The DEA has been barred from conducting random searches of travelers' belongings at airports and transit hubs following a Justice Department investigation that exposed corrupt practices.

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about in the DEA’s transportation interdiction efforts, which include conducting consensual searches. During such searches, the DEA Task Force Groups ...

The Justice Department ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to halt random searches of passengers at airports and other transit hubs after a watchdog raised concerns.

The Justice Department has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to suspend most searches of passengers at airports and other mass transit

Random drug searches at airports are temporarily on hold. The Department of Justice has told the Drug Enforcement Agency to stop searching passengers at airports and other transit hubs—even though they are the prime conduit for drug trafficking—after a major discrepancy was uncovered.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has stopped random Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) passenger searches at “mass transportation facilities,” such as airports, as of Thursday after

The IG found that the program “creates substantial risks that DEA Special Agents and Task Force Officers will conduct these activities improperly; impose unwarranted burdens on, and violate the legal rights of, innocent travelers.” It also found that ...