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Mistaken Drug Raids Alarm Collinsville and Beyond
An Associated Press survey documents flawed raids by narcotics agents causing fear in Collinsville Illinois and other towns. Incidents include wrong houses in Winthrop Massachusetts Whittier California and Houston Texas. DALE and BNDD defend procedures while suspending involved agents and urging tighter warrant standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle America
Collinsville, Ill
Associated Press
William Pine
Winthrop
Mass
Heyward H. Dyer
Whittier
Calif
Texas Department of Public Safety
Houston
Nixon
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
DALE
Justice Department
Herbert Giglotto
Louise
Collinsville
Giglotto
Donald Askew
Virginia
Askew
Washington
U.S. Attorney
Springfield
Ill
Bureau of Narcotics and
Myles Ambrose Dale
Robert Richardson
Ambrose
BNDD
United States
Richardson