Five Alabama men, including former state trooper, sentenced for cocaine trafficking
Nine men, including a former state trooper, were sentenced in a large-scale operation that transported cocaine from Mexico into Alabama.
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Sen. Britt celebrates bill to address snapper, tuna poaching clearing Senate
The legislation passed the Senate on Monday and now progresses to the U.S. House. It aims to protect Alabama’s fishermen and combat cartel-backed poachers.
Bill to create drug trafficking manslaughter charge back on agenda
Although the Legislature passed this bill in 2023, a glitch led to Gov. Kay Ivey signing the wrong version into law.
House passes bill creating manslaughter charge for drug trafficking leading to overdose
Some Democrats voiced concerns that the law could have unintended consequences.
Ivey signs bill setting mandatory minimums for fentanyl trafficking
Ivey signed the bill just hours after it was approved by the Senate without any discussion or debate.
Fentanyl trafficking bill moves forward out of House committee
The bill would create mandatory minimum sentences for possession of fentanyl that indicate trafficking.
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See recent postsIt’s time to put fentanyl dealers behind bars
Unlike the trafficking of every other dangerous drug in this state, fentanyl trafficking does not have a mandatory prison sentence.
First pre-filed bill of new session aimed to crack down on fentanyl dealers
The bill adds mandatory minimum sentences for people possessing amounts of fentanyl that signify an intent to distribute the deadly drug.
House passes bill giving ALEA wiretapping authority in drug trafficking cases
HB17 passed the House by a vote of 80 to 14 with five members abstaining.
Suspected drug traffickers jailed in St. Clair County
Matt Mullinax, Christopher Baird, Sean Michael Brantley and Nathan Parke Bateman were all arrested following a lengthy undercover investigation.