Narcotics

October 31, 2007 -- FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) and the University of Kentucky’s Drug Endangered Child Training Network partnered today in Louisville with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to launch a three-phase initiative to address methamphetamine use and the impact of intergenerational substance abuse on the citizens of Kentucky.    » read more »

Fertilizer Targeted By Those Manufacturing Meth

October 31, 2007 -- Springfield – As the illicit manufacturing of the deadly drug methamphetamine continues to pose a threat to rural communities throughout Illinois, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today reminded farmers and chemical dealers that fall is a time that thieves look to steal a key ingredient used in “cooking” methamphetamine: anhydrous ammonia.    » read more »

SB 274 makes any attempt to illegally transport or store anhydrous ammonia a Class 4 felony

October 31, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed a law that toughens current anti-methamphetamine laws by making any attempt to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver a key meth ingredient a Class 4 felony. Class 4 felonies can carry a prison term of one to three years and/or a fine of up to $25,000. Senate Bill 274, sponsored by State Senator Larry Bomke (R-Springfield) and State Rep.    » read more »

New York City Bus Driver Accused of Acting as Cocaine Supplier While Driving Route in Queens

NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Oct. 30, 2007) – New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the indictment of 22 New Yorkers accused of taking part in a highly coordinated narcotics distribution operation. The indictments and subsequent arrests came through a joint operation between the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force and the Niagara Falls Police Department and were part of Cuomo’s ongoing Upstate Guns, Gangs and Drugs Initiative.    » read more »

October 29, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Mullica Township man and his wife were indicted today for allegedly growing numerous marijuana plants in a sophisticated indoor marijuana cultivation facility    » read more »

October 30, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte has announced that Sylenda Mitchell, age 58, of Center Conway, New Hampshire has been sentenced by a Carroll County Superior Court judge to serve nine months in jail following her guilty pleas to five felony counts of illegally possessing narcotics. The pain medications were prescribed for several nursing home residents at a North Conway facility. The defendant diverted the narcotics while working at the facility between December of 2006 and January of 2007.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- (JACKSON, Mississippi) — Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour today announced the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics has been awarded a $449,772 federal grant to combat methamphetamine production and distribution.    » read more »

Georgia man ran drug trafficking ring that moved more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than $6 million

October 25, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Georgia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in a multi-state narcotics trafficking ring. The Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution prosecuted Aqeel Waleed Baruti for conspiring to traffic more than 400 grams cocaine and for money laundering.    » read more »

(Washington, DC, October 24, 2007) – The US Congress should oppose counternarcotics assistance to Mexico unless it includes strong conditions aimed at ending abuses by Mexican security forces, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Bush administration asked Congress on Monday to approve a US$500 million aid package to help Mexico improve its counternarcotics efforts and improve public security. Yet the Mexican military and law enforcement agencies responsible for counternarcotics operations have very poor human rights records.    » read more »

October 9, 2007 -- ALLENTOWN - Up to 14 suspected drug dealers, some with ties to the New York City "Bloods" gang, were arrested today by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI) on charges of running a multi-million dollar cocaine trafficking ring in and around the Lehigh Valley.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said that the investigation, known as "Operation Bloodhound" began in November 2006 and focused on the selling and local drug trafficking network of Shelton Brown, 27, 336 S. 9th St., Allentown. 10-5-07Opr Bloodhound    » read more »

Woman accused of unlawfully obtaining narcotics and committing Medicaid fraud

October 9, 2007 --TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Gadsden County woman was arrested on charges that she misused her job at Big Bend Hospice of Gadsden County to fraudulently obtain controlled substances including Ambien and hydrocodone.    » read more »

07 October 2007 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he did not discuss possible locations for a new U.S. base in Latin America on any of the five stops he made in the region in recent days. The secretary made the remark during his final stop in Paramaribo, Suriname on Saturday.    » read more »

Co-conspirators ran drugs through Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties

October 5, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that five defendants were sentenced to various prison terms after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to traffic and trafficking cocaine. The 10-person cocaine ring operated throughout Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. Nine defendants have been sentenced to date. The defendants were all prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution.    » read more »

New law would substantially toughen penalties for drug growers

October 2, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today unveiled a legislative proposal to fight the increasing threat that marijuana grow houses pose to neighborhoods throughout Florida. The Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act also contains powerful child protection provisions including enhanced penalties for those who have a child present at a grow house and enhanced penalties for those who have illegal drugs in close proximity to children under the age of three.    » read more »

09/28/2007 -- (DENVER) – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers today announced $375,000 in Daniels Fund grants to a pair of Colorado anti-methamphetamine programs. The grants were announced prior to a meeting of the Statewide Methamphetamine Task Force, which the Attorney General chairs. Two-hundred thousand dollars has been awarded to the Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and $175,000 has been awarded to a meth treatment pilot program in Delta County.    » read more »