Authorities in Cambodia’s Battambang province and bordering Chanthaburi of Thailand have vowed to step up collaboration to crack down on crime along the shared frontier, with a focus on drugs, to maintain security and spur economic growth in the area.
A crackdown on drug dealers in the Danish capital has resulted in the arrest of 22 individuals suspected of dealing cocaine. The effort took place during a 10-day period in the Vesterbro district
More trouble down Mexico way. It s getting hot in the Michoacan s Tierra Caliente.
Drug Testing
Alabama Law Increases Use of Saliva Tests to Catch Drug-Impaired Drivers. Governor Kay Ivey (R) has signed into law a bill that will treat saliva tests the same as breath and blood tests, meaning drivers in the state will have given implied consent to be tested and will lose their driving privileges for three months if they refuse. Previously, saliva tests did not carry that implied consent provision and drivers accused of driving under the influence could refuse them without sanction.
International
Mexico Cartel Violence Flares in Michoacan. After confrontations with National Guard members last week, warring cartels burned vehicles and blocked highways in the Tierra Caliente region of the state of Michoacan. Eleven roads were reported blocked in five municipalities: Apatzingán, Buenavista, Parácuaro, Tepalcatepec and Aguililla. In Aguilla, gunmen from the Jalisco New Generation
especially as constituted with their leadership. people don t realize, russia s been very, very heavily sanctioned. they were sanctioned at a very high level, and that took place very recently. it s now time to get back to healing a world that is shaltered and broken. and that isn t the that isn t the president s only friendly meeting with t controversial leader on this trip alone. also met with philippine leader duterte and spoke warmly about him, despite his reputation for widespread human rights abuses. after the meeting, the president said he had a great relationship with duterte. the white house says human rights, briefly came up in the context of the country s drug crackdown, but duterte s spokesman denied that. the president got into a little twitter name-calling with north korean leader kim jong-un. we ll dig into all of that when we come back in 60 seconds. the person who opens it.