Cocaine Coverage

Alamance deputy dragged 25 feet by suspect trying to drive away
Fredrick Slade faces several felony charges after Wednesday's arrest.

Dunn man pleads guilty to possession of weapons of mass destruction after blast injures SBI agents
A 36-year-old man from Dunn pled guilty to three counts of possessions of a weapon of mass destruction that seriously injured two State Bureau of Investigations agents.

Virginia bank teller pleads guilty to stealing cash, drug trafficking in Durham
A Virginia bank teller pled guilty Monday after authorities say he abused his position and used it to steal money and traffic drugs in both Virginia and Durham.

$220 million worth of cocaine seized from eastern Pacific Ocean
Cocaine worth roughly $220 million seized by the U.S. Coast Guard during separate smuggling attempts in international waters this year was offloaded Wednesday in San Diego.

Woman caught smuggling $40,00 worth of cocaine in her shoes
A 21-year-old woman was arrested at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for attempting to smuggle three pounds of cocaine hidden in the soles of seven pairs of shoes.

K-9 helps deputies find 13 kilos of cocaine in Durham storage unit
According to the Durham County Sheriff's Office, the total street value of the drugs is worth $3.5 million.

More than $300 million in cocaine seized from ships, submarine
The US Coast Guard seized 18,000 pounds of cocaine that was headed to the US.

Christmas sweater with Santa and cocaine forces Walmart to apologize
Walmart is saying sorry for making available a Christmas sweater with an apparent drug reference.

Spanish officials find submarine with $110 million in cocaine
Spanish authorities have seized a homemade submarine carrying more than three tons of cocaine.

Arrest, search in Sanford yields 2+ pounds of cocaine, worth $200K
Two Sanford men and one from Georgia were arrested Saturday on drug charges, and in the course of the investigation, narcotics officers with the Lee County Sheriff's Office found 1,120 grams - or almost 2.5 pounds of cocaine.

Bricks of cocaine wash up on Florida beaches from Hurricane Dorian waves
Hurricane Dorian sent wind and rains to the Florida coast, but the storm also washed something else ashore.

Grocery stores in Washington state receive cocaine hidden in bananas
Three grocery stores in Washington state received an unexpected delivery in the form of $1 million in cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas.

Sampson County blast that left 2 SBI agents hurt raises questions about suspect's past run-in with the law
Monday was a much quieter day on the Sampson County property where just three days ago law enforcement officers were detonating explosives on property allegedly owned by the man whose chemicals were linked to blasts that injured two State Bureau of Investigation agents on Friday.

Raleigh woman accused of selling, storing cocaine in same hotel room her child was living in
A Raleigh woman has been charged after information emerged that she was "storing and selling cocaine in the same hotel room that [her] child was residing in," according to an arrest warrant.

Court records: Car salesman kidnapped customer, forced him to smoke cocaine
Court documents state Daniel Bryant made the victim give him nearly $200,000 and threatened to kill him. Over two days, the victim told investigators Bryant took him to several bank branches in East Tennessee forcing him to withdraw money. At one point, the victim said Bryant forced him to smoke crack.

Wake deputies catch pair with 81 pounds of cocaine
Two men face drug trafficking charges after Wake County deputies caught them with 81 pounds of cocaine, according to arrest warrants.

Burlington man arrested after infant exposed to cocaine
A man was arrested in Burlington on Sunday after an infant was hospitalized due to cocaine exposure.