Featured Biloxi man could face life in prison for heroin
53 year-old Donald Eric McRoy of Biloxi pled guilty earlier this week, on the second day of his trial, to conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Traffic stop ends with $3 million heroin bust
Nearly 30 pounds of heroin was found during an early morning traffic stop in Pearl. Around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, an officer with the Pearl...
Featured North Carolina residents face drug charges in Brandon
Earlier this week a Brandon Police Department Narcotics Detective stopped a 2015 Toyota Corolla for speeding on I-20 East bound. After stopping the vehicle, the driver...
Gautier man gets five years for heroin charges
A Gautier man will spend five years in federal prison on drug charges. 32-year-old Jermaine Antonio Newell was sentenced to serve the 60 month sentence...
Featured South Mississippi heroin supplier pleads guilty
A California man charged with bringing heroin into Mississippi has pled guilty. 37-year-old Vincente Manuel Ruiz of Modesto, California pled guilty to a charge of...
Featured Final defendant sentenced in Delta drug trafficking operation
An investigation was launched after multiple fatal opioid overdoses and hospitalizations in the Mississippi Delta. The 12th defendant in the case has now been sentenced...
Featured MBN arrests man for second time in two weeks
For the second time in as many weeks, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics has arrested a man suspected of distributing heroin that has led to...
Featured MBN arrests suspected heroin dealer
Director John Dowdy announced that the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics has arrested a Jackson man suspected of distributing the heroin that has led to a...
Ole Miss to open center focusing on drug education and prevention
by Alex Paton
Ole Miss has plans to open the William Magee Center for Wellness Education on their Oxford campus to focus on drug and alcohol education and...
DPS and MBN announce more arrests among health care professionals
by Sarah Ulmer
The Department of Public Safety Commissioner Marshall Fisher and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy joined together today at the MBN headquarters to announce...