Tag: Heroin

Authorities Seize Illegal Drugs Worth $1.2 Million in Arizona Raid

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced on April 22 the indictment of Luis Ronaldo Nieblas-Beltran on felony charges connected to a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Arizona. Nieblas-Beltran was arrested on March 10 while allegedly preparing to deliver many drugs, including fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, heroin, and methamphetamine. He is charged with conspiracy, illegally conducting…


Texas Border Patrol Officers Seize $587K Worth of Cocaine In Three Separate Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine worth an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at Texas’ Brownsville Port of Entry. The first seizure took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to make entry into the…


Texas Border Patrol Officers Seize $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Separate Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine worth an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at Texas’ Brownsville Port of Entry. The first seizure took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to make entry into the…


Border Patrol Officers Confiscate $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Texas Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine valued at an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas. The first incident took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge, where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to enter…


Spring Break Overdose Victims Identified as West Point Football Players

By Angie DiMichele, David Fleshler, Eileen Kelley, and Chris Perkins From South Florida Sun Sentinel WILTON MANORS, Fla.—The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as football players at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. They were in town for spring break, renting a house in…


DOJ Evaluating Opening Safe Injections Sites for Heroin Use, Other Illicit Substances

The Justice Department is considering implementing supervised sites in underserved communities where they will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and other narcotics, in an effort to reduce the risks associated with substance abuse and prevent fatal overdoses. Known as the “Harm Reduction Program Grant” the $30 million grant program would provide funding to community-based overdose…


US Navy Seizes $4 Million Worth of Heroin in Arabian Sea

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—United States navy vessels seized 385 kilograms (849 pounds) of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million, in a major bust by the international maritime operation in the region, officials said Thursday. The USS Tempest and USS Typhoon seized the drugs hidden aboard a stateless fishing vessel plying Mideast waters,…


Drug Dealer Sentenced 13 Years for San Diego Woman’s Fentanyl Overdose Death

SAN DIEGO—A drug dealer who supplied fentanyl that led to a San Diego woman’s overdose death was sentenced today to 13 years in prison. Tony Davis, 65, of San Diego, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin to a street-level dealer, who in turn sold the drugs that caused the…


India Seizes $2.7 Billion Afghan Heroin Haul Amid Kabul Takeover Chaos

AHMEDABAD—Indian officials said on Tuesday they had seized nearly three tons of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200 billion rupees ($2.72 billion) amid the chaos following last month’s takeover of the country by the Taliban. Afghanistan is the world’s biggest illicit opiate supplier, but since taking power, the Islamist Taliban have said they…


Drug Overdoses Kill More Than Five Australians a Day: Report

More than five Australians died from drugs overdoses every day in 2019, says a new report by the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC). According to the annual report released on Thursday, over 1,860 Australians lost their lives to drugs in 2019, with the majority of the deaths deemed unintentional. This marks Australia’s fifth year…