What began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 90 near Albert Lea escalated into a significant drug seizure Friday after a Minnesota State Patrol trooper discovered approximately 50,000 fentanyl pills inside a vehicle.

Three indictments and two criminal complaints were unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota charging members and associates of the so-called “Family Mob” street gang with federal drug trafficking offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota.

The Mendota Heights Police Department has announced that a Level Three registered sex offender, Eric James Dokken, will be released from prison on March 2, 2026, and will reportedly reside in the 2200 block of Lexington Avenue South in Mendota Heights.

The FBI, alongside federal and local law enforcement partners, executed multiple search and arrest warrants across the Twin Cities metro early Wednesday morning in connection with a violent drug trafficking organization.

A man was shot and killed late Tuesday night inside a south Minneapolis apartment building, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

Five individuals were arrested following a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation conducted by the Central MN Human Trafficking Task Force.

A 29-year-old Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for crimes involving the production and possession of child sexual abuse material.

An officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon is preliminarily believed to be connected to a deadly double homicide that occurred hours earlier in Minneapolis, according to law enforcement officials.

A 58-year-old mother is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run crash Monday evening in St. Paul, and investigators are asking for the public’s help to identify the driver responsible.

A 22-year-old Duluth man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a police officer early Saturday morning during a disturbance involving ambulance crews in downtown Duluth.

An Apple Valley man is facing six felony first-degree drug charges after a controlled delivery operation led investigators to seize nearly two kilograms of cocaine, additional narcotics, two handguns, and more than $14,000 in cash from a townhouse residence earlier this week.

A 62-year-old Inver Grove Heights man is facing felony charges after authorities say investigators seized nearly 11 pounds of methamphetamine and two firearms during a narcotics search.

An Inver Grove Heights man is facing two first-degree controlled substance charges after investigators seized nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine and two firearms during a search warrant earlier this month.