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Italian narcotic police carried out a major drug bust in the northern Italian seaside town of Viareggio Saturday, arresting 17 Moroccan immigrants believed to be responsible for dealing drugs in the area.

A Florida man is in custody after he attempted to order a burrito through a bank’s drive-thru window, deputies say.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions created a new “senior position” at the Department of Justice Wednesday, director of opioid enforcement and prevention efforts, to help combat what is now far and away the deadliest drug epidemic in American history.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) says Cuba plays a major role in Latin America’s growing security challenges in an increasingly globalized world.

New figures from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) show a sharp uptick in the amount of fentanyl that is ending up on streets throughout the United States.

Authorities in Wyoming arrested 25 suspected drug traffickers accused of running a large-scale meth distribution ring.

Border Patrol agents opened a single gate in California to let separated families hug it out.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered an abandoned tunnel on a tip.

Authorities arrested an alleged member of the notoriously violent MS-13 street gang after receiving a tip from the public.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents stopped several smuggling attempts netting $290,000 in narcotics and 26 illegal immigrants.

(AFP) – Hundreds of police raided about 100 premises Monday in a swoop on drug gangs in the southern Netherlands, prosecutors said. Fifty-five suspects were detained in “Operatie Trefpunt” (Operation Meeting Point), the prosecution service said in a statement, adding

On November 4, Mexico’s Supreme Court made a landmark—and highly controversial—decision, declaring that individuals should have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their personal use. The ruling applies only to a single cannabis club that filed the suit, but may have initiated a domino effect that will pave the way for eventual marijuana legalization.

Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a performance in Sweden on Saturday, but the rapper claims his skin color was a factor in the detention.

Ireland’s tough new anti-narcotics law turned out to be a bit too tough, prompting a judge to rule against certain provisions. This had the unfortunate effect of “temporarily legalizing the possession of many street stimulants and hallucinogens,” as the Associated Press reports. The BBC lists specific examples including “ecstasy, crystal meth, and ketamine.”