-from 9news.com-

By Jeffrey Wolf

VAIL (AP) - Boulder’s String Cheese band has been a popular performer in Vail, but police say concertgoers have frequently brought marijuana and other drugs with them.
This week, an undercover team arrested ten people on felony drug charges and ten more on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges after two concerts.

Carrie Lombardi, a publicist for the band, said it had nothing to do with the drugs and does not condone illegal behavior. She said it is not responsible for the behavior of fans.

-from wave3.com-

(SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky.) – One man is facing charges after a morning meth bust in Bullitt County leads to a temporary hotel evacuation.

It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the Motel 6, 144 Paraquet Springs, in Shepherdsville. According to Kenny Hardin, Director of the Bullitt County Drug Task Force, police were called to the scene after a second floor fire alarm went off.

All 45 rooms in the motel had to be evacuated, leaving more than 100 people outside their rooms for at least 2 hours.

The fire was found in a second floor room and extinguished itself according to Hardin.

One person is being treated for burns and one man is under arrest. 25-year-old William Sutherland is facing multiple counts of wanton endangerment, one count of arson and one count of manufacturing meth.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

-from ktsm.com-

Customs and Border Protection Officers say they have made the largest single-seizure drug bust in nearly two years. The seizure took place at the Bride of the Americas. We’re told two semi trucks were trying to cross into the U.S. without noticeable cargo but that officers were alerted to something odd about the trailers.

Officers discovered more than 4,700 pounds of marijuana stuffed in a secret compartment at the front of a trailer. Inspectors first became suspicious when the semi was run through a gamma ray machine and the trailer’s length did not add up. In a separate search, officers found an additional 430 pounds of marijuana in a flat-bed truck. This time, the hidden compartment was discovered at the rear of the trailer.

-from news1130.com-

By Mike Hanafin

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - Four kilograms of cocaine are now off the street, and eight people have been arrested after RCMP raids this week on homes in Burnaby and Richmond. Corporal Jane Batista says the cocaine trafficking ring was spreading around Greater Vancouver.

Batista says one of the men charged has already been deported back to China, and more deportations could be on the way. Mounties also say the bust helped them established links between the suspects and organized crime groups. The cocaine seized amounted to over 160,000 doses on the street.

Police say they seized $17,000 in cash, plus three vehicles. They allege the group was very organized and efficient at drug trafficking, working day and night to make significant profits.

-from muscatinejournal.com-

By Jennifer Meyer, Muscatine Journal0

MUSCATINE, Iowa — An Illinois man faces felony drug charges after allegedly delivering more than 1,000 grams of cocaine during a controlled buy.
Aaron R. Kewish, 28, of Galva, Ill., is charged with delivery of a controlled substance and failing to affix a drug tax stamp.
Kewish remained in Muscatine County Jail on Friday on $130,000 cash bond.According to court documents filed on Friday, Kewish delivered 1,067 grams of cocaine to a “cooperating individual” during the buy conducted by the Muscatine County Drug Task Force on Thursday in Muscatine.
“It’s a significant amount of narcotics,” said Capt. C.J. Ryan of the Muscatine County sheriff’s office. He said the weight was roughly equivalent to a little more than 2 pounds. Laboratory testing confirmed the substance was cocaine.
A public defender was appointed to Kewish’s case during an initial court appearance on Friday. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 7.
The delivery charge is a Class B felony, punishable by up to 25 years in prison. He faces up to five years in prison
The drug task force is a cooperative project of the sheriff’s office, Muscatine Police Department and Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.
The Black Hawk Area Task Force of Illinois also assisted in the ongoing drug trafficking investigation that led to Kewish’s arrest.

-from capitalnews9.com-

By Web Staff

There has been a drug bust in Gloversville. Police arrested Keston Lloyd for possession of cocaine, crack, heroin, and marijuana. They stopped him after they got a tip he didn’t have a driver’s license. When police pulled Lloyd over, they found the drugs on him and in the vehicle.

Lloyd is currently in the Gloversville Jail awaiting arraignment.

Police said a passenger caused a scene. They arrested Ashley Butler for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. She was processed and released on an appearance ticket for a later date.

-from kold.com-

By Marissa Pasquet, Kold news Website Editor

Nogales Border Patrol agents pulled over a trash truck carrying almost 13,000 pounds of marijuana Thursday.

A total of 560 bundles of marijuana were inside the back of the truck which completely filled the roll-off dumpster. Agents say the street value of the drug is worth more than $10.3 million.

The driver of the dumpster truck is a U.S. citizen and the truck has been turned over to the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency.

-from nyjournalnews.com-

By Will David

YONKERS - A 29-year-old Yonkers man who was stopped by an Anti-Crime Unit police officer for drinking a beer in public was arrested on drug charges after the officer found 15 grams of cocaine - valued at over $500 - in another bag the suspect was carrying.

Arrested was Desiv Fields of 100 Herriott St.

Police Officer Robert Hanney was on patrol on Radford Street and Gray Place shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday because of complaints of gang and drug activity when he spotted two men walking east on Radford Street.

One of the two men, Fields, was drinking a Corona beer. He was also holding a black plastic bag.

As the officer approached him because it is a city violation to drink in public, Fields put the bag on the ground.

Inside the bag was another beer, a scale with cocaine residue on it and about 15 grams of cocaine. After Fields was arrested police found three more bags of cocaine and $125 in cash on him.

He was charged with two counts third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and issued a city ordinance violation for having a container of alcohol open in public.