L.E.T.A Law Enforcement Training Associates, Inc.

The fall "Tactical Narcotics Techniques" conference has been scheduled for    October 20th-24th, 2008, in North Miami Beach, Florida. There is       limited seating for this training conference. so be sure to register early to reserve your slot!
The fall "Investigating Drug Trafficking Organizations" has been    scheduled for November 10th-14th, 2008, in Henderson, Nevada. There is limited seating for this training conference. so be sure to       register early to reserve your slot!
The "Narcotics and Gang Investigators Summit" has been scheduled for    January 26th-30th, 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
The "Advanced Vice and Narcotics Investigations" training conference has been scheduled for December 8th-12th, 2008, in North Miami Beach.

January 4th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit    conducted a five kilo Heroin reverse sting. As a result of the    investigation, four subjects were arrested for armed trafficking and    conspiracy to traffick in Heroin. Two vehicles were seized during the    investigation along with a total of $1,500.00 in U.S currency. The       subjects presented a sham bank roll and intended on ripping the       undercover officers during the transaction.
January 15th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the DEA conducted a 10 kilo cocaine reverse sting operation. A total of    three subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to    traffick in cocaine. Three vehicles were seized as a result of the investigation.
February 19th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Bal Harbour Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a three kilogram buy-bust operation. One subject was arrested for Trafficking in    cocaine and for four counts of Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement Officers as he rammed take down vehicles as he attempted to flee the scene.

March 3rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and     the DEA MiamiField Division conducted a hydroponic marijuana buy/bust investigation. A total of seven pounds of marijuana and $4,800.00 in U.S currency was seized as s a result of the investigation. One subject was arrested for possession with intent to distribute.
March 12th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Marion County Sheriff's Office, and the Ocala Police Department conducted a ten kilo cocaine reverse sting   operation. A total of three subjects were arrested for Armed Trafficking and Trafficking in Narcotics. Two vehicles, a semi automatic handgun and    $105,000.00 were seized as a result of the investigation.
April 3rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit       conducted a Cocaine trafficking investigation. Two subjects were    arrested for trafficking in cocaine.

April 22nd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit       conducted a Heroin trafficking investigation. One subject was arrested    and charged with trafficking in Heroin.

May 2nd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit along with the DEA and the Boynton Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit concluded a Heroin investigation. One subject was arrested for selling Heroin and a narcotics search warrant was executed at the defendants residence. A total of $38,000.00 was seized as a result of the investigation.
June 3rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Street Crimes and Narcotics Unit arrested a known narcotics subject and seized $20,000.00 after conducting a traffic stop on the subject. The subject was additionally charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana.

June 5th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a one kilogram cocaine reverse investigation. One subject was arrested for trafficking in cocaine and a total of $8,100.00was seized during the investigation.

June 26th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a five kilogram cocaine reverse sting investigation. As a result of the investigation, two subjects were indicted on Trafficking in Cocaine. A vehicle and a total of $59,000.00 was seized as a result of the investigation.

July 2nd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a cocaine trafficking reverse sting investigation. As a result of the investigation, three subjects were indicted on Trafficking in Cocaine. A vehicle and a total of $83,265.00 was seized during the investigation.

July 3rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a cocaine trafficking reverse sting investigation. As a result of the investigation, three subjects were indicted for Trafficking in Cocaine. A vehicle and a total of $37,000.00was seized during the investigation.

July 8th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Hollywood Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted an Indoor Marijuana Grow House investigation that resulted in the seizure of 120 plants and the arrest of one subject for cultivating Marijuana.
July 9th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the    FBI Miami Field Division conducted a cocaine trafficking investigation. As a result of the investigation two subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $35,000.00 and a truck were seized as a result of the investigation.
July 14th: As a result of a traffic stop by the North Miami Beach Police       Department Uniform Patrol Division and the Narcotics Unit, a total of $34,500.00 was seized during the investigation.
July 15th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit    conducted a narcotics reverse sting investigation. As a result of the    investigation, three subjects were arrested for purchasing one       kilogram of cocaine. A total of $22,000.00 and a vehicle were       seized as a result of the investigation.

July 17th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a narcotics trafficking investigation. As a result of the investigation, two subjects were arrested for trafficking in Cocaine. A total of $15,500.00 was seized as a result of the investigation.
July 17th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit along with the FBI conducted a narcotics interdiction investigation. One subject was arrested for delivery of 12 pounds of marijuana.

July 19th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI conducted a narcotics reverse sting investigation. Three subjects were arrested for attempting to purchase three kilos of cocaine. A total of $62,950.00 and two vehicles were seized as a result of the investigation.

February: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit
conducted a five kilo cocaine reverse that resulted in the arrests of    three subjects and the seizure of $75,000.00 in U.S currency. A sport    SUV with a hidden compartment was also seized during the       investigation.
March: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit        conducted a multi kilogram cocaine reverse, which resulted in the          arrest of one subject and the seizure of $68,000.00.

The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit in conjunction    with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement    Administration seized 82 marijuana plants that were being cultivated    inside of a residence in South Dade. The house was valued at over       one million dollars. Two subjects were arrested for cultivating       marijuana.
The North Miami Beach Police Department Crime Suppression Unit     seized a AK47 and $62,000.00 in currency during a traffic stop on a    narcotics suspect.
The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Coral       Springs Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a joint narcotics    investigation that resulted in two arrests on subjects who were                   attempting to purchase one kilogram of Heroin. A total of $20,586.00 in    U.S currency was seized and the subjects were charged with Trafficking in a controlled substance and Conspiracy to Traffick in a controlled substance.

Provided by the Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office, South Dakota

Two well known drug houses are no longer selling in Buhl. Search warrants
led Buhl Police, the Twin Falls County Sheriff's Department and the Idaho State Police to five drug dealers. Narcotics Investigators seized 1.5 pounds of meth, 9 grams of cocaine, some marijuana, and $40,000.00. The case was worked in conjunction with the Idaho State Police and the Buhl police Department. The search warrants also resulted in the seizure of an SKS, an AK47 and several other guns.

Provided by the Jackson County Narcotics Task Force, Mississippi

JACKSON COUNTY - More suspected drug thugs and other lawbreakers    are off the streets of Jackson County tonight after the latest phase of "Operation Frostbite" a crackdown on drugs and crime in coastal Mississippi. This time, the sting went down in Ocean Springs. Agent Chad Heck says, "We're going to target every bit from drug possession to traffic." After a quick briefing more than 50 officers from Jackson County hit the streets of Ocean Springs. Officers were riding up and down Government Street looking to eliminate the criminal element. This was the 6th of Operation Frostbite. so far, the task force has targeted the cities of Gautier, Moss Point and Pascagoula. To date a total of 83 arrests have been made and thousands of dollars worth of narcotics confiscated.

March 27th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics unit intercepted 26 lbs of marijuana that was shipped from Arizona. A controlled delivery resulted in the arrest of one subject who was selling the marijuana at a local University.

April 14th: A total of three handguns and a Mini 14 assault rifle were seized as a result of a TNT operation that was conducted Friday night by the North Miami Beach Police Department. The operation was conducted due to the gang wars that are escalating in the north end of Miami Dade County. Arrests were made for narcotics violations, weapons charges and traffic    violations.

April 23rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit successfully conducted a half kilogram cocaine reverse. One subject was arrested and a total of $9,500.00 was seized as a result of the investigation.

May 1st: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI-Miami Field Division conducted a joint narcotics investigation. A total of five subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine and a total of $20,000.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

May 16th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI-Miami Field Division conducted a joint narcotics investigation. Two subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to traffick in cocaine and violations of the Florida Money Laundering Act. A total of $35,850.00 in U.S currency was seized along with a vehicle that the suspects used to transport the currency.

May 23rd: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI-Miami Field Division conducted a joint narcotics investigation. As a result of the reverse sting operation, a total of four subjects were arrested for trafficking in a cocaine and conspiracy to traffick in cocaine. A total of $18,000.00 in U.S currency was seized during the investigation.

June 7th: The North Miami Beach Police Department and the Miami Dade Police Department Narcotics Units conducted an indoor marijuana grow house investigation in North Miami Beach. A total of 43 marijuana plants and associated grow paraphernalia were removed and seized from the residence.

June 7th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI-Miami Field Division conducted a five kilo cocaine reverse sting operation. As a result of the operation, a total of four subjects were arrested for trafficking and conspiracy to traffick in cocaine. A total of $20,0000.00 in U.S currency was seized during the investigation.

June 14th: Provided by the Jackson County Mississippi Drug Task Force: More than 50 suspected drug dealers and criminals are in jail thanks to a mission narcotics agents call Operation Heatstroke. It's the latest wave of an effort to shutdown all types of crime in Jackson County.

June 15th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the DEA Miami Field Division conducted a joint narcotics operation that resulted in the arrest of two subjects for trafficking in cocaine. As a result of the investigation, a total of $500,000.00 in U.S currency was seized during the investigation. The suspects transported the currency in a hidden compartment of their vehicle.

July 9th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a one kilogram of cocaine reverse. Two subjects were arrested as a result of the investigation. A total of $15,000.00 and a vehicle were seized during the investigation.

July 10th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a narcotics investigation that resulted in the arrest of four subjects for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $56,000.00 and a vehicle were seized as a result of the investigation.

July 19th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a narcotics investigation that resulted in the arrest of four subjects for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $170,000.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

August 30th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a reverse sting operation and arrested one subject for trafficking in Heroin. A total of $8,500.00 in U.S currency was seized during the investigation.

September 5th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a cocaine reverse sting operation. Two subjects were arrested on trafficking charges and a total of $15,500.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

September 6th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a Heroin reverse sting operation and arrested a subject for trafficking. A total of $2,300.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

September 21st: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the North Miami Police Department Narcotics Units served a narcotics search warrant on a crack house and seized a large amount of crack cocaine, marijuana, currency and a hand gun. A subject wanted for murder was also arrested as a result of the investigation. Two indoor marijuana grow house operations were additionally discovered during the investigation. A total of 350 marijuana plants and associated grow equipment were seized as a result of the investigation.

October 1st: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and Miami DEA Group 10 completed a long term street level narcotics investigation on a Haitian Gang called "One Way". The gang has been responsible for the distribution of narcotics in northern Miami Dade County and involved in numerous drive by shootings over the past two years, which have resulted in several homicides. Three of the main subjects were indicted on Federal narcotics charges following the successful indictment of the gang's leader in June.

October 19th: The North Miami Beach Police Department along with the Miami Dade Police Department and the Miami Dade State Attorneys Office Gang Unit conducted a TNT operation targeting gang members operating in northern Miami Dade County. Numerous arrests for narcotics violations, weapons violations and traffic infractions were made during the operation. A total of three guns were recovered of which one had been stolen in a burglary of a police officers home.

October 22: The Doraville Georgia Police Department and the North Miami Beach Police Department completed a reverse sting narcotics investigation that began in Florida and was consummated in Georgia. Subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine and $34,000.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

October 25th: The North Miami Beach Police Department and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a 25 kilogram cocaine reverse sting operation. Two subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine and a total of $350,000.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

October 29th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a narcotics reverse sting investigation that resulted in the arrests of two subjects for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $14,500.00 was seized as a result of the investigation.

October 30th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a narcotics reverse sting investigation that resulted in two arrests for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $19,000.00 was seized as a result of the investigation along with a pick up truck that had two electronically activated hidden compartments.

November 30th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the FBI Miami Field Division conducted a reverse sting operation that netted three subjects for trafficking in cocaine. A total of $19,000.00 in U.S currency and a vehicle were seized as a result of the investigation.

December 11th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Bal Harbour Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a narcotics reverse sting operation. Two subjects were arrested for trafficking in cocaine, conspiracy to traffick in cocaine and for violation of the Florida Money Laundering Act. Two vehicles and a total of $35,000.00 in U.S currency was seized as a result of the investigation.

December 19th: The North Miami Beach Police Department Narcotics unit and the