By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com To the DEA: Welcome to Bulgaria. The agency has opened an office in the city of Sofia, according to the FOCUS News agency. UThe opening of an office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Bulgaria is a sign for strategic partnership and cooperation between the US and Bulgaria,” Bulgarian Interior…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More than a year after being nominated by the White House, the Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Thomas Harrigan as the number two person at DEA. “I cannot think of a better, more qualified, or more honorable person to have at my side than Special Agent Tom Harrigan as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is continuing to go after “fake pot.” The agency announced earlier this week on its website that it was extending by six months a ban on five chemicals used to make fake pot, which have been sold at retail outlets and head shops. The ban, under the DEA’s emergency…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com What’s wrong with this picture? El Paso, Texas, County Commissioner Guillermo Gandara Jr., who publicly had taken a hardline against drugs, was arrested by the DEA on drug trafficking charges, UPI reported. The arrest, part of a multi-agency investigation, took place late Wednesday, DEA spokeswoman Diana Apodaca confirmed to the El…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com According to an AP survey of the nation’s leading states in meth production, lab seizures by law enforcement agencies rose nationally, the AP reports. In 2011 Missouri was the leading producer, with 2,096 seizures. Missouri was followed by Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky and then Oklahoma. Across the nation the rise in meth…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Efforts to help the family of Joe Piersante, a DEA agent wounded in Afghanistan last year while on a mission, is continuing. Besides raising money through t-shirt sales, people are being encouraged to contribute directly to the family by sending a check to JFCU at the following address and endorsement for…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It’s payday, thanks to a Mexican drug cartel. The bulk of $29.5 million in money seized by federal authorities from a Mexican cartel boss has been handed out in “asset sharing” funds by ICE, DEA, FBI and other federal agencies to law enforcement agencies across the state of Texas to combat…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Vincent A. Esposito may need some painkillers to kill the pain from being arrested. The Madison, N.J., city councilman, who is also a medical doctor, was arrested Thursday for writing fraudulent pain pill prescriptions, New Jersey Today reported on Friday. DEA agents and state authorities raided his office. Vincent A. Esposito,…
