Drug Raid

3 Tons Of Cocaine Seized At Seaport

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Security forces seized 3.3 tons of cocaine during an anti-drug operation at one of Venezuela's main seaports Thursday, a top sec...

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Why The Government Is Ramping Up The Use Of Force

Radley Balko | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Uc-Davis, Ows, Drug Raid, Protest, Pepper Spray, Police Militarization, Occupy, Swat Teams, Riot Cops, Drug Violence, Police Violence, Politics News

Outraged by the Occupy crackdowns, some are now calling for a national discussion on the use of force. That's a welcome development, but it's helpful to review how we got here in order to have an honest discussion.

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Three Months After Pima County SWAT Team Kills Jose Guerena: No Arrests, No Apologies

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 10.17.2011

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Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran, was killed May 5 when a SWAT team broke into his home a little after 9:30 a.m. According to G...

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Arizona Cops Kill Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 08.19.2011

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On May 5 at around 9:30 a.m., several teams of Pima County, Ariz., police officers from at least four different police agencies armed with SWAT gear a...

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'Wire' Actress Nabbed In Huge Drug Raid

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — An actress who appeared on the HBO series "The Wire" has been charged with conspiring to sell heroin and was one of dozens arrested ...

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WATCH: Police Kill Man In Drug Raid Gone Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Utah police shot and killed a man within seconds of storming his parents' home, video of the raid shows. The police had a warrant to search for drugs,...

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Police Terrorize 13-Year-Old Girl In Botched Pot Bust, Family Says

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Spring Valley, New York, family was mistakenly displaced from their house early Thursday morning after a troop of armed officers looking for drugs r...

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Karzai Blasts Opium Drug Raid As Violation Of Afghan Sovereignty

LA Times | Laura King, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday denounced a large-scale drug raid in which U.S. forces and Russian drug agents took part, calling it a viola...

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Afghan Anti-Drug Officers Burn Confiscated Opium (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Drug Labs, Afghan War, Opium, Drug Trade, Drug Raid, Herat, Slidepollajax, Afghanistan, Heroin, Afghan Drugs, Drug Trafficking, World News

President Hamid Karzai may have slammed recent drug raids conducted by U.S. and Russian agents in Afghanistan as "a violation of sovereignty," yet tha...

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US Drug Raids: Police Arrest More Than 300 Involved In Mexican Drug Cartel

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...

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Rangoon Raids Yield 28 Kilograms Of Heroin

Irrawaddy.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police and customs officers in Rangoon have confirmed that a special anti-narcotics task force has seized substantial quantities of heroin in a series...

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