Featured Prescription drug drop boxes placed in Jackson
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) have purchased five prescription drop boxes for the City of Jackson...
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Featured Kosciusko hosts first opioid town hall of 2018
by Alex Paton
Last night, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics held the first opioid town hall of 2018 in Kosciusko. With...
Featured DPS and Mississippi coroners increase efforts to track drug overdose deaths
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the Mississippi Coroners and Medical Examiners Association have announced new efforts to track drug overdose deaths occurring in the...
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 Over 100 lbs. marijuana seized after traffic stop
by Alex Paton
Mississippi state troopers arrested a California man for carrying over 100 pounds of marijuana last week during a traffic stop on Interstate 22 in Itawamba...
Featured MBN Director: MS took in over $1 billion in drugs in 2017
by Alex Paton
Last year, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics says that over 17,000 drug related arrests were made and that well over a billion dollars worth of...
$65K of cocaine and meth seized in Jeff Davis and Covington Counties
by Alex Paton
Two arrests were made in Jeff Davis and Covington Counties on drug-related offenses. The Jeff Davis and Covington County sheriff’s offices, the FBI and the...
MBI makes another major opiod bust
by Sarah Ulmer
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and local law enforcement officers executing a search warrant Monday, October 30 at a Picayune residence seized 74 dosage units...
Results: drug take back day
by Alex Paton
National Drug Take Back Initiative took place last Saturday and the results in. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director John Dowdy said that during the National...
DEA hosts take-back day for prescription drugs
by Alex Paton
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has declared October 28th as National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to address what it calls a crucial public safety and public health...