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Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 2,000 people in a 22-month investigation targeting Mexican drug trafficking organizations in the United States.

The son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for possessing heroin and dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.

A convicted cocaine smuggler has been arrested for running what authorities say appears to be a bestiality farm in Washington ...

More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children's birthday party....

Attacks on members of the media along a long stretch of the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout.

State authorities say Corey Haim had fraudulent prescription linked to major drug ring

A small plastic bag containing cocaine has been discovered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, inside a restricted work area where the shuttle Discovery is being prepared for launch in March, the space agency reported Thursday.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was appalled at China's execution of a British citizen caught smuggling heroin on Tuesday, prompting China to defend its judicial integrity and denounce interference.

Spanish police have seized a ship carrying nearly $600 million worth of cocaine, in a joint operation with London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, and maritime authorities, Scotland Yard announced.

Federal prosecutors unsealed narcotics and terrorism charges Friday against three West Africans identified as associates of Al Qaeda and a related group.