement Narcotics Team, a task force that investigates drug cases, said it learned through its own informants several weeks ago that Cayton had been selling... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Police put dent into alleged drug dealing Sep 21, 2008
This was a substantial illegal narcotics sales operation that was brought to and end, Fuller said. Investigators reported seizing 18 small bags of cocaine, $4,000 in cash, a large quantity of oxycodone pills, a measuring scale, and packaging to conduct the alleged drug sales. (Weymouth News, MA)
L.I. Bar Owner Arrested In Cocaine Bust Sep 21, 2008
The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team said 66-year-old , the owner of RJ's Lounge, was selling cocaine in the bar and investigators found more than two ounces of cocaine, $5,000 in cash and drug paraphernalia during the raid on Friday. Johnson, of Port Ewen, was charged with five counts of possession of drugs, three counts of sale of drugs and criminal nuisance, all felonies, and misdemeanor use of drug paraphernalia. (WNBC.com, NY)
Grand Jury Issues Indictments Sep 21, 2008
On April 26, 2007, Laurens County Sheriff s narcotics officers received a tip and went to Diers home on Baggett Lane ... Laurens County Sheriff s narcotics officers alleged they approached the two men at Kmart in Dublin on November 26, 2007 and found 20 pills in a bottle. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
'Over 500' Indian troops have HIV Sep 20, 2008
Analysts say the easy availability of narcotics from Burma - and the local tendency to inject them through the multiple use of syringes - is the main cause for such high prevalence of Aids. We are giving a lot of importance to creating awareness of safe sex among the troops. (BBC News -- Health)
Pair nabbed by police buyers Sep 20, 2008
Both men were initially arrested for attempted sale of narcotics and conspiracy to attempted sale of narcotics and then later charged with possession of over one ounce of cocaine. They were held at the New Britain Police Department on $500,000 bond until their arraignment in New Britain Superior Court Friday. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Police Blotter: Sept. 20, 2008 Sep 20, 2008
William Paul Griffen, 21, of the 2600 block of Rio Oso Road, Rio Oso, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at 6:25 p.m. Sept. 18 at Forty Mile Road and Highway 65 on suspicion of possession of narcotics. He was booked into Yuba County Jail. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
State argues for its right to use Limbaugh records Sep 20, 2008
Limbaugh is under investigation for alleged doctor-shopping - obtaining duplicate prescriptions of narcotics from multiple doctors. He has not been charged with any crime. (Yahoo News -- Rush Limbaugh)
Breaking News: Columbia County Drug Court head arrested on drug charges Sep 20, 2008
The Columbia County Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested Emily Davis Cayton, 30, of Scappoose, earlier this month. According to a CENT press release, detectives launched an investigation after learning Cayton had been leaking information about persons she believed to be drug informants to local drug dealers. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Community calendar Sep 20, 2008
Narcotics Anonymous meeting 7 to 8 p.m., 908 Avenue G, Fort Madison. MONDAY. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
A growing concern Sep 20, 2008
Australia has four Australian Federal Police officers in Afghanistan and by the end of the year, another eight will train Afghan police to fight the narcotics trade ... Former US anti-narcotics official Thomas Schweich blew the whistle recently in an article he wrote in The New York Times, accusing the Karzai Government of protecting the drug trade and the US military of turning a blind eye to the opium trade which finances the Taliban ... "The Defence Department tends to see counter-narcotics... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Roxane Laboratories, Inc. Announces the Launch of Protriptyline HCl Tablets, USP Sep 19, 2008
Currently, Roxane Laboratories markets over 75 medications in nearly 250 package sizes, focusing on an expanding line of Multisource pharmaceutical products including: bulk and unit-dose liquids and solids; coated, sustained-release and controlled-release tablets; nasal sprays, cytotoxics and CII narcotics. Roxane Laboratories, Inc., is a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, based in Ridgefield, CT and a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies. (PR Newswire)
O'Neal, son, arrested for meth Sep 19, 2008
Whitmore said in addition to drugs that deputies suspect belong to Redmond O'Neal, deputies also found narcotics in Ryan O'Neal's living area. Both men were released after posting $10,000 bail and could be charged with felony possession of narcotics. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
6th woman's body found in Jefferson Davis Parish Sep 19, 2008
Outside of this case, the others have all involved women two black and three white who lived high-risk lifestyles involving drugs and in some cases the trading of sex for narcotics. The first three bodies were discovered in rural canals. (KSLA.com, LA)
