By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former DEA agent has uncovered fascinating details of his undercover career in a book entitled, “The Dar Art: Inside the World’s Most Dangerous Narco-Terrorist Organization.” Ed Follis talked with St. Louis Public radio about the book. “The book was cathartic,” Follis said. “I finally looked back on all those days…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA special agent was seriously injured after trying to stop a drug dealing suspect in a car as it entered a gas station in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood, the Chicago Tribune reports. The fleeing car struck the agent, causing head injuries and a broken leg. The agent, whose identity has not…
The DEA is investigating claims that NFL teams have mishandled prescription drugs.
Ex-DEA Administrator Peter Bensinger For New York Daily News The announcement by Mayor de Blasio that the NYPD would not be making arrests for small amounts of marijuana is in defiance of federal law and the laws of almost every country around the world. Possession of small amounts of marijuana is still a violation of New…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just two weeks after New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez issued a statement in which he adamantly denied using performance enhancing drugs, the baseball player admitted to the DEA and prosecutors that he had in fact used the ban substances, the Washington Post reports. “I have been clear that I did…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mike Vigil knows a thing or two about the secret world of anti-drug agents. The DEA’s former chief of international operations, Vigil spent 18 years abroad as an agent, Global Post reports. Now he’s sharing that experience in a new memoir called “Deal.” The book is packed with thrilling observations and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent is recovering after a suspect shot him in the elbow Monday morning while serving a search warrant at the home of a suspected drug dealer in South Carolina, the State reports. Shot was Special Agent Barry Wilson, who was executing a search warrant at the home of Joel…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s decision to set up a fake account on Facebook by stealing a woman’s identity was a “knowing and serious breach” of the social networks’ terms and policies, the company wrote in a letter to the DEA. Gizmodo reports that Facebook will enforce its policy of users creating accounts under…
