ABSTRACT
What distinguishes a drug law enforcement operation from traditional criminal investigations is that a drug case deals with crime as it occurs. In almost every occasion, before a formal drug investigation is launched, a suspect has already been identified, usually through an informant. The drug agent’s challenge is to corroborate the informant’s information, build a prosecutable case against the suspect, identify and arrest all the other members of the drug trafficking organization, and seize as much drug evidence and drug-related financial assets as possible.
