Drugs

A 19-year-old mother has been charged with murder after her infant drowned as she fell asleep with him in the bath.

A federal court in Brooklyn has sentenced a Colombian national to more than 17 years behind bars for conspiring to internationally distribute cocaine and sell them at higher prices for shipping the drugs closer to U.S. soil, United States District Judge Edward R. Korman bared on Wednesday. 

A 35-year-old man strangled and then stabbed his partner who he felt was cheating on him while he was in prison. The man pleaded guilty and added that he loved the deceased very much despite what the court may say.

A Nigerian man has reportedly been arrested by the Kanagawa Prefectural Police for allegedly trying to smuggle about 15,000 tablets of MDMA, or Ecstasy into Japan from Germany.

Two MSC Gayane mariners will serve more than 13 years in jail in total, following attempts to smuggle 20 tons of cocaine through the Port of Philadelphia in a $1 billion haul of the drug in June 2019, one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history.

Shante Pleasant, a 33-year-old Bronx native, has been arrested for hiding over 25 ounces of cocaine in a diaper bag at Coxsackie, New York.

A narcotics dealer will serve 15 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl analogs and synthetic opioids across the United States, including to an 18-year-old who died of an overdose.

A Canadian man may rot in jail for up to 40 years after admitting to a botched attempt to smuggle over half a ton of marijuana into the United States, according to U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., on Wednesday. 

A Chester County methamphetamine dealer has been sentenced to six-to-12 years in prison after admitting to disposing of his stillborn child's body in a backyard burn barrel.

Police have found the corpse of an 80-year-old Staten Island man in his apartment building on Monday with the chilling message “I touch little girls” written on his chest.

Police arrested a New York woman who threatened to stab officers with a broken pipe used to smoke meth on Monday.

A U.S. citizen living in Tamaulipas, Mexico, will serve a 70-month sentence in federal prison for importing meth into the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery on Tuesday.

Japanese authorities have arrested four staff members for the Tokyo Olympic Games from the United States and Britain after they were accused of using cocaine, police revealed on Tuesday.

The Denver Police Department (DPD) has arrested four people over the possession of illegal weapons and narcotics on Friday night at a downtown Denver hotel near Coors Field where the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game is being held.

Two employees were fired after a mother discovered drugs in the happy meal she purchased for her son. Both are now facing drug charges as a result of the incident.

An Ocala, Florida man was apprehended by police after he allegedly murdered and decapitated his vulnerable grandmother, leaving behind an appalling crime scene in their home on March 26.

A Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania father may be jailed for up to 20 years after he pleaded guilty on Monday to distributing a “designer drug," a controlled substance analog, before the U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.

Teenage parents have been reportedly charged with the death of their 4-month-old infant after cocaine was found in the baby's body.

Two top members of the outlaw Pagan’s Motorcycle Club were seized by law enforcement on Monday, marking the latest arrests in a long-running federal probe into the illegal activities of the biker gang, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.

Myanmar authorities reportedly torched some $670 million worth of narcotics including opium, heroin, methamphetamine, and cannabis across the country on Saturday, June 26. 

The incident occurred after Duque attended a meeting in the Catatumbo region, a hub for the cultivation of Coca—a key ingredient in cocaine.

An Ivanhoe Road, Worcester man may be jailed for up to 20 years behind bars following his arrest on Monday after he allegedly sold significant quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as suspected fentanyl, disguised as counterfeit Adderall pills to an undercover cop.

Not much has been inferred as to whether the infection operates differently among different people.

Sixty-five pounds of cocaine were found at a beach on Florida's eastern coast last May 19. The investigation in now ongoing, a local wing of the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.

The incident marks a first of sorts in the country by NCB, which so far hasn’t made any seizures in regards to cannabis-based products.

A Savannah man who operated an interstate commercial sex trafficking business and distributed drugs has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.

A Kansas mother has been charged with murder after the overdose of her 2-year-old son found dead two years ago after ingesting a high dosage of methadone.

An army veteran has been sentenced to six years jail time for reportedly raping an underage babysitter in the presence of his young son more than two decades ago.

The mother, who had been partying three days straight, wrecked her car and then passed out on top of her infant daughter.

An anti-mask flyer has been arrested for allegedly snorting a white substance and groping at least one female passenger during a JetBlue flight, prompting an emergency landing in Minneapolis late Sunday afternoon.