A pair of indictments announced by a U.S. attorney's office in Texas resulted in the arrest of seven people accused of drug trafficking. Raids conducted by law enforcement from multiple agencies apprehended six of the suspects in the area of Lubbock. Authorities...
2 facing misdemeanor and felony drug charges
On May 18, Texas authorities reported that two people who were accused of misdemeanor and felony drug offenses were taken into custody after police armed with a warrant searched their home. The two people were identified as a 21-year-old Nacogdoches woman and a...
Border Patrol says the number of drug busts have increased
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that there has been a noted increase in the number of cocaine and heroin seizures in the South Texas region in the past year. For example, the South Texas Corridor had a 177 percent increase in heroin busts and 129 percent...
10 taken into custody on drug trafficking accusations
On May 10, it was reported that Texas authorities took 10 people who were believed to be involved in a drug trafficking ring into custody. Called Operation Clean Sweep, the sting began in September 2016 after authorities received a tip about potential narcotics...
UNT students accused of prostitution and drug possession
Police affiliated with the University of North Texas have issued arrests warrants for three male students. Accusations against the men include promotion of prostitution as well as drug possession. One man, a former basketball player for the university, has already...
Texas man sentenced to 17 years for drug trafficking
On March 31, a Texas man was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine. The defendant, a 35-year-old Kirbyville resident, pleaded guilty on Oct. 16. According to court documents, the defendant worked with nine...
Police arrest Artie Lange for drugs
Some Texans may remember Artie Lange, a comedian who regularly appeared on the "Howard Stern Show" for several years. It now appears that Lange has been arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia in Hoboken, New Jersey. According to officers with the...
Texas visitor gets felony drug charges for medical marijuana
Law enforcement stopped a 67-year-old man traveling to Houston to visit his granddaughter, who is ill with Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphona. The police near Decator accused him of speeding. The presence of a pipe in the vehicle gave the officer probable cause to search the...
Cheap drug ID kits often produce false positives
When law enforcement officers in Texas reach for a drug-testing kit during a traffic stop, the results may end up being false. Incidents of truckers and motorists being charged with drug possession when they really had baking soda, candy or tortilla flour have emerged...
Man sues city after police mistake doughnut glaze for meth
Many people in Texas enjoy glazed doughnuts, but most would not mistake the glaze for crystal methamphetamine. In December 2015, a man in Florida was booked for drug charges after police thought that the sugary flakes that had fallen off of his Krispy Kreme doughnuts...