Drug Trafficking

A firefighter from Pinellas Park has resigned, following accusations that he was selling prescription drugs. The 38-year-old Florida man turned his resignation letter into his employer on a recent Wednesday. At this time, he faces 16 counts of drug trafficking and/or...

Authorities have arrested nine people in a large-scale Florida marijuana drug ring bust. Allegedly, a 40-year-old man had been organizing the growth of marijuana in more than one grow house in Polk County, Florida. Police claim that they followed the man down to south...

A drug bust in Volusia County has resulted in the arrest of 10 different individuals. The Florida drug bust came about as a result of neighborhood residents complaining that drug deals were being carried out in their community. The narcotics task force for West...

Florida readers may be interested to learn about an investigation into several people that occurred recently at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Those under police scrutiny include two men and the adult daughter of each. The foursome are suspected of drug...

The women's movement has allowed many to break through glass ceilings in business and finance, readers in Florida may well know. Women now make up large parts of our workforce. However, a recent report notes, until recently few women were known or suspected to have...

Florida police are seeking to find a man that they say was involved in criminal activity in our state. He is wanted for crimes that include drug trafficking. Officials say that he may have left the country, though they are unsure of his whereabouts at this time....

A large police operation recently included officials from both Florida and another state. The effort reportedly resulted in the arrest of as many as 30 people across the two states. Those arrested have been accused of participating in a drug trafficking operation. The...

A Florida doctor has been arrested after police say that he wrote and signed more than 24,000 prescriptions in a single year. The doctor is charged with drug trafficking and other crimes because of the prescriptions and his involvement with a clinic that police...

It took 17 years to find him, but Florida officials recently arrested a man they claim conspired to bring drugs into our state. The man surrendered to authorities in Fort Lauderdale after allegedly spending the nearly two decades on the run. He will now face drug...

A local police patrol in Cape Coral is said to have uncovered a possible marijuana growing operation in a residence in the southwestern portion of the city on March 15. They apparently alerted the force's narcotics unit, and an investigation was said to have...