Methadone was reportedly found in Michael Jackson's home. The heroin substitute and 19 other types of drugs, including potentially lethal painkillers and anaesthetics, were recovered from the pop legend's Los Angeles mansion by police investigating his death last week.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after 1,100 pounds of marijuana was found in her house while three of her children were home, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region.

Gwinnett County police say they seized 457 pounds of marijuana, arrested four men and confiscated five guns including an M16 and AK-47 assault rifles.

Police have arrested two Nampa men in Pocatello after they found more than 160 pounds of marijuana inside their vehicle.

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COLLIER COUNTY : A Miami-Dade County prison guard has been charged with planning to smuggle cocaine and marijuana into Everglades Correctional Institution in exchange for cash.

Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home last October.

Michael Jackson had a long-standing secret girlfriend and developed an addiction to drugs supplied by unscrupulous doctors, his bodyguard has told Sky News.

A jury is considering the case of Jesse James Hollywood, who is accused of kidnapping a teenager over a drug debt and then ordering his death in a case that inspired the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog." The jurors began deliberating Wednesday after hearing more than a month of testimony about the August 2000 killing.