Tag: Drugs
Police: Overdosing man strikes ambulance in Wilmington
A man who reportedly overdosed behind the wheel on Saturday crashed into three vehicles, including an ambulance with a patient inside.
Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted
NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a...
Wilmington man gets more than 6 years for gun, drug convictions
A New Hanover County man was sentenced to prison in federal court Tuesday on gun and drug charges.
New Hanover County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking crack, cocaine
A New Hanover County man will spend nearly a dozen years in prison after pleading guilty to drug crimes.
Police: Woman gave birth to 1st 2019 baby in car used for meth
A woman who made news for giving birth to a North Carolina county's first baby of 2019 in a moving car is accused of running a methamphetamine trafficking operation out of that same vehicle.
WATCH: Rouzer talks border wall support on House floor
As the government shutdown continues, southeastern North Carolina's voice in the US House expressed his support of President Trump's border wall.
Sheriff: Fake pastor carrying drug-filled Bible visited jail
Authorities say a man posing as a pastor tried to smuggle drugs into a North Carolina jail by hiding them in a Bible.
Legal marijuana industry toasts year of global gains
The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.
FIRST ON WWAY: Three charged with having heroin in Pender County jail after two...
The Pender County Sheriff's Office says jail staff followed protocol when they booked an inmate investigators say had heroin that wound up in the hands of two other inmates.
