Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Drug arrest details emerge

  January 30, 2010 in City on Page B2 Before he was sentenced last year, a former Bayview, Idaho, contractor now serving time in federal prison for selling marijuana helped federal drug agents bust a once-prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance …

• Hearing reveals that contractor helped bust Carlson

  January 29, 2010 in Idaho Before he was sentenced last year, a former Bayview, Idaho, contractor now serving time in federal prison for selling marijuana helped federal drug agents bust a once-prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance … 1

• Details emerge on international drug ring with Spokane ties

  January 10, 2010 in City on Page B1 An international drug ring that led to a young man’s suicide in the Spokane County Jail was headed by four Canadian men, authorities allege, one of whom offered to cooperate … 3

• Canadian drug ring details emerge

  January 9, 2010 An international drug ring that led to a young man’s suicide in the Spokane County Jail was headed by four Canadian men, authorities allege, one of whom offered to cooperate … 3

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  Drug web snagged many

  November 29, 2009 in City on Page B1 Snow covered the ground and the wind howled furiously as a young Canadian man approached the Colville National Forest, piloting a helicopter packed with marijuana. Federal agents say Samuel Jackson … 1

• Pilot’s story sought for big, small screens

  November 29, 2009 in City on Page B6 Samuel Lindsay-Brown’s popularity in the sport of extreme mountain-biking led to wide attention when he committed suicide in Spokane County Jail in February. Since then, Lindsay-Brown’s story has been told …

• DEA makes major cocaine bust

  October 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane International Airport police suspected something was going on with the Canadian man they’d seen several times. In the past four months, he’d rented several SUVs and returned them after … 4

• 38 kilos of cocaine seized in E. Washington drug bust

  October 13, 2009 in News A tip from airport police in Spokane leads to a major drug bust — more than 80 pounds of cocaine confiscated from a rented SUV by federal agents who spent … 3

• Drug suspected in death

  June 5, 2009 in City on Page A7 Health officials suspect that contaminated cocaine has killed one Spokane woman and sickened three others in the area. A muted response by the Spokane Regional Health District – which knew …

• CdA businessman faces federal cocaine charges

  February 23, 2009 in Idaho A prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance agent and school booster charged with possessing cocaine this month is part of a larger criminal conspiracy investigation involving at least a half a kilogram …

• Three men arrested on drug charges

  February 20, 2009 Three Spokane Valley men were arrested on felony drug charges today following a month-long investigation by Spokane police. 1

• Canadian man to serve 8 years for smuggling

  August 2, 2007 in City on Page B3 A former Canadian union official was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Spokane to serve eight years in a U.S. prison for attempting to smuggle an estimated $4 million worth …