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A Louisiana police department issued a tongue-in-cheek warning to methamphetamine users on Saturday, offering to inspect their meth supply for traces of the Zika virus.

HOUSTON, Texas — Firefighters on the northeast side of Harris County discovered what appears to be a drug lab and distribution warehouse while responding to a townhouse “blaze.” Investigators from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office report they seized nearly $3 million in heroin, methamphetamine, and what they believe to be fentanyl.

An Ohio father is facing criminal charges after police ruled out Halloween candy as the source of his five-year-old son’s methamphetamine poisoning.

An urban legend came to life this Halloween, when two Aloha, Oregon parents were sickened by trick-or-treat candy laced with methamphetamine.

The police department in one Georgia town is warning parents to be careful of methamphetamine pills that are shaped like Halloween candy before the holiday next Wednesday.

Police in Norman, Oklahoma, reported finding $4.4 million in liquid methamphetamine hidden in a semi truck’s diesel fuel tank, according to reports.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents seized 38 pounds of methamphetamine at the U.S. Highway 59 checkpoint located between Laredo and Freer, Texas. Officials estimate the drugs to be worth in excess of $1.4 million.

Mexican authorities announced the seizure of 50 tons of methamphetamine during a drug lab raid conducted on August 16 by the Mexican Navy in the northern state of Sinaloa.

Five people in Louisiana are facing federal charges for keeping their autistic relative in a cage and forcing her to eat her mother’s ashes, authorities announced Thursday.

Authorities arrested a Missouri mother for allowing two men to repeatedly rape her two-year-old daughter, who later tested positive for an STD and methamphetamine, police said.

A Pennsylvania mother is in custody after her baby died from drinking drug-laced breast milk, authorities announced Saturday.

Officials in Linden, North Carolina, discovered 120 gallons of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside the fuel tank of a semi truck being driven by an illegal alien, reports say.

A father in North Carolina took his wrath out on an employee at a local McDonalds for allegedly selling his son methamphetamine, according to a video of the incident.

Police in Georgia intercepted a shipment of Disney figurines that contained 500 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $2 million.

A New Mexico woman who allegedly faked a prescription to hoodwink her probation officer after failing a drug test said she failed it because of “medical meth.”

A Utah woman arrested for alleged cocaine and methamphetamine possession reportedly told officers at the time of her arrest that “she was offered an opportunity.”

San Diego County methamphetamine-related deaths have almost doubled over the last five years to an average of one every 23 hours.

A woman connected to the Sinaloa drug cartel received a sentence of 12 and a half years for smuggling 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine into California.

The combination of Mexican drug cartel super-labs increasing the purity of illegal drugs, and an ongoing prescription painkiller boom, is set to drive up overdose death rates in California.

Law enforcement in the Philippines confirmed the deaths of 21 suspected drug criminals Tuesday, a day after president Rodrigo Duterte lamented of the nation’s drug epidemic, “we can’t control it.”

A Virginia woman told authorities that she killed her six-year-old daughter with a shotgun to protect her from aliens, police said.

A California man who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and pimping charges in Orange County received a 31-year prison sentence, officials said.

A bill that would reduce drug felonies to misdemeanors for first-time possessions of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other hard drugs passed through the Oregon state legislature on Thursday and is likely to be signed into law by Governor Kate Brown.

An Oklahoma woman and her boyfriend are accused of forcing the woman’s 11-year-old brother to smoke methamphetamine.

HOUSTON, Texas – Harris County sheriff’s deputies discovered about $1 million-worth of lollipops laced with methamphetamine while responding to a burglary call. The drug-laced candy appears to be designed for distribution to children, say authorities.

More than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement officials took part in “Operation Bad Company” which resulted in 30 arrests on drug and gun charges–several of the suspects were illegal immigrants.

Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers teamed up to bring an indictment for drug trafficking charges against seven near Lubbock, Texas. The indictments allege a conspiracy to operate a large-scale operation.

Authorities believe that one of the alleged drug traffickers –Raul Enrique Lizarraga Lopez, aka “Maestro” – is a key player in the drug cartel that smuggles narcotics from Mexico into the United States.

Law enforcement authorities announced multiple federal indictments following the completion of an early morning raid. The operation resulted in dozens of arrests of suspected drug and illegal gun dealers.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials working in the Tucson Sector seized two vehicles, several illegal aliens, and hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of methamphetamine and marijuana.

Federal customs officers stopped a shipment of nearly 200 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden in the fuel tank of pickup truck crossing the border from Mexico into south Texas. The value of the drugs is estimated by law enforcement officials to be worth nearly $4 million.

A group of 80 defendants were charged in a case with members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concluded a targeted nationwide gang operation which was the largest ever conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Officers noticed something suspicious about a 47-year-old woman from Nogales, Arizona, as she attempted to enter the U.S. through the pedestrian border lines. Upon further inspection, officers discovered nearly 3 pounds of heroin strapped to her buttocks, worth an estimated $45,000.

An ex-science teacher stands accused of using his knowledge of science to launch an illegal methamphetamine manufacturing business, echoing the popular TV show, “Breaking Bad.”

Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, told reporters Monday that he could not yet accept an invitation from his American counterpart Donald Trump to the White House because he is unsure of whether he has the time to make it.