Drug Bust
2 California men charged in New Lenox pot bust
Two California men were charged with drug-related felonies after New Lenox police arrested them Tuesday when they delivered 94 pounds of marijuana to an undercover officer, authorities said.
10 members of heroin ring who laced drugs with animal tranquilizer and cocaine busted
Authorities took down a heroin distribution ring on Wednesday that allegedly laced their product with an animal tranquilizer and cocaine, state prosecutors announced.
Maple Heights drug dealer sold fatal heroin dose to Brook Park man, FBI says
Marcus Womack
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Maple Heights man was arrested Wednesday and charged with selling a dose of heroin and fentanyl to a Brook Park man who died of an overdose earlier this month, according to the FBI.
Flier hid $78K of cocaine in spandex, airport officials say
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Newark International Airport last week arrested a Dutch man they say had $78,000 worth of cocaine hidden in a pair of shorts.
Who is Edgar Valdez Villarreal Texas native known as ‘La Barbie’ in Mexico cocaine conspiracy
Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 42, a former high school football player, was responsible for sending huge volumes of cocaine into the US, officials say
A former Texas high school football player whom authorities say rose from petty street dealer to the top ranks of a Mexican drug cartel was responsible for sending truckloads of cocaine across the border for distribution in the eastern US, prosecutors said.
Connecticut police recover $1.5 million worth of drugs in traffic stop
DERBY, Conn. — Derby police recovered over a million dollars worth of Fentanyl from a tractor trailer truck on Route 34 Wednesday morning.
Here’s what $715,000,000 in cocaine looks like
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — More than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million was brought ashore Thursday in Florida following multiple recent seizures by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy in the eastern Pacific.
Haskell Man Caught In California Pot Farmer Murder, Stoled 100 pounds
Zachary Ryan Wuester
Authorities in California captured a Haskell man, continued their search for an accused accomplice from Clifton and announced the identities of other suspects — including a Westchester man — in the brutal killing of a marijuana farmer who hired them to trim his crops.
New Franklin man who jumped off bridge accused of possessing 79 pounds of cocaine
Jerry Davis Jr.
AKRON, Ohio — A New Franklin man who jumped off a bridge to avoid police is charged in a five-count federal indictment accusing him of possessing 79 pounds of cocaine.
State Police seize 50 pounds of marijuana in school parking lot
State Police seized more than 50 pounds of marijuana from four individuals after watching them swap packages from the trunks of their cars in a middle school parking lot in Hunterdon County, authorities said.