It’s become somewhat rare to see busts aboard state ferries. Many recent busts have been tied to air travel or the mail.
"methamphetamine"
Officials arrest ‘drug kingpin’ accused of trafficking drugs from Mexico to Alaska
Miguel Baez Guevara, 38, faces 17 criminal counts, prosecutors announced Wednesday in Anchorage.
4-time Iditarod champion disqualified for positive meth test during race
A positive drug test for methamphetamine has disqualified veteran dog musher Lance Mackey from the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, according to a statement from race organizers.
Ex-manager of Juneau’s Bergmann Hotel sentenced on meth charges
Charles Edward Cotten, Jr., 53, will spend 10 years in prison, then 25 years on supervised release.
Whittier police arrest two men with 33-pound bag of meth
Charging documents say that police found a backpack filled with meth, as well as $8,000 cash in a briefcase.
Plea agreement in Cotten case outlines drug deals
A plea agreement entered Wednesday for a former Bergmann Hotel manager outlines the 2017 drug deals that led to his arrest. In the agreement, Charles Edward Cotten Jr. will plead guilty to all four counts of federal felony drug distribution. He admits to selling 112 grams of methamphetamine.
Juneau man pleads guilty to drug distribution
According to the plea agreement, the defendant admitted that he and the former Bergmann Hotel manager sold about 27 grams of methamphetamine in June to another person.
Ketchikan man arrested for allegedly smuggling meth
Richard Eric Anderson was arrested and charged with second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance with intent to manufacture and deliver.
Report: Alaska’s meth-related deaths quadrupled in last decade
Methamphetamine-related fatalities have increased fourfold in Alaska over the last decade, according to a state epidemiological report released Tuesday.
Spaulding pleads not guilty to federal drug conspiracy charge
Tiffany Jo Spaulding, 34, appeared in federal court today and pleaded not guilty to the drug-related charge. She was one of two residents charged after a downtown Juneau home was raided earlier this month.