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Border Patrol makes record fentanyl seizure from tractor-trailer at Arizona border
The 254 pounds of fentanyl was worth approximately $3.5 million, while the 395 pounds of meth was worth approximately $1.1 million. CBP says the fentanyl seizure is the largest in the agency’s history, while the meth seizure is the third-largest at an Arizona port.
February 1, 2019
Business
Border Patrol agents seize 11k pounds of drugs worth $7.7 million from tractor-trailer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection releases information regarding the seizure of over 11K pounds of narcotics worth over $7M. Learn more on Overdrive.
August 10, 2018
Business
Owner-op busted in Maryland with nearly 24 pounds of illegal drugs
San Diego-based owner-operator Marco Popovich was arrested after officers found large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and an “unknown white powder substance” in his truck during a traffic stop.
August 6, 2018
Business
Trucker caught with 715 pounds of marijuana at Tinker Air Force Base in OKC
A narcotics agent was reportedly performing military duty at the base and found duffel bags containing marijuana in the trailer during a routine inspection of the truck at the base’s gate.
June 22, 2017
Business
Police: Drug-addled trucker made cross-country trip from Seattle to Massachusetts without sleep
The Deerfield (Mass.) Police Department said in a post on its Facebook page the driver admitted to having used crystal meth, LSD and cocaine.
April 4, 2017
Channel 19
If you’re carrying baking soda on the truck …
You might do well to keep it in the original container … This cautionary tale of team military haulers Gale Griffin and Wendell Harvey’s two months in an Arkansas jail, their truck in impound, shows the unreliability of cheap roadside narcotics-ID kits.
November 28, 2016
Business
Marijuana wins big in 2016 elections, still off limits for truckers, DOT says
After four more states voted to approve legalization of marijuana Tuesday, it appears the Department of Transportation will stand by its previous stance that using marijuana is forbidden for truck drivers as long as it remains a Schedule I drug.
November 9, 2016
Business
Trucker sentenced, others arrested in trucking-related drug enforcement
A trucker has been sentenced for transporting cocaine, and other trucking-related drug enforcement took place at the U.S.-Mexico borders in California and Texas.
November 4, 2016
Voices
Do you use prescription meds to treat chronic pain?
October 28, 2014
Business
Committee recommends doc questionnaire on prescription pain meds
Industry representatives worried that the questionnaire would put yet another stumbling block in the driver medical certification process; doctors argued it would help document their determination of whether a driver is fit to receive a medical card.
October 28, 2014
Channel 19
How the national drug/alcohol clearinghouse could save you
Food for thought: In defense of the national clearinghouse for positive test results for drug and alcohol.
April 9, 2013
Channel 19
Growing mode for cartel drug trafficking: Class 8 trucks, says NPR
In a story that aired on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” program Monday, John Burnett dropped what is to my thinking a recently developing bombshell on hopes from some that a resolution to the U.S.-Mexican cross-border trucking stalemate would be soon in coming. “In Nuevo Laredo,” he wrote, site of the high-volume trade border […]
November 10, 2010
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