Heroin dealer in tony Beau Chene subdivision gets prison time
The country club community is not typical site for street-level drug deal Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
US indicts 14 in Vt. on federal drug charges
The office of Vermont’s federal prosecutor says 14 people have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base in the state between December 2010 and last month. Read more on Boston Globe
60% of those treated for drug use are teens
HEROIN and tranquillisers are the most common drugs resulting in treatment after alcohol and cannabis in Cork and Kerry. Read more on Irish Examiner
Heroin Deaths of Texas Teens Spur Drug Sweep
A federal grand jury has indicted 17 people so far on conspiracy and gun and drug-related counts after an investigation spurred by the deaths of three suburban Dallas teens from heroin overdoses. Read more on KBTX 3 Bryan – College Station
Heroin use up in Northern Michigan: 3 young adult deaths linked to drug
BENZIE COUNTY — Three recent deaths of young adults in Northern Michigan are likely connected with heroin use or other narcotics, the Benzie County sheriff said today. Read more on The Muskegon Chronicle
Which Young Star Is a Junkie? [Blind Items]
# blinditems This little lady said she went to rehab for an eating disorder, but it was really for heroin. This actor doesn’t even know his dates’ names and this star is still dealing with his wife’s death. Someone make sure he isn’t on the smack. More » Read more on Gawker
16-year heroin case fugitive surrenders
•Marvin G. Scharff, a convicted heroin smuggler who’s been a fugitive in the Philippines for 16 years, is scheduled for sentencing on July 28 in federal court on Guam. Read more on Pacific Daily News
Major heroin bust in Kane County
A woman will appear in Kane County bond call Wednesday afternoon, facing felony charges for being in possession of a large amount of heroin.The Kane County sheriff’s office recovered seven kilograms of heroin that was headed for Chicago during a bust earlier this week, police said. Heroin is rarely recovered in kilogram quantity levels. The suspect’s name has not yet been … Read more on The Beacon News
Macedonian police arrest 11 suspected members of international drug gang, seize 11kg of heroin
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian police say they have arrested 11 suspected members of an international drug trafficking ring and seized 11 kilograms of heroin. Read more on The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News
Police Bust Park Slope Heroin, Coke Ring
Police have arrested 12 New York City residents in an investigation into four loosely connected drug rings in Park Slope. Read more on NBC New York
More than 15 pounds of heroin seized in Kane County
A woman from Texas has been arrested and charged with drug crimes after a Kane County sheriff’s deputy discovered more than 15 pounds of heroin in her vehicle during a traffic stop, authorities said. Read more on Chicago Tribune
Watertown police: Lexington man charged with possession of heroin, oxycodone
A Lexington man was arrested for heroin and oxycodone after he reportedly blew through a stop sign on Lexington Street in Watertown. Read more on Watertown Tab & Press
Police: Baby in car with heroin suspect in chase
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a West Virginia man charged with heroin possession had a 4-month-old baby in the car with him when he sped away from officers who found he had crashed the car into a house a short time later. Twenty-four-year-old Justin Pramesa, of Wellsburg, was kept overnight at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after complaining of back pain from the crash about … Read more on WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg
Cocaine, heroin seized during I-75 traffic stop
More drugs are off our streets thanks to the Ohio Highway Patrol. Read more on NBC 24 Toledo
Bekas pemain bola Terengganu, isteri didakwa miliki heroin
MARANG, 19 April — Bekas pemain bola sepak Terengganu dan isterinya dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Majistret di sini hari ini atas tuduhan memiliki dadah jenis heroin seberat 120 gram di Bukit Payong, dekat sini pada 9 April lalu. Mohd Asrul Zainuddin, 21, bagaimanapun dilepaskan atas permintaan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Masriwani Mamat kerana tertuduh … Read more on The Malaysian Insider
Cleanup group: Beach litter at all-time high
SANDY HOOK, N.J. – A bag of heroin, a 10-gallon gas tank, five pairs of underwear, a duck caller, and a plastic cow were among the nearly half-million pieces of trash picked up from New Jersey’s beaches by volunteers last year. Read more on The Philadelphia Inquirer
Caddo-Bossier join forces to arrest alleged heroin dealer
A Keithville, Louisiana man is arrested for allegedly selling heroin to an undercover agent. Read more on KSLA-TV Shreveport
Lake County heroin deaths triple since 2007
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran announced recently that heroin-related deaths have tripled in the county since 2007, with the most significant increase coming between 2007 and 2008. Read more on Daily Herald
Clackamas County task force arrest man accused of being ‘very active’ Molalla-area heroin dealer
The arrest comes as the Clackamas County officials notice growing heroin use among high schoolers and in rural areas. In an unrelated case, two people were recently arrested for selling heroin to a 17-year-old Milwaukie High School student who died of an overdose. Read more on The Oregonian
12 indicted in Paterson drug ring
A Passaic County grand jury handed up a 55-count indictment Tuesday charging 12 people with participating in a cocaine and heroin distribution ring operating in the area of Keen Street in Paterson. Read more on The Record
2 Arrested In Apparent Heroin Death Of Ore. Teen
Two people have been arrested in the apparent heroin death of a Milwaukie High School Junior. Read more on KTVZ Bend
Violent handbag snatcher jailed
A heroin addict who snatched handbags and held up a supermarket to pay drug debts has been jailed for nearly 15 years. Read more on ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Pair charged in Dunmore over ‘substantial’ heroin operation
DUNMORE – Two men have been charged in what county Chief of Detectives Joseph Jordan described as a “substantial” heroin operation that was broken up this week. Read more on The Scranton Times-Tribune
2 ex-Philly cops have change-of-plea hearing
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two former Philadelphia police officers charged in a plot to steal heroin from a drug dealer are due in court for change-of-plea hearings. Robert Snyder and James Venziale are scheduled to appear in federal court on Monday. Prosecutors say they and a third former officer agreed to help two other men rip off a heroin supplier by seizing the drugs in a staged traffic stop in … Read more on WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg
Intent To Distribute Heroin Arrest
The New Orleans Police Department’s Sixth District Narcotics Squad reports the arrest of 27-year-old Paul Murphy for possession with the intent to distribute heroin and illegal possession of a firearm. Read more on ABC 26 New Orleans
Police name Stevens Point suspects arrested in heroin case
Police in central Wisconsin have known for more than a year that heroin was becoming a bigger problem in central Wisconsin, and the arrest of three residents on heroin delivery charges is proof. Read more on Wausau Daily Herald
CBP Nabs Big Heroin Shipment
25 pounds of heroin worth more than 885-thousand dollars on the street was intercepted this afternoon by the Customs and Border Patrol during a search of an SUV stopped on Interstate 8 near Calexico. The stop was made around 10 a.m. , at the CBP inspection area between Winterhaven and Calexico on I-8. According to a CBP press release, drug dogs initally alerted officers to the red sport … Read more on KPSP Local 2
Man sentenced for trafficking heroin from Mexico
A Charlotte man was sentenced this week to a year and a day in federal prison as a member of a ring that trafficked black-tar heroin from Mexico . Read more on The Charlotte Observer
Sentencing in Kingsford heroin case announced
Scott Carney, 43, was sentenced to two years in prison Friday in Dickinson County Circuit Court Read more on WLUC Marquette
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