Police are questioning a person of interest after a batch of tainted heroin on the West Side killed four people and hospitalized at least a dozen others earlier this week. Reports of multiple overdoses started about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, and by late afternoon, at least 17...
Police are questioning a person of interest after a batch of tainted heroin on the West Side killed four people and hospitalized at least a dozen others earlier this week. Reports of multiple overdoses started about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, and by late afternoon, at least 17...
While the United States experiences an "unprecedented" bogus asylum claim-driven migrant influx crisis at our beleaguered southwestern border, less attention is often paid to the contraband that seeps over that porous border — at the behest of the transnational gangs, trafficking rings, and cartels —...
Dozens are facing charges Thursday after a multi-county drug bust spanning Central New York. Operation Central City – the name of a 15-month drug trafficking investigation led by New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ Office. And the outcome of the bust? A total of 65...
An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy appears to have been exposed to opioids while responding to a Wednesday morning call in Castro Valley, authorities said. ...
The United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose crisis in the nation’s history. More than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017. Nearly 48,000 of those deaths involved some type of opioid, a category that includes heroin, fentanyl and prescription...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An Onondaga County grand jury has indicted 65 people in connection with a Central New York drug bust.State Attorney General Letitia James announced the bust during a news conference in Syracuse on Thursday afternoon. The 15-month investigation dubbed “Operation Central City”...
The potentially deadly opioid carfentanil has been found in a blue powder presented at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre for testing on Wednesday.“Carfentanil is the most toxic of all the opioid analogues,” said Rob Boyd, director of Sandy Hill’s Oasis program, the harm reduction...