A Virginia task force aimed at wiping out drug sales recently confiscated 57 marijuana plants worth about $170,000 in a raid.Thirty officers from a variety of Virginia agencies took part in a daylong search and seizure conducted on land and by helicopter, covering all...
Month: July 2012
Ex-official from South America arraigned on US drug charges
A retired South American police general has been arraigned in Northern Virginia on felony drug charges, and his lawyer alleged that others have pinned the crimes on him to seek better deals for themselves.The general, who served as the security chief for the president...
Harsher anti-DUI laws in effect in Virginia
Earlier this year, we reported that Virginia lawmakers were considering new laws that would make it tougher for drunk drivers to get behind the wheel. Now, those new laws intended to crack down on DUI cases have gone into place.Under a state law that took effect July...
Grand jury indicts 47 on drug charges
A grand jury in Tazewell County, Virginia, has handed down 52 indictments against 47 people who now face a variety of drug charges.The indictments come after a year-long investigation conducted by the Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force in conjunction with a variety...
Transit workers sentenced in theft
We previously wrote about the case of two men, including one from Northern Virginia, who pleaded guilty to theft charges in the disappearance of nearly $500,000 from fare machines servicing the Washington-area Metro system.The 52-year-old man from Woodbridge,...