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Criminal International 

Italy Seizes ISIS-Made Meth Worth 1 Billion Euros

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
drugs, Islamic State Group, Italy, methamphetamine, seizures

Italian police on Wednesday said they had seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamines made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such drugs in the world.

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Employment Entertainment Sports 

Horse Meth

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 BRIEF
doping, horses, methamphetamine

A horse trainer sued Canterbury Park racing track in Scott County Court, Minn., claiming two of its employees, not him, were responsible for two horses he trained testing positive for methamphetamine, resulting in disciplinary action against him.

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Courts Criminal Regional 

Ex-West Virginia Court Clerk Gets Probation in Drug Case

February 27, 2020February 28, 2020 LAWRENCE J. SMITH
clerks, drugs, methamphetamine, plea deal, probation, sentencing, West Virginia

Like her co-defendants, a former West Virginia court clerk will spend the next several years on probation for her role in what prosecutors say was a meth-making operation.

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Courts Criminal Regional 

Judge Hints at Plea Deal in Ex-West Virginia Clerk’s Drug Case

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 LAWRENCE J. SMITH
clerks, drugs, methamphetamine, plea deal, West Virginia

The case against a former West Virginia court clerk accused of trying to operate a meth lab from her home may soon be resolved, as the judge overseeing it indicated Tuesday that a plea deal is close.  

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Health National 

Meth, not Fentanyl, Is Top Killer in Western US

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drugs, methamphetamine, opioids, overdose, pharmaceuticals, Research

Fentanyl is driving drug overdose deaths in the U.S. overall, but in the Western half of the country, it’s a different story. Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows.

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Criminal 

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Arrested, Charged With Running LA Meth House

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Democrats, drugs, methamphetamine

High-profile Democratic donor and LGTBQ activist Ed Buck was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles and charged with running a drug house where he preyed on vulnerable gay men who overdosed after being injected with methamphetamine.

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Criminal 

Drone Drug Delivery

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
drones, methamphetamine, smuggling

Roberto Carlos Guerrero Quijada faces up to life in prison after federal prosecutors charged him Monday with possession of 130 lbs. of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, after it allegedly was delivered by drone to an area near Calexico, Calif., the U.S.Attorney’s Office said.

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Criminal International 

Pakistani National Arrested on Drug-Trafficking Charges

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 COURTHOUSE NEWS STAFF
conspiracy, heroin, methamphetamine, trafficking

Federal prosecutors in New York said Friday that authorities in the United Kingdom have arrested a Pakistani national charged in the United States with trafficking “large and in some instances multi-ton” quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and the chemicals used to make meth.

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Criminal 

El Chapo’s Girlfriend, Ex-Legislator, Busted in San Diego

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 BIANCA BRUNO
Drug cartels, drugs, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, methamphetamine

A former Mexican legislator – a girlfriend of Sinaloa drug cartel boss El Chapo Guzman – was charged in federal court Thursday with conspiracy to distribute more than 5 kilos of cocaine.

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Criminal 

LA Meth Crisis Escalates Alongside Opioid-Heroin Epidemic

June 13, 2017April 4, 2018 MATT REYNOLDS
California, Drug cartels, drugs, methamphetamine

As the nation comes to terms with a devastating opioid and heroin epidemic, Los Angeles law enforcement has reported an increase in fatal officer-involved shootings linked to methamphetamine – which flows in massive quantities across the southern border.

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Op-Ed 

Adventures in Jury Duty

May 10, 2017May 23, 2017 REBEKAH KEARN
drugs, jury, Kern County, methamphetamine

What do sports stars, cockroaches, Courthouse News Service reporters and the measles have in common? Jury duty!

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Criminal 

Meth Dealing

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 ROBERT KAHN
drugs, methamphetamine, money laundering

The United States claims in a federal complaint that Terry Ray Ford and Dawn Marie Peters, of Fresno, conspired to distribute and distributed methamphetamine and laundered $5 million in proceeds through a Chinese bank.

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Criminal Government Law Regional 

Ex-Virginia Mayor Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge

March 13, 2017December 11, 2017 BRANDI BUCHMAN
methamphetamine, plea deal, politician, sex, Virginia

The former mayor of Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty Monday to a felony drug distribution charge stemming from his arrest in August for selling methamphetamine to undercover officers in exchange for group sex.

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Courts Criminal 

Justices to Answer Forfeiture Question in Drug Cases

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 KEVIN LESSMILLER
drugs, forfeiture, methamphetamine, Secondary, U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court agreed to resolve a circuit split over whether a person convicted of selling products to make drugs should be required to forfeit store profits.

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