
A woman arrested in Escambia County, Fla., for cocaine possession and drug possession had a history of alleged drug activity in Baldwin County.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office called in the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, after dozens of bundles of cocaine washed ashore Thursday.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announced federal indictments against two Colombian nationals charged with drug crimes.

Jefferson County Coroner Bill Yates, who has been concerned with drug overdoses for years, confirmed there were five suspected overdose deaths over the weekend.