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Sailor Pleads Guilty in Record-Setting Bust Aboard Cocaine Ship
A citizen of Montenegro pleaded guilty to conspiring with at least seven other crew members aboard a cargo ship to hauling more than 20 tons of cocaine. They were busted after stopping in Philadelphia in 2019.
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Tiger Among Animals Officials Find in Search of Texas Home
Authorities seized animals including a white Bengal tiger, bobcat, kinkajou, porcupines, llamas, emus and deer after finding them at a South Texas residence while executing a search warrant last week.
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Angels Deny Knowledge of Organization's Reported Involvement in Skaggs' Drug Use
The Los Angeles Angels’ director of communication told federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and abused the drug with the pitcher, according to an ESPN report published Saturday.
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2 Men Arrested After Massive Heroin and Pill Bust in Delaware
Two men are in custody following a massive heroin and pill bust in Delaware, officials announced Thursday.
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2 Charged in Massive Heroin and Fentanyl-Laced Pill Bust
Two men were charged in a massive heroin and fentanyl-laced pill bust in Delaware. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the details.
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DOJ Moves to Add Marijuana Growers for Research
The Justice Department is moving forward to expand the number of marijuana growers for federally-authorized cannabis research.
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Investigation Into Massive Philly Cocaine Bust
The MSC Gayane cargo ship has been under investigation since federal agents found about 16 tons of cocaine on the ship in South Philadelphia. Two crew members face charges in one of the largest drug seizures in recent memory.
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NJ Fertility Clinic Employee Writes Fake Prescriptions, Steals Fentanyl, Police Say
An employee of a South Jersey fertility clinic is accused of swiping dozens of doses of the powerful narcotic fentanyl.
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Women Buy Box of Legos in Ga., Find $40K in Meth Inside
Three Georgia women bought a box of Legos while visiting a South Carolina consignment shop, only to find that the box was actually filled with about $40,000 worth of methamphetamine. Bulloch County Sheriff’s Investigator Jim Riggs tells The Statesboro Herald that the women gifted the box to a child, who opened it and discovered the three pounds of drugs. Deputies...
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Indictment: Ex-CEO Ignored Red Flags as Opioid Crisis Raged
The pharmaceutical industry executive hit Tuesday with criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis doesn’t have his name on a museum wing, and his company isn’t within earshot of Apple or anyone else on the Fortune 500. Even his $1.5 million paycheck was a paltry sum compared to his peers. Laurence Doud III, the retired CEO of the Rochester Drug...
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$150M Worth of Opioids Seized in NJ; Two Arrested: DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized around $150 million worth of opioids from two men in New Jersey, the agency said.
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El Chapo Trial Shows How ‘Rampant,' ‘Systemic' Corruption Impedes Drug War
In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug empire, a former Mexican state attorney general pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes from narcotraffickers. The juxtaposition underscored a recurring theme of Guzman’s New York trial: how pervasive official corruption in Mexico complicates American authorities’ efforts to investigate and apprehend...
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Court Papers: Witness Claims El Chapo Had Sex with Minors
Newly unsealed documents about notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman contain claims by witnesses that he had sex with minors he called “vitamins,” a disturbing allegation coming just as a jury is about to start deliberating in his U.S. drug-trafficking case. According to papers made public late Friday, a key government cooperator told authorities Guzman had him drug...
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Irvine Doctor Arrested After 5 People Overdose on Opioids, Fire Captain Killed
A doctor who owns an urgent care facility in Irvine was arrested Tuesday on charges of illegally distributing opioids, including to a man charged with running over and killing an off-duty Costa Mesa fire captain riding his bicycle in Mission Viejo.
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$2M of Meth Hidden in Figurines of Disney Characters: DEA
The Drug Enforcement Administration says meth hidden inside wax figurines depicting Disney characters has been confiscated near Atlanta and is worth roughly $2 million. It is one of the biggest meth busts ever in Gwinnett County, the DEA told WSB-TV. The drugs were concealed inside 500 figurines depicting Winnie the Pooh, Donald Duck, Pluto and other Disney characters. DEA Atlanta...
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‘What's Up, Chapo': US Agent Who Helped Capture Drug Lord Joaquin Guzman Tells Story of Manhunt
For the first time since he began hunting one of the world’s most notorious drug lords, the man who helped make the second capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in 2014, is revealing his identity and telling his story. Former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Andrew Hogan appeared on the “Today” show Wednesday to talk about the intricate tactics he...
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Herbal Supplement Kratom Contains Opioids, FDA Says
U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis.
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Gov. Tom Wolf Declares Disaster Emergency for Opioid Crisis in Pennsylvania to Reduce Barriers for Help
With opioids killing more people than any other health crisis in Pennsylvania’s history, Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday declared a disaster emergency that suspends regulations hindering access to addiction care.
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Wolf Declares Disaster Emergency for Opioid Crisis
The scourage of opioids and heroin has reached disastrous proportions in Pennsylvania, prompting Gov. Tom Wolf to declare a statewide disaster emergency to combat the epidemic.
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Coast Guard Rescues Sea Turtle Found Trapped in Floating Bales of Cocaine
The crew of a Coast Guard cutter used to finding bales of cocaine floating on the ocean got a surprise last month: a sea turtle trapped amid the contraband, NBC News reported. The crew of the cutter Thetis found the creature in the eastern Pacific after a military plane spotted a debris field of 26 packages strung together, amounting to...