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Drug Interdiction / Narcotics

Drug Interdiction / Narcotics

The Drug Interdiction / Narcotics topic covers all aspects of drug enforcement, from highway or border interdiction to undercover infiltration into gangs or drug cartels. Drug smugglers are constantly evolving their concealment techniques and are growing in their boldness, so law enforcement must work even harder to stay one step ahead. From marijuana and crack cocaine to prescription pills and heroin, this topic covers it all.
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Khat smuggling case in Va. leads to questions

Substance is part of culture in Somalia and Yemen; some wonder if prosecution is overkill by gov't - Full Story

News

Woman who died in NH standoff had dated gunman

Woman who died in NH standoff had dated gunman

Police chief Michael Maloney was killed when man opened fire, also wounding four officers - Full Story

Columns

How will Mexico's Cartel War impact its upcoming 2012 elections? Scott Stewart - Tactical Intelligence

How will Mexico's Cartel War impact its upcoming 2012 elections?

As U.S. interdiction efforts curtailed the Caribbean drug flow, and Colombian cartels were dismantled with U.S. help, Mexican cartels gained more prominence and power in the flow of cocaine and other drugs - Full Story

Columns

TDY: A Border Patrol Agent's life on the road Thane Gallagher - Patrolling the Border

TDY: A Border Patrol Agent's life on the road

When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes - Full Story

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Patrolling America's forgotten border

Patrolling America's forgotten border

On the northern border, federal agents and police play cat-and-mouse with smugglers and immigrants along 4,000 miles of a mostly unmarked and unfortified land.
Senators want military radar

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Airport security: 'Don't sniff my junk?'

Airport security: 'Don't sniff my junk?'

Although K-9s are currently not allowed to sniff human beings in typical law enforcement settings, bringing explosive-detection K-9s out of the cargo hold and into airport security lines makes a lot of sense.
Less invasive than pat downs



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Drug Interdiction / Narcotics Columnists

Highway Drug Interdiction Highway Drug Interdiction
with Lt. Andrew Hawkes
Cops vs. Drugs: Tactics and Issues for All Officers Cops vs. Drugs: Tactics and Issues for All Officers
with Det. Steve Walton (Ret.)