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Animal tranquillizer found in drugs mixed with fentanyl, leading to spike in deaths
Read full article: Animal tranquillizer found in drugs mixed with fentanyl, leading to spike in deathsXylazine is a tranquilizer medication for large animals like horses, cattle or even elephants. Yet it made it's way into illegal drugs on streets across America.
US busts network providing technology to Russian military
Read full article: US busts network providing technology to Russian militaryThe Biden administration has announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
DEA decodes common emoji language used to discuss drugs
Read full article: DEA decodes common emoji language used to discuss drugsThe DEA is decoding common emojis used by drug dealers to discuss the drugs used. One community member who work's closely to help young addicts' find a path to recovery says sometimes there's no decoding, the drug talk is in plain sight an easy to understand.
Fentanyl seizures up in San Antonio as drug dealers find customers on social media
Read full article: Fentanyl seizures up in San Antonio as drug dealers find customers on social mediaOverdose deaths in the U.S. have officially hit the highest record ever, according to new data released by the CDC. DEA agents report a main culprit is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is dangerously addictive and deadly. That trend is unfortunately tracking in San Antonio too.
Man, woman arrested after forging prescriptions at Pleasanton pharmacy, police say
Read full article: Man, woman arrested after forging prescriptions at Pleasanton pharmacy, police sayA San Antonio man and woman are in the Atascosa County Jail after they forged prescriptions from a doctor, according to police.
San Antonio seeing large amounts of fentanyl entering the community, DEA agents say
Read full article: San Antonio seeing large amounts of fentanyl entering the community, DEA agents saySan Antonio are drug agents say a deadly synthetic opioid is in our streets and many victims are falling victim to it without knowing it.
UPS employee caught on camera stealing medications from San Antonio pharmacy patients, DEA says
Read full article: UPS employee caught on camera stealing medications from San Antonio pharmacy patients, DEA saysA UPS employee in San Antonio was arrested after he was caught on camera opening packages and stealing prescription medications, according to authorities.
Sheriff announces ‘largest fentanyl seizure’ in Bexar County’s history
Read full article: Sheriff announces ‘largest fentanyl seizure’ in Bexar County’s historyBexar County deputies and DEA agents uncovered a fentanyl operation at a Best Western hotel in the Northwest Side of San Antonio, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.
Laredo man who tried to conceal meth in his taco and chip ‘lunch’ sentenced to prison, feds say
Read full article: Laredo man who tried to conceal meth in his taco and chip ‘lunch’ sentenced to prison, feds sayA Laredo man who attempted to cross the Mexico-Texas border with drugs inside his “lunch” last year was recently sentenced to prison after pleading guilty, according to the Department of Justice.
6 arrested in connection with drugs, weapons, body armor seizure on SE Side
Read full article: 6 arrested in connection with drugs, weapons, body armor seizure on SE SideSix people, including one who is believed to be a member of a White supremacist group, were arrested Wednesday afternoon following a drug raid at a home on the city’s Southeast Side.
11 in custody following DEA raids at more than a dozen locations around San Antonio
Read full article: 11 in custody following DEA raids at more than a dozen locations around San AntonioSAN ANTONIO – The Drug Enforcement Administration has conducted a series of raids in San Antonio on Tuesday, resulting in 11 people being taken into custody. Assistant Special Agent Dante Sorianello said agents raided more than a dozen locations across the city in connection to a meth trafficking scheme that has taken more than a year to investigate. One of the locations raided was a home in the 500 block of Secluded Grove on the Far West Side. A large amount of meth and firearms were found at the locations raided on Tuesday, according to Sorianello. Sorianello said the DEA can only release limited information at this point.
21 indicted on drug trafficking charges in Seguin area, officials say
Read full article: 21 indicted on drug trafficking charges in Seguin area, officials saySEGUIN, Texas – A massive web of drug activity is being torn apart little by little by Seguin and Guadalupe County law enforcement, with help from federal investigators. They revealed a list of 21 targeted suspects across the state indicted on charges involving methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. 11 of the suspects were arrested Tuesday morning in the Seguin area alone. Since the beginning of the investigation, officers have seized about 22 kilograms of methamphetamine, one kilogram of cocaine, 400 grams of crack cocaine and 145 grams of heroin. The entire investigation started with Seguin Police officers noticing an uptick in methamphetamine arrests and seizures.