This Day in Alaska History-April 28th, 1898
Two Trespassers at Saxman Seaport Parking Lot Arrested with 179 Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills and Cash Wednesday Night
On Wednesday night at approximately 9 pm, a Saxman VPSO and Alaska State Troopers responded to a routine trespassing call at the Saxman Seaport parking lot where trespassers were staying on a boat there without permission. But, that call would quickly turn into a drug bust after making contact with the suspects with the assistance […]
Multi-Agency HIDTA Taskforces Seize Large Amounts of Fatal Fentanyl
(Anchorage, AK)— Two Alaska High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Taskforces seized over $356,000 worth of illegal narcotics in Southeast Alaska and Southcentral Alaska this week. The two seizures are among the largest fentanyl seizures in Alaska history. On April 26, 2022, at approximately 2:00 pm investigators with the Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) were […]
AOC Denounces NYPD for Bragging About Arrests Over Stolen Diapers
“It’s much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create conditions where people steal baby formula to survive,” said the New York Democrat. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday criticized New York City police officers for boasting about arresting a dozen people […]