Tag: fentanyl

DOJ Files First-Ever Criminal Charges Against Chinese Fentanyl Makers

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturers and eight Chinese nationals, accusing them of crimes related to the production, distribution, and sales of the deadly drug fentanyl. The Justice Department said in a release that it had arrested two individuals and unsealed three indictments in the Southern and…


LIVE 12 PM ET: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


LIVE NOW: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


San Francisco Receives New Federal Help to Combat Fentanyl Crisis

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has included San Francisco in the upcoming phase of “Operation Overdrive” per a designation request by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, according to an announcement from Pelosi’s office on June 16. This means new federal resources will be unlocked in the coming months to combat the city’s fentanyl trafficking…


Former Police Commissioner Slams NYC’s Vending Machines for Drug Addicts

Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has criticized New York City’s decision to install vending machines that provide items for drug addicts like crack pipes and fentanyl test strips, warning that the move encourages people to continue using drugs. “The world has turned upside down,” Bratton said in an interview with 77 WABC radio’s “The Cats…


Biden Admin’s Weak China Strategy

Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is bending over backwards to extend a friendly hand to China. He may slip on the ice. Beijing’s proffered handshake, if it can be called one, looks frigid. Blinken spoke to China’s foreign minister a few days before his upcoming visit, and the minister was already publicly shaming…


Heartbroken Dad To Kick Off Father’s Day Weekend By Helping Others

A Temecula dad of four is starting his Father’s Day weekend in front of California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office in Los Angeles, where he will be rallying to prosecute fentanyl dealers on behalf of his late daughter and other victims of fentanyl poisoning. Matt Capelouto has spent the last three years advocating to hold…


California Lawmakers Propose Letting Voters Decide on Harsher Fentanyl Punishment After Setbacks in Legislature

Assemblymembers, law enforcement officials, and local representatives met on June 6 in front of the Capitol in Sacramento to announce a proposed constitutional amendment that would put stricter fentanyl enforcement on the upcoming 2024 presidential election ballot. “The fentanyl crisis is tearing our communities apart and devastating our family, friends and neighbors. No parent or…


Police: Fentanyl Found in Waikiki Hotel Room, 2 Men Dead After Suspected Mass Overdose

HONOLULU—Two people died in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose over the weekend involving five people in a hotel room in the Hawaii tourist mecca of Waikiki. Emergency responders were called to the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort on Sunday morning and found five people. A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the…