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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Drug Enforcement Agency: One pound of fentanyl can make up to 500,000 pills, which often mimic prescription opioid pills. By Conrad Romero/Cronkite News PHOENIX – Despite significant seizures …
As fentanyl overdoses rise, cartels are eager to funnel more of it through Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: Matthew Allen Disbro, 44, of Mesa, was arrested for impersonating a police officer after he attempted to pull over two real officers in an unmarked vehicle. Contributed Article …
Man impersonating a police officer attempts to pull over real cops Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Rachel Beth Banks/Cronkite News: Gov. Doug Ducey said a strike force against border crime will soon get more troops to expand the operation to 24 hours. Border security …
Ducey: Arizona to spend $2.9 million to fight border-related crime Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Border Patrol: A CBP canine led officers to the firewall of a smuggling vehicle, where they found 21 pounds of cocaine. The seizure was one of two over …
Nogales CBP officers make near-record hard drug seizure Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Brian Fore/Cronkite News: Arizona was the only state out of four with recreational marijuana initiatives on the ballot in 2016 in which the initiative did not pass. …
Bid to put recreational marijuana on November ballot fails Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Dagnya/Creative Commons: The number of confirmed rabies cases in animals through the first five months of this year was at the highest since 2009, and state health officials …
Rise in rabies cases expected to continue as summer heats up in Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article WILLCOX – Willcox Border Patrol agents arrested seven Mexican nationals during a disrupted smuggling attempt on Interstate 10 east of Willcox on Sunday evening. The incident occurred when …
Mexican national arrested east of Willcox for smuggling six others Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Kianna Gardner/Cronkite News: Riders of off-highway vehicles are more susceptible to fatal accidents in July than any other time of year, the Consumer Federation of America says. By …
July 4 is deadliest day to drive an off-road vehicle, group warns Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Courtney Columbus/News21: Under a new system, Mexican citizens could vote in the July 1 election by completing forms online and processing their voter IDs through the Mexican …
More than 150,000 Mexican citizens living in the U.S. registered to vote in the July 1 Mexican election Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Border Patrol: Officers remove packages of meth from the cowling of a smuggling vehicle. A total of nearly 90 pounds was seized. Contributed Article TUCSON – U.S. Customs and Border …
San Luis CBP seize nearly 90 pounds of meth at border crossing Read More