drug busts
Police seize contraband
Drug busts are law enforcement operations targeting illegal drug activity—raids on dealers, seizures of contraband, arrests of traffickers.
The term appears constantly in crime reporting: The drug bust netted fifty kilos of cocaine.
A bust can range from a street-level arrest to a major takedown of trafficking networks.
- raidSudden armed incursion
- no-knock warrantCourt order allowing unannounced raids
- arrestSeize by law
- perp walkPost-arrest media spectacle
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
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- drug crimesnarcotics trafficking, cocaine trafficking, fentanyl trafficking, felony possession, illegal possession
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- covert operationsundercover agents, covert ops, stings, infiltration, deep cover
drug bustscold cases
Unsolved, inactive investigations
acquittals · missed opportunities · tipoffs · police corruption
drug bustsdrug deals
Illegal substance transactions
drug trafficking · drug smuggling · drug running · distribution networks · narcotics trade
drug bustsdrug legalization
Permitting controlled substances officially
decriminalization · harm reduction · safe injection sites · needle exchanges
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