Chandler police have launched an internal affairs investigation into three of their officers tied to a Drug Enforcement Agency probe into allegations of doctors prescribing anabolic steroids.

A 43-year-old Scottsdale resident is one of three men behind a drug smuggling ring suspected of hauling more than 40 tons of marijuana to Detroit, according to a federal indictment released this week.

Authorities say they have busted up a drug trafficking cell in Tempe that, in adddition to being linked to the Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico, has received shipments of drugs from South and Central America, only to have domestic traffickers distribute the drugs to all corners of the nation.

Authorities say they have busted up a drug trafficking cell in Tempe that, in adddition to being linked to the Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico, has received shipments of drugs from South and Central America, only to have domestic traffickers distribute the drugs to all corners of the nation.

While state officials point to a drop in methamphetamine use among Valley teenagers, authorities aren’t slacking up on their drug awareness efforts.

PHOENIX - Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs, including cocaine, on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.

PHOENIX - Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges early Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs including cocaine on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.

PHOENIX - Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges early Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs including cocaine on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.

PHOENIX - Authorities confirmed that more than a dozen Phoenix firefighters and one Mesa police officer are connected to a steroid investigation being conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

A man has pleaded no contest to a murder charge in the beheading of a man in Arizona who police say had stolen drugs from a Mexican drug cartel.

August 25, 2004

The highly addictive narcotic being peddled to Scottsdale teenagers as young as 13 is black tar heroin — a substance produced in Mexico that lives up to its ominous name in texture, color and lethal consequences, officials said.

NOGALES, Mexico - Here, just across the border, neon-colored signs in the windows of dozens of pharmacies scream "Soma for sale."

May 9, 2004

PHOENIX – Earlier this year, Arizona banned a synthetic substance nicknamed spice sold as incense but often smoked as an alternative to marijuana.

The Arizona Medical Board has suspended a Scottsdale doctor suspected of writing thousands of illegal prescriptions for human growth hormones and other controlled drugs, many of which were reportedly sold through Internet pharmacies.

The Arizona Medical Board has suspended a Scottsdale doctor suspected of writing thousands of illegal prescriptions for human growth hormones and other controlled drugs, many of which were reportedly sold through Internet pharmacies.

In an ongoing multi-law enforcement agency crackdown of the synthetic drug bath salts, two East Valley smoke shops have been closed and at least one of its owners arrested following a national sweep that netted $36 million worth of materials used to manufacture the drug.

Methamphetamine is killing our children and crippling our communities. That’s the pitch Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard used to sell the idea to East Valley cities that curbing local production of meth can be done by regulating the sales of certain cold medicines.

Methamphetamine is killing our children and crippling our communities. That’s the pitch Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard used to sell the idea to East Valley cities that curbing local production of meth can be done by regulating the sales of certain cold medicines.

By all appearances, Scottsdale physician David A. Wilbirt has reached the pinnacle of a successful medical career.

By all appearances, Scottsdale physician David A. Wilbirt has reached the pinnacle of a successful medical career.

Heroin wasn’t worth it.

August 25, 2004