TAMPA – Semi-submarines are plying the eastern Pacific and Caribbean packed with tons of cocaine. ...more

June 26, 2008

A suspected drug dealer was arrested at home Wednesday in a raid by undercover deputies. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA – A man described by federal authorities as a former leader in the Latin Kings gang has been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. Michael A. Garcia, 38, is named in a 13-count indictment that charges him with conspiracy to distribute Ecstasy and more than five kilograms of cocaine between December 2005 and June 2008. ...more

June 13, 2008

The United States, Europe and more than 60 other countries and international institutions offered about $20 billion in aid for Afghanistan as part of a big donors conference here Thursday. ...more

June 13, 2008

The French navy canceled three summer missions, including a counternarcotics exercise off the United States, Monday because of soaring fuel prices. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - The state's Attorney General's Office launched a Web site Monday that features the most wanted fugitives pursued by local and national law enforcement. ...more

June 3, 2008

A high-ranking Colombian rebel leader has given herself up, the latest defection to suggest that the government's efforts to strike at the group's leadership is succeeding. ...more

May 20, 2008

Federal prosecutors charged 11 people with running an Internet prescription drug operation accused of taking in $77 million and illegally dispensing 44 million doses of medication. ...more

May 11, 2008

POLK CITY – A raid on a marijuana-growing operation Tuesday by a Polk County drug task force led to the arrest of one man. ...more

May 7, 2008

Police acting on an informant's tip found one of Colombia's main cocaine traffickers hiding in a tractor-trailer's secret compartment - just days after police killed his twin brother, authorities said. ...more

May 3, 2008