BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of an increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Billings. The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area recently seized a large amount [...]

HELENA – As law enforcement in Montana continues to dismantle and disrupt drug trafficking organizations, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced authorities seized less fentanyl and made more drug-related felony arrests, including arrests of Mexican drug cartel members, in 2024 compared [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today anti-drug task forces in Montana seized 150 percent more fentanyl in the first quarter of 2024 than during the first quarter of 2023. Through the first quarter of 2024, Rocky Mountain [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today an over 20,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces in Montana since 2019. Additionally, over twice as much fentanyl was seized in 2023 compared to 2022, shattering previous records. [...]

HELENA – Montana’s anti-drug task forces are continuing to shatter fentanyl seizure records as nearly two times more fentanyl has already been taken off the streets so far this year compared to all of 2022 which had obliterated previous records, [...]

HELENA – The Montana Attorney General’s Office charged two people today following the shooting death of a Hobson man that occurred earlier this month, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Tyson David Kolar, 40, and Megan Michelle Fiechtner, 33, both [...]

HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice was recently awarded a $2.1 million federal grant that will enable the agency to perform additional testing of sexual assault kits and conduct related cold case investigations, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. [...]

HELENA – A Ludlow man was found guilty of deliberate homicide for assisting in the murder of Isaac Carrier following a four-day jury trial which ended Wednesday in Prairie County District Court, Attorney General Knudsen announced today. On January 23, [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today anti-drug task forces in Montana have already seized more fentanyl in the first half of the year than they did in 2022, which blasted previous records. He also marked Fentanyl Prevention [...]

HELENA – For the third consecutive year, the Montana Department of Justice’s Forensic Science Division (FSD) is among the few forensic laboratories worldwide to earn the prestigious FORESIGHT Maximus Award from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD). FSD, most [...]