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DC Police Seize $2.5M in Heroin, Maserati in Area’s Largest-Ever Drug Bust
D.C. police and federal officials seized millions of dollars worth of heroin and marijuana from a Northeast D.C. home in what the mayor called the largest-ever seizure of heroin in the region.Authorities seized more than 88 pounds of heroin laced with fentanyl, 40 pounds of...
08 January, 2019
Colby Cosh: A flap in the law — a Vancouver judge tackles the tricky topic of tents
The latest absorbing legal puzzle of our times appears in Monday’s Vancouver Sun, which just caught up with a ruling given a few weeks ago in the local Provincial Court. We open on a typical Downtown Eastside scene: police are keeping a eye on a...
08 January, 2019
Lethbridge cops warn of ‘extremely potent batch’ of drugs after deaths
Kristen Harding, a spokesperson for the Lethbridge Police Service, said two people died in the early morning hours of Sunday and it is believed both people died of an opioid overdose. An injection kit is seen inside the newly opened Fraser Health supervised consumption site...
07 January, 2019
Death row prisoner found hanged in his cell after his execution is postponed twice and he demanded state ‘get to it’
A DOUBLE murderer hanged himself in his cell on death row after his execution was postponed twice and he told the state to “get to it”. Scott Dozier, 48, was found dead at Ely max security jail in Nevada, after repeatedly telling the authorities he’d rather...
07 January, 2019
Weymouth woman facing fentanyl trafficking charges – News – Weymouth News
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Monday Jan 7, 2019 at 11:53 AM QUINCY — A Weymouth woman is facing fentanyl trafficking charges after a months long police investigation. Melissa A. Edwards, 28, of 26 Lakehurst Avenue, was charged with trafficking fentanyl in an amount more than 10 grams, distribution of...
07 January, 2019
Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Are To Blame For Opioid Crisis’ Ever-Rising Death Toll. But When Labeled That Way, It’s Still Sought After.
In places like San Francisco, where fentanyl is clearly labeled and not disguised as heroin, some people who are addicted to opioids prefer the powerful synthetic. “Fentanyl is stronger, you need less of it, and it’s cheaper. So why wouldn’t I, as somebody with limited...
07 January, 2019
Week in review: Test your nose for local news – Salisbury Post
1. Talking about resolutions for the new year, this public official in Rowan County said he or she has a single resolution each year. “I have a sticky note in my office, and it just has two words on it. It just says, ‘Do better.’...
07 January, 2019
Legal tug of war over luxury goods seized in Akron drug investigation – News – The Columbus Dispatch
Audrey Gibson wants her Gucci back. And her Chanel, Fendi and Louis Vuitton. Federal prosecutors contend the high-end loot was purchased with the proceeds from a drug operation that peddled fentanyl and carfentanil on the streets of Northeast Ohio. In September, Gibson cut a deal in the case —...
07 January, 2019