Drug Trafficking

Police, DEA raid prescription-drug clinic in Timonium

2012-05-15 20:46:17

A prescription drug clinic in Timonium was raided Tuesday afternoon by Baltimore County police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, according to law enforcement officials. The raid followed a long-term investigation of the distribution and sale...

Police blotter for week of May 14

2012-05-15 13:30:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Brandon M. Robinson, 25, of the 900 block of Cambridge Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Thursday in a case in which he was charged with possession of a drug other than...

Howard County police seize 341 marijuana plants in Laurel

2012-05-10 09:59:00

Police in Howard County say they busted a marijuana growing operation at a house in Laurel, seizing 341 plants that authorities estimate could yield 170 pounds of pot worth more than a half million dollars. Police charged Manoj Unni, 30, of the 9300...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-05-10 14:44:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Eric Clifford Ashwood-Cramer, 32, of the 1100 block of Philadelphia Boulevard, was arrested on a bench warrant Monday in a case in which he was charged with driving without the...

$500,000 in pot plants found in former Balto. police tech's Laurel home

2012-05-10 15:27:00

A former Baltimore city police technician has been arrested after Howard County police said they found more than a half-million dollars in marijuana plants in his North Laurel home. Manoj P. Unni, 30, of the 9300 block of Cross Timbers Court, is facing...

Honduran cocaine ring busted for trafficking in mid-Atlantic

2012-05-10 18:15:00

A cocaine trafficking ring that for years distributed "vast amounts" of Honduran cocaine throughout the mid-Atlantic region has been busted, and three Maryland residents and 25 Virginia residents involved have been arrested, according to federal...

FDA approves new drug for erectile dysfunction

2012-04-30 09:24:00

Men now have a new option to treat erectile dysfunction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug Stendra to treat the illness that causes problems in the sex lives of 30 million men. It is the first erectile dysfunction drug in a...

Rachel Marsden: Lame attempts to shut off Afghan heroin spigot have been futile

2012-05-03 00:00:00

A Russian source recently brought an obscure but disturbing article to my attention. Published last month by a little-known online journal called the Oriental Review, the piece, "Active Endeavour And Drug Trafficking," proposed that not a single gram of...

Jurors weigh Owings Mills murder case

2012-05-03 16:27:00

Six weeks after Scott M. Greenberg was found shot to death in his parents' house in Owings Mills in August, 2009, police arrested Gerald E. Sears and charged him with murder, robbery and drug-dealing. Police never found the murder weapon, or the wallet,...

Court upholds cell phone monitoring across state lines

2012-05-03 15:45:00

Maryland's highest court has upheld a law allowing police to listen in on cell phone calls that suspects make outside the state, a tool that authorities say is key to fighting the drug trade. The 5-2 Court of Appeals ruling is a victory for law...

Baltimore Police Commissioner Bealefeld resigns

2012-05-03 19:27:00

Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III announced his resignation Thursday, ending a 31-year career on the force that included overseeing a steep decline in the murder rate — but left him exhausted by the pressures of the job....

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday

2012-04-24 04:05:00

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for highs in the upper 50s, cloudy skies and gusty winds. There is a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows are expected in the upper 30s, with a chance of rain showers tonight. TRAFFIC Check our traffic map for this...

Members of the Police drug squad guard at least 400 kg of cocaine seized in La Mosquitia, in the Caribbean coast of Honduras . Last year, Honduran authorities confiscated more than 22 tons of cocaine, part of which was seized in joint operations with the US coastguard.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Radford Police found seven pounds of marijuana and more than $3,000 after a search warrant Friday.

2012-04-30 08:14:00

The screeners are charged with allegedly taking cash to allow shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana through X-ray machines.

2012-04-25 00:00:00