Peoria, IL

Columbus, OH

NBC News

Another powerful animal tranquilizer has made its way into street drugs, added to illicit fentanyl and other opioids to prolong a user’s high. The drug, called medetomidine, is linked to a recent spate of deadly overdoses throughout the Midwest and Northeast. It dramatically slows down breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and decreases activity in the brain and spinal cord. It’s not meant for use in people.

A dangerous new animal sedative is making its way into the illegal drug supply

Detroit, TX

(The Center Square) – Federal agents working at ports of entry in northern U.S. cities and in small towns along the U.S.-Canadian border are continuing to thwart illegal activity. Federal agents working in Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati and in a small border town of North Dakota continue to interdict fentanyl,...

Fentanyl, weapons, other drug seizures at northern border setting records

Colorado State

CBS Denver

A Northern Colorado man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in supplying fentanyl to a teenage boy. Samuel Strait was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by 8th Judicial District Judge Daniel McDonald.Strait, 32, was prosecuted and convicted for his role in the 2022 overdose death of the teenager. CBS News Colorado has agreed not to publish the name of the victim due to his age.Strait sold the 15-year-old fentanyl pills late at night in July of 2022.Investigators with the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force said the boy contacted Strait multiple times seeking access to fentanyl pills. The boy,...

Fentanyl dealer sentenced to 25 years for 15-year-old's fatal overdose

New York State

A new street drug labeled "Super Mario" containing a synthetic opioid that's 100 times stronger than fentanyl has hit New York. The state's health department issued a public health alert on Friday after two samples from the "Super Mario" bags tested positive for a combination of fentanyl, a veterinary sedative called xylazine, and trace amounts of heroin and carfentanil, another a veterinary tranquilizing drug used for elephants and other large mammals.

'Super Mario' street drug bags with compound 100 times stronger than fentanyl detected in this state

The Mirror US

Paige Gibbons, 19, died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022 after she and a friend took what they thought was a Percocet pill, which turned out to be 100 per cent fentanyl

College student, 19, dies of Fentanyl overdose after taking what she thought was a painkiller

California State

WashingtonExaminer

As contraband Chinese pesticides contaminate marijuana farms across California, state officials have not issued warnings that the polluted drug could pose a fatal threat to the public.  Chinese-labeled pesticides have been flagged on cannabis farms in at least six California counties, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation. After California agencies raided illegal cannabis-growing warehouses […]

California officials haven’t warned public about deadly marijuana contaminants: Report

Kentucky State

Simpsonville, KY

A couple found passed out inside of a pickup truck at a truck stop were arrested after police discovered heroin and other drugs beneath their seats. The incident happened late last week on Thursday, May 30th at the Shelby County Pilot truck stop in Simpsonville, Kentucky. According to Mountain Top...

Couple passed out at truck stop arrested for heroin

Los Angeles County, CA

Federal authorities announced Monday that they have arrested 22 people who were part of a drug-trafficking ring for conspiring to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl. The U.S. Department of Justice said the drugs were imported into the United States from Mexico. The big picture: Court documents state...

22 arrested for trafficking nearly 13,000 pounds of meth

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

San Diego, CA

The Independent

 A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday. Prosecutors say Leonard Darnell George, a Customs and Border Protection officer working for two separate criminal organizations, allowed at least 19 crossings between late 2021 to June 2022. The vehicles contained several hundred pounds of methamphetamine as well as smaller amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and heroin, and also people being brought into the...

Ex-US Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico

Arizona State

Nogales, AZ

New York Post

(The Center Square) – US Customs and Border Protection agents continue to seize record amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, weapons and ammunition at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.

Seizures in the month of May continued the trend of agents catching alleged smugglers attempting to bring drugs into the US and weapons to Mexico.

Cartel and gang operatives have a pattern of smuggling people and drugs into the US and weapons, ammunition, cash and other contraband using stolen cars, to Mexico, law enforcement officials told The Center Square.

Last month, CBP agents seized more than three million fentanyl pills in one load,...

Arizona border agents seize enough lethal drugs to kill millions of people in just a few stops

Homeland Preparedness News

Raids in California this week culminated in charges against 47 alleged members of a Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug trafficking network and the seizure of more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl, 324 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroine and dozens of firearms. More … Read More »
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HeySoCal

A statewide fentanyl crackdown that focused on ports of entry along the southern border has resulted in authorities seizing 7 million pills and 3,725 pounds of power since January, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. Last month alone, investigators seized 1,170,893 pills containing fentanyl and 986 pounds of fentanyl powder. “California’s...

7 million fentanyl pills, 3,700 pounds of power seized statewide this year

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Over the last few weeks, several individuals appeared before Judge Dwayne Gillis and entered guilty pleas on felony charges in the Superior Court of Coffee County. The majority of the defendants received probation, while some will soon be transported to a Georgia prison to serve their sentences. Among the twenty-one cases, ten of the defendants faced felony drug charges.

More than 20 Individuals Plead Guilty and Sentenced on Felony Charges in Coffee County

USA TODAY

Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. was mentioned in the June 27 CNN Presidential Debate. Here's how many Americans died from the illegal drug in 2023.

How many people in the U.S. died from fentanyl in 2023?

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Beach, FL

The historic Beach Bowl in Jacksonville Beach will reopen this month after being closed for years. The bowling alley says on social media that it plans to reopen June 17. The bowling alley on Beach Boulevard opened in the 1950s and closed in 2019 when the property owners did not renew the lease.

Historic Beach Bowl will reopen this month

CBP Officers Seize $240,000 Worth of Cocaine at Anzalduas Bridge. In a significant drug bust, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge seized nearly $240,000 worth of cocaine on Friday. The operation highlights the ongoing efforts of CBP to curb drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border.

CBP Officers Seize $240,000 Worth of Cocaine at Anzalduas Bridge

Utah State

BroBible

The United States Drug Enforcement Agency had a remarkably two-week run in June when it seized over 170,000 fentanyl pills in Utah. That number represents over 25 percent of the entire total of fentanyl seizures in Utah in 2023 per a press release. Officials now expect the DEA in Utah to break a record for […]
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Mapleton, IL

Pekin, IL

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