A Mexican woman wearing two Santa Muerte pendants was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered nearly forty pounds of cocaine in her SUV’s spare tire. A CBP K9 alerted officials to the presence of the drugs during a vehicle search.
A report in Spanish newswire EFE claims the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is investigating a number of high-ranking officials in Bolivia for having ties to drug trafficking cartels. The information allegedly arrived in American hands through a Colombian informant.
Breitbart News previously reported that 67-year-old Harvey Lembo bought a gun on the morning of August 31 for self-defense then shot an alleged burglar hours later whom he believes was trying to steal his painkillers.
A new study finds that more college-age kids are now smoking pot than they are tobacco.
On Wednesday, a major bust was made of a multi-million dollar food stamp fraud ring based in the Ohio counties of Butler and Hamilton.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Police identified Monday the five men who were arrested in connection with an international burglary ring that netted about $4 million in stolen property.
Police in Walton County, Florida, report that a man has been arrested for the 32nd time after a traffic stop revealed a sale weight amount of the drugs methamphetamine and marijuana in his car.
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government is striving to contain what has grown into a significant drug abuse problem among its population, pushing the limits of both law enforcement and medical care facilities in accommodating criminals and those who need help fighting their addictions.
Police in New York City are becoming increasingly alarmed at the side effects of “synthetic marijuana” seen in its users.
Agents with the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit reported that, during her arrest, police observed a woman trying to escape a drug charge by eating the crack cocaine she had in her possession.
Nearly 77 per cent of all people undertaking drug addiction treatment are on state benefits, an official government study has revealed. In the research undertaken in 2012 but released by the Department for Work and Pensions this week, government data
Children in their early teens are less likely to have smoked, consumed alcohol or taken drugs than ever before, new figures reveal. The annual Health and Social Care Information Centre survey of 6,000 pupils aged 11 to 15 found that record
The discovery of Chattanooga killer Mohammed Youssef Abdulazeez’s diary has given investigators a better look at his past history, and his state of mind at the time he launched his attack on military recruiting and training centers. Blog posts and a text message he wrote shortly before the attack have also provided important clues.
With Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s second major escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico, his fans are growing in number. The drug lord known as “El Chapo” is becoming something of a folk hero in Sinaloa, Mexico, the killer’s hometown.
NEW YORK (AP) – The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stood firm Monday on his description of Mexican immigrants as criminals.
Libya is more Hillary Clinton’s disaster than Barack Obama’s, although that does not let him off the hook for agreeing to her push for intervention. Neither of them had the faintest, foggiest clue what to do with the ruins of the country after Moammar Qaddafi was ousted.
English-born actor Tom Hardy, who is the title character in the upcoming sequel Mad Max: Fury Road, admitted in a recent interview his drug problem was once so out-of-hand, he would have sold his own mother for crack cocaine.
In a meeting Friday with a large group of representatives of the Italian Tennis Federation, Pope Francis interjected strong words against doping in his otherwise positive message.
Carly Fiorina, GOP presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard CEO, spoke about drug use in Iowa on Thursday, adding that she would not enforce federal drug laws on states like Colorado, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, which have legalized marijuana use, reported The Des Moines Register.
An outbreak of HIV infections is still vexing portions of southeastern Indiana, affecting drug users and causing almost 150 cases so far.
In a tell-all autobiography to be released in English this year, Fidel Castro’s former bodyguard asserts that, while head of state, the Cuban dictator ran cocaine and marijuana trafficking operations “like a godfather.” The body guard also claims Castro executed some of his top officers to prevent further international attention for bolstering violent drug cartels.
On Monday, only five days before he will fight Floyd Mayweather, 38, in the richest fight in history, Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao, 36, appeared on a video call on the Philippines, GMA News TV to plead with Indonesian President Joko Widodo for the life of a Filipina scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for dealing drugs.
Miley Cyrus was in damage control mode Monday morning after images posted to her Instagram page demonstrated her and a group of friends hooked up to IV tubes over the weekend.
A Texas Department of Public Safety officer has been reprimanded and ordered to undergo counseling for posing in a photo with rapper Snoop Dogg during last month’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX.
Andrew Getty, the 47-year-old grandson of late businessman and oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, died Tuesday in his Los Angeles home, according to a statement from his family. KTLA reports Getty’s ex-girlfriend, 32-year-old Lanessa De Jonge, placed a 911 call at around 2 p.m. Tuesday after finding him on the floor of his Hollywood Hills mansion.
Indonesian police accidentally intoxicated the population of an entire town by burning 1,100 pounds of marijuana in Tangerang, 15.5 miles west of Jakarta. The amount added up to almost $1 million.
Fresno Deputy Police Chief Keith Foster was arrested Thursday, along with six others, on federal drug charges, after a year-long joint investigation by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
Indiana Governor Mike Pence has declared a public health emergency for areas of southeastern Indiana hit with 79 cases of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.
TV and film actress Greta Gerwig plans to attend a psychedelic healing session during an upcoming visit with her shaman healer, and she doesn’t seem to know, or care, if the practice is legal. Gerwig stated: “I’ve only had nice experiences with hallucinogens.”
According to a New York-based psychiatrist, at least one of every four women in America is now on psychiatric medication, as opposed to one of every seven men. Dr. Julie Holland says this is nothing less than “insane.” Holland’s recent
A pair of California teachers who turned a camping trip involving underage male high school students into a drugs, alcohol and sex-induced weekend are facing sex charges–and, if convicted could spend a combined 23 years in prison.
A Los Angeles judge said Monday artist CeeLo Green has complied with his probation conditions relating to a felony drug case, and is therefore excused from attending any further court hearings.
Los Angeles Angels left fielder Josh Hamilton has allegedly violated Major League Baseball’s drug policy and could face a suspension of 15-25 games.
Despite warnings from Congress against their plans, the Washington, D.C. City Council stands ready to preside over Thursday’s legalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. With the overwhelming passage of Initiative 71 in last year’s
Ten students from Wesleyan University and two visitors were hospitalized from what appears to be overdoses of the drug Molly, authorities reported on Sunday.
A Texas border cop has resigned following his arrest on drug possession charges. Michael Anthony Moreno, a 7-year veteran patrol officer with the Edinburg Police Department, resigned from his job, police spokesman Lieutenant Oscar Trevino told Breitbart Texas.
A man accused of using the cover of the Plumas National Forest to grow more than 3,700 marijuana plants changed his plea to guilty at a hearing Wednesday, according to court documents.
A Venezuelan defector says his former boss, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, runs a secret drug cartel. Leamsy Salazar was a bodyguard and former head of security for Diosdado Cabello, the 2nd most powerful man in Venezeula’s socialist party.
Savvy drug smugglers, seeking innovative methods to evade federal authorities at the border, are using heavy-duty magnets to affix illegal substances to the undercarriage of “trusted traveler’s” vehicles in Mexico, reportedly targeting the drivers without their knowledge.
