Narcotics

More San Francisco Drug Cases May Be Dropped in Crime Lab Scandal

The police crime lab was closed March 9 following allegations that longtime technician Deborah Madden stole cocaine evidence. Madden hasn't been charged.

Posted Sunday, March 28, 2010

Michigan Woman Swapped Girl, 10, to Man for Cocaine

Police are searching for Johnnie L. Griffin on first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct and firearms charges.

Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Drug Arrests Latest Black Mark on Providence Police Force

After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.

Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Fugitive on Run after Killing Utah Deputy

Roman, 37, is accused of leaving Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox dead from a gunshot wound after a traffic stop near Delta, about 130 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.

Posted Monday, January 4, 2010

Indiana State Police Tracking Meth

State Police are stepping up the fight against meth labs across the state. It's part of a project they've been working on for more than a year.

Posted Monday, December 28, 2009

Oakland Drug Raids Net 95 People in Custody

Thomason says the arrests come after an eight-month investigation involving undercover officers buying drugs from dealers.

Posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Three DEA Agents Killed in Afghanistan

The Drug Enforcement Administration has identified the three agents killed Monday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Three DEA Agents Killed in Crash in Afghanistan

The casualties marked the Drug Enforcement Administration's first deaths since it began operations here in 2005.

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009

ICE Agents Make Errors, Interfere with Police Investigations

In the case involving one informant charged with murdering another, Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana, a smuggling manager for the Juarez cartel, was gunned down this spring in his upscale El Paso neighborhood. El Paso police say ICE delayed its investigation, steering detectives away from the man now charged with arranging the contract hit.

Posted Sunday, October 25, 2009

Criminals Busted in Operation Tombstone

Santa Monica police are using a different approach to catch murderers and drug dealers. Chris Blatchford has more on Operation Tombstone in this video report.

Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009