Also known as: heroin
Two traffic stops in Kentucky and Missouri resulted in drug charges. In Greenup County, a half-pound of suspected methamphetamine was found, leading to charges against two individuals. In Miller County, 28.9 grams of methamphetamine were discovered, and two people face felony delivery charges.
Drug investigations and traffic stops across six states led to arrests and seizures of methamphetamine, cocaine, firearms, and paraphernalia. Charges include possession with intent to distribute, firearm offenses, and tampering with evidence.
Delaware State Police arrested a Newark man on felony drug charges after a traffic stop in Townsend. Officers seized crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin, and over $2,200 in suspected drug proceeds.
Recent drug investigations in New York and New Jersey led to more than a dozen arrests and seizures of fentanyl, cocaine, guns, and cash. Cases in Jersey City, Syracuse, Fallsburg, and Monticello resulted in numerous drug charges.
Drug enforcement actions in several states led to seizures of meth, heroin, cocaine, and firearms. A Fort Worth man received a 40-year prison sentence, six men were charged in Nassau County, and a corrections officer was arrested.
Two major drug trafficking investigations in North Carolina and Tennessee have led to over 30 arrests combined. The North Carolina case resulted in more than 170 charges after seizing cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, guns and cash. In Tennessee, 15 individuals were indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, with seizures including fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, firearms and cash.
Police in Karachi, Kentucky and Indiana arrested three suspects in separate drug investigations involving alleged trafficking in Ice, methamphetamine and cocaine. One case involved a controlled purchase, while another led to the seizure of nearly 60 grams of cocaine and a firearm.
More than 2,700 drivers were arrested for drug-related offences in January as authorities expanded roadside inspections and medical testing. Separate road safety checks in Keighley recorded 17 offences, including one drug-driving arrest.
The Trump administration moved to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. The change is expected to ease research restrictions but will not immediately legalize marijuana.
Laurel police said four people were arrested and one more is wanted after a two-month-long drug investigation. Officers said they found heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and a .38 caliber handgun at a Laurel apartment complex home.
