David Edelstein is an AV® Peer Review Rated criminal defense attorney
representing clients in state and federal criminal matters across the State of Florida.

The nuns’ habits didn’t seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota. Read more..

With new marijuana laws coming into effect in some states, police officers won’t be tasked as often with seizing small amounts of pot from citizens. But in an unusual case, police are actually being asked, well, ordered, to give some back. Read more..

Customs agents thought something didn’t seem right with the coconuts that arrived at Port Everglades. When they looked closer, they found 90 of them were hollowed out and stuffed with pounds of cocaine. Read more..

The Coast Guard in Miami says one of its cutters seized cocaine worth an estimated $27 million after stopping a fishing boat in the western Caribbean Sea.. Read more..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers have wrapped up work on legislation aimed at outlawing the sale of marijuana pipes known as “bongs.” The Senate passed the bill (HB 49) on a 31-2 vote Friday. The measure now goes to Gov. Rick Scott for his consideration. Read more..

A Mexican woman known as a drug cartel queen has pleaded guilty in Miami to charges arising from a major cocaine trafficking case. Read more..

So, pot has been legalized in two states for recreational use and there are medical marijuana laws on the books in 18 states.  But before you pull out that dugout or blunt to celebrate, you may want to consider the fact that Florida IS NOT one of the states mentioned above. So, what can happen [...]

Drug traffickers, who have always embraced the latest in maritime technology, now are using full-fledged submarines. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/02/3123960/colombias-narco-sub-museum-offers.html