Criminology and Psychology

A total of 18 people were arrested and 150 bags of heroin recovered as part of a citywide drug sweep performed on Tuesday with the assistance of county, state and federal agents, authorities said. The surveillance operation, which resulted in drug arrests made in five locations, involved Plainfield police working in tandem with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the Union County Sheriff’s Department, New Jersey State Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The incidents that led to the arrests included the following: Dante R. Faulcon, 24, of North Plainfield was arrested and charged with 12 drug offenses after allegedly selling narcotics to Shakeemah McClaurin, 22, of Plainfield, Batin T. Eure, 37, of Somerville, Dawan Thompson, 41, of Middlesex Borough, David Murdock, 45, of Plainfield, Mark D. Pringley, 46, of Plainfield and Timothy P. Codella, 60, of Somerville, police said. The sales took place during three transaction...

Authorities say warehouses and land bought by drug smugglers who made millions of dollars by bringing marijuana into Alaska from British Columbia are going on the auction block. One of the items to be auctioned off Thursday was an Anchorage warehouse once used to unload hundreds of pounds of marijuana, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The drug smuggling operation was started by Anchorage real-estate investor Thomas Cody and his partner Joe Bryant, according to federal court documents. Authorities say the drug ring made at least $10 million between 2000 and 2006. The operation ended with Cody being murdered, Bryant dead in a suicide and co-conspirators Thomas Ranes and Dennis Shine in prison. Thursday's auction was the last chapter in the doings of the notorious drug smuggling operation, as the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department sell off property the drug dealers used to launder money, authorities said. Many of the smugglers' vehicles have already been...