A Tucson podiatrist stands accused of several prescription drug offenses along with two of her employees. It appears the woman and her staff were writing and filling fraudulent prescriptions at local pharmacies. It isn’t clear whether the acts were done to feed their own addictions or if the pills were then sold. [read more...]

Arizona is the gateway for Mexican drug cartels and organized crime. As this article from the East Valley Tribune explains, that “gate swings both ways.” Drugs and people come in while profits head back to Mexico, funding the cycle of organized crime that involves drug and human trafficking. [read more...]

Arizona is no stranger to drug busts and trafficking stings. We are the gateway between the U.S. drug market and many of the suppliers to our south. Some counties see more traffic than others, however. Just this week Navajo County saw the biggest bust in years when local police and state enforcement raided a home on Troy King Road in Farmington. [read more...]

Resulting in a tip from a neighboring business, police stormed a Tucson warehouse last weekend resulting in 5 arrests as well as the seizure of weapons, body armor, and about $1 million in marijuana. [read more...]

The drug trade is alive in well in our nation’s lock up facilities. Drugs and even cigarettes in some systems are a huge industry involving money and the prison hierarchy. In Phoenix this past week a defense attorney was charged with introducing drugs into a jail where his client was awaiting trial. [read more...]

Drug smugglers will put drugs anywhere they can. According to this short article from the Associated Press, a California man was stopped at the Arizona/Mexican border with liquid methamphetamine filling his windshield wiper fluid tank. The 13 pounds of meth is valued at over $1 million. [read more...]