My latest: Florida judge rips Hialeah police for giving out Costco-style samples of real cocaine during stings. State law, the judge wrote, does not allow officers to βstand on the street corner, or sit in the IHOP, and hand out free cocaine.β www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/u...
For years, undercover narcotics detectives in one South #Florida city handed out real cocaine in sting operations, often losing track of the drugs. A judge excoriated the practice in a recent ruling. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/u... via @davidovalle.bsky.social
Gift link.
The Detectives Posed as Dealers. The Cocaine They Peddled Was Real.
For years, narcotics detectives in Hialeah, Fla., handed out real cocaine in sting operations, often losing track of the drugs. A judge excoriated the practice in a recent ruling.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/u...