A notorious Lefferts Avenue drug den was raided by the NYPD on Thursday night and a large stash of drugs was found. Five people were taken into custody while a sixth managed to escape and police mounted a massive search.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday cocaine seizures off Latin America’s Pacific coast have soared in 2015 to their highest levels in five years.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and other authorities are raiding pharmacies, pain clinics and other facilities in four states as part of an aggressive crackdown on prescription pain drug abuse, federal law enforcement sources told NBC News.
Heroin is killing more people than people in New York City, highlighting a comeback for the opiate in recent years that has many in the US worried.
The deputy police chief of Fresno, California, was arrested Thursday on charges of possession and intent to distribute heroin and other drugs, federal and local law enforcement officials said.