drug runner
Illegal substance transporter
A drug runner is someone who transports illegal drugs, typically as a low-level operative in a larger trafficking operation.
The term emphasizes movement—runners carry product between locations, across borders, or from suppliers to dealers: The cartel used teenagers as drug runners.
Also called a mule, though mule often implies someone carrying drugs on or inside their body.
Price-fixing coalition
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
- supplierSource of goods
lieutenant · enforcer · boss · network · operation · cell · territory · hierarchy
Delivery person or service
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- border crossingTransit between sovereign territories
- stashHidden reserve
shipment · clandestine · interdiction · evasion · concealment · hidden compartment · swallower · crossing
Illegal transport for profit
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- shipmentGoods being transported
- productManufactured item for sale
package · kilo · brick · load · delivery · pickup · transaction · payment
Exposure to harm
- arrestSeize by law
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- shootoutArmed confrontation or tiebreaker
ambush · betrayal · informant · undercover · sting · surveillance · wiretap · prosecution
cartel
Price-fixing coalition
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
supplier · lieutenant · enforcer · boss · network · operation · cell · territory · hierarchy · recruit
courier
Delivery person or service
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- border crossingTransit between sovereign territories
stash · shipment · clandestine · interdiction · evasion · concealment · hidden compartment · swallower · crossing · checkpoint
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- shipmentGoods being transported
product · package · kilo · brick · load · delivery · pickup · transaction · payment · cash
danger
Exposure to harm
shootout · ambush · betrayal · informant · undercover · sting · surveillance · wiretap · prosecution · prison
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- runner typesmarathoner, sprinter, jogger, ultramarathoner, hurdler
drug runnerDEA agent
Federal drug enforcement officer
narcotics officer · narc · undercover agent · border patrol agent · undercover cop
drug runnercartel boss
Criminal syndicate leader
drug lord · cartel leader · drug baron · supplier · drug czar
drug, runner, drugs, drugged, drugging, druggy, run, runs, running