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• Afghan police arrest 4 suspected smugglers, seize narcotics in Badakhshan province
• How 2 killings exposed the depths of cartels' grip in Mexico's Michoacan state
• Europol, Swiss Police Dismantle Cryptomixer in Major Bitcoin Laundering Crackdown
• CBSA seizes more than 200 kg of opium smuggled in large machinery in Metro Vancouver
• Coast Guard seizes 3,800 lbs. of cocaine in Miami's largest small boat bust since 1995
• Judge Issues Injunction against Trump Administrations Arrest Practices in D.C.
• Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Trumps Birthright Citizenship Ban
• Operation Ice-breaker Crushes Meth Empire, $2.6 Million Drug Ring Smashed from Dallas to Gastonia
• Springfield Police Seize Illegal Firearms and Narcotics as Multiple Suspects Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses
• Ex-DEA Agent Accused of Aiding Cartel in Major Laundering and Weapons Plot
• First 2 months of new fiscal year begins with lowest border apprehensions in US history: CBP
• Sinaloa cartel wars coincide with record-setting wildfire damage. Its no coincidence
• Customs seizes 25.5kg Cocaine hidden aboard Brazilian vessel in Apapa
• D.C. Circuit Upholds Presidential Removal of MSPB and NLRB Members
• Record High Seas Drug Bust: Coast Guard, Border Patrol Seize Vessel With $28M in Cocaine Off Miami Beach
• 5 years sentence for defendant in latest meth case
• Federal authorities bust alleged family-run Hobbs narcotic ring
• Westfield man sentenced to prison for role in trafficking cocaine from Mexico
• Obama DEA Official Indicted For Laundering Money For Mexican Drug Cartel
• US FDIC names director of new office of professional conduct
• UN: Opium at highest levels in 10 years, Burmese civil war fuels cultivation
• Sen. Dick Durbin demands answers from Homeland Security regarding U.S. citizens caught up in immigration raids
• China and US advance counternarcotics efforts
• Man faces charges for heroin & meth possession; resident defrauded of $1,350 through computer scheme: Brook Park Police Blotter
• Myanmar makes more meth than anywhere else. Opium production there also just hit a decade high, report says
• Former high-ranking DEA agent accused of conspiring to traffic drugs and launder millions of dollars for a Mexican cartel
• European Authorities Seize $1.51B Bitcoin-Mixing Service Cryptomixer
• Assam Rifles and Police Seize 50,000 Yaba Tablets in Major Manipur Drug Bust
• Officials seize vessel with $28M in cocaine off Miami Beach
• Senior Chinese anti-drug official vows to improve narcotics control system, urges rigorous international verification and export curbs
• Appeals court upholds firing of Democratic Merit Systems Protection Board member
• Security company owner wanted after illegal marijuana operation dismantled in Sacramento County
• CBSA officers in Metro Vancouver seize over 200 kg of opium
• New drug control strategy signals policy shift
• Carson City criminal sentencing report for November
• Emily in Paris actor arrested for alleged drug smuggling
• Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes
• Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs
• The absurd status of a drug war case in the Supreme Court
• What to know about the charges Henry Cuellar faced before his pardon
• DEA agents seized 665,000 fentanyl pills and 2.41 kilograms of powder in Colorado operation
• Monarrez family members sentenced for 'kingpin' drug activity
• Playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan on drug smuggling charge
• 15 alleged members of drug trafficking organization indicted
• 82-year-old woman charged with child neglect after deputies find meth & fentanyl in Marion County home
• Job Listings Indicate Notional Plans for ICE Detention Facility in Portland
• Downtown Chicago's Unique Ice Skating Ribbon Is Like A Frozen Lazy River
• US FDIC names director of new office of professional conduct
• Job postings hint at possible ICE detention center in Portland

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