drug trafficking

Last member of Northwest Arkansas meth trafficking group sentenced

BY: - June 4, 2023

An Oklahoma man nicknamed “Misfit” was sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison last week, the last member of a Northwest Arkansas drug trafficking organization to be sentenced in an investigation that began in September 2020. Steven James Warner, 46, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks to […]

Sanders announces fentanyl trafficking legislation, new “drug czar” for Arkansas

BY: - February 17, 2023

The Arkansas Legislature will consider legislation that would charge drug traffickers with murder if someone dies of an overdose after receiving drugs from them, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin announced at a Friday press conference. Fentanyl traffickers would be sentenced to between 20 and 60 years in prison with the possibility […]

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Washington Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (center right), held a roundtable on Jan. 25, 2023, on the role of social media platforms in the sale of illicit drugs, specifically fentanyl-laced drugs. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

Funding needed to curb fentanyl smuggling at ports of entry, administration officials say

BY: - February 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials at a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday on the deadly illicit drug fentanyl said they need more money for better screening technology at ports of entry at the Southern border. They also said the U.S. needs to keep pressure on China due to its role in the sale of chemicals used […]