drug running
Illegal substance transport
Drug running is the illegal transportation of drugs, typically across borders or between distribution points.
The term emphasizes movement rather than sale—the runner is a courier, not necessarily a dealer.
The coast was notorious for drug running operations.
He got caught up in drug running as a teenager.
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- cashReady spending funds
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- illicitProhibited by law
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
go bag · contraband · stash house · border · border crossing · smuggling · van · cartels · trafficking · distribution · courier · kingpins · cartel boss · operation · supply chain · trunk · false bottom · powder
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
- diplomatic incidentspersona non grata, hostage crisis, border incursion, airspace violation, territorial claim
- maritime crimespiracy, ship hijacking, mutiny, pirate attack, hijacking
- maritime perilsshipwrecks, piracy, sinking, capsizing, drowning
drug runningdrug interdiction
Stopping illegal substance trafficking
drug enforcement · drug seizure · narcotics enforcement · border patrol · customs enforcement
drug runningdrug rehabilitation
Treatment for substance addiction
addiction treatment · harm reduction · drug education · substance abuse counseling · charity work
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