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Wed 06/25/2025


  • Read -- The DEA says Jalisco New Generation Cartel spied on its agents in the United States -- EL PAS English

  • Read -- DEA intercepts fentanyl shipment amid Oklahoma's rising drug trafficking concerns -- KTUL

  • Read -- Drug Task Force Nets Two in County Investigations -- Northwest Iowa Now

  • Read -- Penlink Taps Former Acting DEA Administrator, Derek Maltz, to Lead Global Business Growth and Strategy -- WCBD

  • Read -- Opium worth Rs 4L seized, two drug peddlers held -- The Tribune

  • Read -- Poison, opium and narcotic drugs Ordinance and the Judicature Act No. 02 of 1978 to be amended (Banning narcotic drugs trade in the ocean) -- The Island.lk

  • Read -- News : Meth Dealer Receives Prison Time, LPC PD assists in Prosecution -- Vinton Today

  • Read -- Three charged with drug crimes after warrant search. -- Gasconade County Republican

  • Read -- New Drug Charges For Pace Pharmacy Owners And Their Daughter -- NorthEscambia.com

  • Read -- ALEA: Raids on hemp shops due to 'numerous complaints' of marijuana law violations -- 1819 News

  • Read -- Mexican police in Chiapas unveil armed drones to combat cartels -- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  • Read -- Two people arrested on drug charges after investigation in Hiawassee -- AccessWDUN

  • Read -- Suspect Jailed on Two-County Drug Charges CCN -- Columbus County News

  • Read -- Lindale Woman Foudn with Meth while Shoplifting -- Coosa Valley News

  • Read -- 3 heroin dealers arrested -- Highland Post

  • Read -- Multiple Arrests Made Following Year-Long Narcotics Investigation in Geary County -- KCLY Radio

  • Read -- Bixby police arrest man who fled crash scene, meth found inside car -- KTUL

  • Read -- DEA intercepts fentanyl shipment amid Oklahoma's rising drug trafficking concerns -- KTUL

  • Read -- Bixby police arrest man who fled crash scene, meth found inside car -- KTUL

  • Read -- Wise County man expected to plead guilty to federal drug and gun charges -- Mountain Top Media

  • Read -- GOP Senate Appropriators Push Back on Trump DEA-ATF Merger Plan -- Bloomberg Law News

  • Read -- Marcos: 'Bloodless' drug war nets P62-B 'shabu' -- Inquirer.net

  • Read -- Seven Georgians indicted in Athens for massive meth/fentanyl operation on the dark web -- Now Habersham

  • Read -- Repeat Meth Dealer from Reinbeck Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison -- Ottumwa Radio

  • Read -- Joliet Drug Dealer Captured By Joliet Police After Hiding In Someones Apartment Building: JPD -- Patch

  • Read -- Public Health Reports Most Significant Decline in Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in LA County History -- SCVNews.com

  • Read -- KBI Seizes Package Containing Over 25 Pounds of Illegal Narcotics -- Kndy Radio

  • Read -- Police: Man arrested at Nashville 'No Kings' Rally flagged by federal terrorism task force in April -- Tennessee Lookout

  • Read -- Man Injected Mom with Meth, Beat Her to Death and Dumped Her In Trash Can: Police -- TooFab

  • Read -- Watertown Man Arrested for Drug Possession following Traffic Stop -- New York State Police (.gov)

  • Read -- Two men arrested after police 'smelled cannabis in their car' -- Yahoo

  • Read -- Greenville police arrest two for drug trafficking with 28 grams of heroin on Bostic Drive -- WCTI

  • Read -- Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force arrests 37 at job site in Gulf Shores -- WEAR-TV

  • Read -- Holdingford Man Pleads Guilty to Murder After Fatal Drug Overdose -- WJON

  • Read -- DOJ confirms cooperation with ICC, offers to fly drug war witnesses to The Hague -- ABS-CBN

  • Read -- CBD shops in 4 Alabama cities raided over marijuana law violations, ALEA says -- AL.com

  • Read -- Vietnam ends death penalty for crimes against the state, bribery, drugs -- Al Jazeera

  • Read -- STPSO: Sun woman arrested after meth found during traffic stop -- an17.com

  • Read -- Man calls for tougher drugs sentences after son's death -- BBC

  • Read -- Drug mule jailed for smuggling over 9k of cocaine to Isle of Man -- BBC

  • Read -- Moscow PD K9 Ragnar and Sgt. Snyder placed 2nd out of more than 50 narcotic dogs from across the Pacific Northwest -- Big Country News

  • Read -- Twice-deported Mexican national living in East Texas sentenced to 14 years for drug trafficking -- cbs19.tv

  • Read -- Marijuana use rising among seniors, and doctors are sounding alarms -- CBS News

  • Read -- Gunmen kill 10 people, including children, at house in Mexican city plagued by cartel turf wars -- CBS News

  • Read -- HCSO Narcotics Investigation Leads To Multiple Arrests -- Chattanoogan.com Breaking News

  • Read -- China's anti-drug efforts yield results, yet complex threats persist -- China Daily

  • Read -- Man out on bond for murder arrested with almost 10 ounces of marijuana -- Click2Houston

  • Read -- A woman in a CT prison died of an overdose. An investigation failed to ID who supplied the drugs -- Hartford Courant

  • Read -- LA County drug-related overdose deaths, including from fentanyl, declined in 2024 -- Los Angeles Daily News

  • Read -- Miami Twp. bans land use for marijuana -- Dayton Daily News

  • Read -- Sharon Hill man charged with drug dealing, assault -- Delco Times

  • Read -- GOA Condemns DOJ Proposal to Merge ATF and DEA: 'A Trojan Horse for Gun Control' -- Gun Owners

  • Read -- Unmasking Narcotics Networks: How OSINT Empowers Border Personnel in the Fight Against Illicit Drug Trafficking -- HSToday

  • Read -- Lions, guns and meth: Inside the takedown of an Oregon roadside zoo -- Jefferson Public Radio

  • Read -- Alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker extradited from Colombia -- Imperial Valley Press Online

  • Read -- Man sentenced for transporting hundreds of pounds of meth -- KGET.com

  • Read -- CBP seizes $1.5M in narcotics at Colombia Solidarity Bridge -- KGNS

  • Read -- Tucson police seize over 1,000 fentanyl pills in Midtown drug bust -- KGUN 9

  • Read -- 28 Arrested in Drug Case -- KSAL News

  • Read -- Drug sweep at Idaho State Correctional Center finds no major contraband -- KTVB

  • Read -- Tucson officer seized fentanyl and meth during Speedway and Swan traffic stop -- KVOA

  • Read -- 28 arrested in drug bust following year-long investigation -- KWCH

  • Read -- 20-year sentence for Reinbeck man in meth distribution case -- KWWL

  • Read -- L.A. County sees a sharp decline in drug overdose deaths in 2024 -- Los Angeles Times

  • Read -- Multiple narcotics found in vehicle after driver hits side of church in Leesburg -- Leesburg-News.com

  • Read -- Hamilton County narcotics investigation leads to multiple arrests -- Local 3 News

  • Read -- Cartels spying on law enforcement on US soil -- MSN

  • Read -- Rs 540 Crore Of 'Drug Money' Laundered By Akali Leader, Says Probe Agency -- NDTV

  • Read -- Convicted bank robber from New York arrested in Maine on drug charges -- newscentermaine.com

  • Read -- Norwalk raid finds marijuana and nitrous oxide at Westport Avenue smoke shop, police say -- NewsTimes

  • Read -- N.J. man who converted home into a marijuana growing facility headed to prison -- NJ.com

  • Read -- 6 arrested, 2 properties seized in drug raid, Louisiana State Police say -- NOLA.com

  • Read -- Minnesotan charged for OWI and marijuana -- The N'West Iowa REVIEW

  • Read -- Ocheyedan man jailed for meth in Sheldon -- The N'West Iowa REVIEW

  • Read -- OPD: Owensboro man arrested for possession, distribution of child porn; also faces meth charges -- The Owensboro Times

  • Read -- Gilead signs up to $750 million cancer drug deal with Kymera Therapeutics -- PharmaLive

  • Read -- Pensacola man sentenced for machine gun, drug trafficking after car chase -- Pensacola News Journal

  • Read -- Caldwell County infant hospitalized from drug overdose and dog bite, mother charged: Sheriff -- Queen City News

  • Read -- Gilead signs up to $750 million cancer drug deal with Kymera Therapeutics -- Reuters

  • Read -- Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry -- Reuters

  • Read -- Gang leader sentenced in meth distribution conspiracy -- Rockdale Citizen

  • Read -- Hong Kong considers changing name of narcotic 'space oil' to 'zombie oil' -- South China Morning Post

  • Read -- Tops Farm's new marijuana dispensary on Route 1 gets green light in York -- Seacoastonline.com

  • Read -- Exclusive: Nearly one-third of National Guard drug enforcement team were pulled to go to L.A. -- San Francisco Chronicle

  • Read -- 'Martyrs in fight against narcotics are national heroes' -- Tehran Times

  • Read -- Baltimore border officers recover 695 pounds of LSD-like drug worth $555,000 -- The Baltimore Banner

  • Read -- City police question actor Krishna on cocaine use and link with drug cartel -- The Hindu

  • Read -- Scranton man charged with possessing more than $10K worth of drugs -- Scranton Times-Tribune

  • Read -- CBP officers seize over $1.5 million in hard narcotics in Utility trailer at Colombia Solidarity Bridge -- TheTrucker.com

  • Read -- Two held with 516 gm of heroin -- The Tribune

  • Read -- One held with heroin, pistol, drug money -- The Tribune

  • Read -- Two arrested with heroin -- The Tribune

  • Read -- Harlingen authorities seize narcotics from home, 4 arrested -- ValleyCentral.com

  • Read -- Hartford police make 'one of the larger drug busts' in town's history -- Valley News

  • Read -- Victorville Man Arrested with 37 Grams of Meth in Apple Valley Parking Lot -- VVNG

  • Read -- Probation check leads to discovery of methamphetamine -- WALB

  • Read -- South Ga. gang leader sentenced to 30 years for distributing meth from prison -- WALB

  • Read -- Months-long drug investigation nets one arrest, over a pound of meth -- WBAY

  • Read -- Scottsboro police arrest woman during traffic stop for drug possession -- WDEF

  • Read -- Three arrested after multi-agency drug bust in Bladen County -- WECT

  • Read -- Suspected of shoplifting $1,500 jar of marijuana, midnight bicyclist arrested in Boardman -- WFMJ.com

  • Read -- BODY CAM VIDEO: Traffic stop leads to drug bust in Waterbury -- WFSB

  • Read -- 28 people arrested in Junction City drug bust after year-long investigation -- WIBW

  • Read -- Two arrested in Pitt County on multiple drug charges -- WITN

  • Read -- Warren man sentenced in drug trafficking case -- WKBN.com

  • Read -- Pensacola man sentenced for drug trafficking and firearm possession -- WKRG

  • Read -- Pace Pharmacy owners arrested on new charges in drug trafficking case; daughter also arrested -- WKRG

  • Read -- GRPM closed Wednesday after discovery of potentially unstable drugs -- WOODTV.com

  • Read -- Parkersburg man pleads guilty to selling meth, ghost gun -- WTAP

  • Read -- Waterbury man arrested with nearly 100 grams of fentanyl, other narcotics -- WTNH.com

  • Read -- ALEA raids businesses ahead of hemp regulation law taking effect -- WVTM

  • Read -- Murder convict found with 63.9 grams of methamphetamine in his pants, Asheboro officers say -- WXII

  • Read -- Two arrested on drug trafficking charges -- WYMT

  • Read -- NSA, CISA guidance push for adoption of memory safe languages in software development to boost resilience -- Industrial Cyber

  • Read -- Giuliani, Lewandowski among new members of Homeland Security advisory council -- CNN

  • Read -- Thailand moves to make recreational cannabis illegal again -- DW

  • Read -- FBI returning agents to counterterrorism work after diverting them to immigration -- NBC News

  • Read -- 'Peddling fear': China's top security agency mocks CIA Chinese informant drive -- South China Morning Post

  • Read -- National Cyber Director should lead quantum cyber preparations, GAO says -- Nextgov

  • Read -- Emil Bove, Trump's former lawyer-turned-DOJ official faces confirmation for judgeship -- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  • Read -- With July 4 just days away, US law enforcement on high alert for Iran retaliation -- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  • Read -- Whistleblower complaint alleges top DOJ official Emil Bove said he was willing to violate court orders -- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  • Read -- Trump judicial nominee Bove faces questions as whistleblower claims he floated ignoring court orders -- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  • Read -- Department of Justice suing Washington over confessional law -- Aleteia EN

  • Read -- Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders -- AP News

  • Read -- Purple Heart veteran forced to self-deport after 48 years in US -- WKRC

  • Read -- CBP Seizes 695 Pounds of Psychedelic Drug Bound for Maryland -- The MoCo Show -

  • Read -- What ICE agents are doing is outrageous and mostly legal -- The Hill

  • Read -- Congresswoman Torres Leads Members in Requesting GAO Investigation into Potential Violations of Federal Law by ICE -- Congresswoman Norma Torres (.gov)

  • Read -- Justice Dept. whistleblower details senior officials' efforts to stonewall judges, ignore decisions -- CBS News

  • Read -- Houston DEA operation seizes $1.2M in cocaine, Mexican national sentenced -- FOX 26 Houston

  • Read -- 38 bags of illegal narcotics found during Jackson County arrest -- mypanhandle.com

  • Read -- 'DHS Is Taking Over DOJ' Former Officials Warn About Trump Consolidating Law Enforcement -- NOTUS

  • Read -- Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Want Huntsville, Alabama, To Be the New Quantico for the National Academy: They're Meeting Resistance -- The New York Sun

  • Read -- Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF -- Ponca City News

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