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18,000+ Heroin Bags Seized On Pa. Turnpike
“State and federal officials arrested two men on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for allegedly trying to transport nearly half a million dollars worth of heroin to the Pittsburgh area.”
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/22659800/detail.html
Mexican drug lord gets 25 years, gives up $50 million
“Osiel Cardenas Guillen, the former head of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and will forfeit to the United States $50 million in illegal proceeds, a judge ruled”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/25/kingpin.cardenas.sentenced/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Swansea Heroin Increase
“In spring of last year we discovered that the small South Wales city of Swansea had recorded an 180 percent rise in registered heroin users. This happened in just four years, with young people making up the bulk of the increase.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/21/vbs.swansea.love.story/index.html?hpt=Sbin
U.S. says agents won’t embed with Mexican police
“Increased cooperation with the United States in the fight against Mexican drug cartels is vital, but American agents will always be limited on their actions in the country, Mexico’s interior ministry said Wednesday.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/24/mexico.us.agents/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Anti-energy drink hard for some mental health experts to swallow
“The illegal “purple drank” often contains codeine cough syrup mixed with Sprite and candy such as Jolly Ranchers. He said the Drank product could appeal to youths who will want to try the “real stuff.”
