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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Federal authorities say they've have broken up a Palm Beach County drug trafficking ring that sent more than 175,000 oxycodone tablets from South Florida pain clinics to the Appalachian Mountains. At least 20 people were indicted on drug selling charges in an operation that reportedly ran from January 2006 to Oct. 14. Court documents partially unsealed Thursday show that 10 of the people charged are from Palm Beach County and two from Broward.  

A married couple experienced different fates in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday when the husband was sentenced to three months for attempting to export ganja. The accused persons, Marvin Bailey and Laura McLaren Bailey, are of a New York address. Both were charged with possession of, dealing in, and taking steps to export ganja.  

Undercover agents had contacted Siewfeung Saeli, 48, to procure the illicit drugs from the Wa Army. After the exchange of drugs and Bt10.6 million cash on Friday morning, police nabbed Siewfeung and a Wa solider identified as Lang Saemu, 25. The suspects reportedly confessed that they were paid Bt15,000 each by a Jinhong investor who wanted to fund the minority groups' struggle against the Burmese government. In another sting operation yesterday morning, Pol Sergeant Major Ratchai Chapuwong, 37, and  

The cocaine-possession charge is upgraded to a count of possession with an intent to distribute. A Tulsa police officer was bound over for trial Friday on an upgraded charge of possessing cocaine with an intent to distribute it. Tulsa County Special Judge Kirsten Pace determined at a preliminary hearing that there was probable cause to proceed with the prosecution of Officer Travis Ludwig, 37, and to upgrade the charge from felony drug possession.  

A Longmont police officer was charged with two felonies Friday in a case where he is accused of giving prescription drugs to a confidential informant. Authorities said they believe Jack Kimmett has a relationship with the informant, but didn't give specifics. Investigators said he took Vicodin from his wife and gave the pain medication to the female informant, reported the Boulder Daily Camera .  

With between 50 and 60 drug court clients seated in the Southside High School auditorium, more than 100 students filled seats across the aisle from them about 9 a.m. Friday with Fitzhugh on stage, where he would preside over the session. Before beginning the session, Fitzhugh explained to students the rigors of the program, which takes about two years to complete — including a year of aftercare — and how the drug court clients started on a path no different than they did.  

FBI agents working with Yonkers, Peekskill, Ossining and Westchester County police have arrested 37 alleged drug-ring members in a county-wide drug conspiracy case, officials said. Twenty-eight of the suspects were arrested this morning and five overnight, officials said. In all, 43 defendants were charged in the case centering on the crack and powder cocaine trade in the county.

It is a poison that affects our schools, our communities, and our economy. The antidote to that poison is the kind of tough law enforcement action that we have taken today.   -Preet Bharara

 

It goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good deal of sniffing of leaves, discussion of the finer points of inhaling and debate over which plant gives the biggest hit. Welcome to Detroit's cannabis college, recently opened with courses on how to grow marijuana - and harvest, cook and sell it too - after Michigan legalised the drug as a medicine.  

A traffic stop led to multiple drug charges Friday against four North Country men found in possession of cocaine, the Town of Webb Police Department said. Kenneth Hinckley, 40, of Blue Mountain Lake was southbound on Route 28 near Eagle Bay on Friday when police attempted to stop him for traveling 79 mph in a 55 mph zone and "nearly running a police cruiser off the highway," police said. Hinckley refused to stop for several miles and during the pursuit a metal box was thrown from the vehicle.  

Chandigarh police Saturday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of drug smugglers after arresting two men and recovering contraband from their possession. According to police, they laid a trap here in Sector 47 after getting a tip-off. Two men were arrested and police claimed to have seized two kg of opium worth Rs.12 lakh from their possession.