"Without them, narcotics operations would practically cease to function".
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said Washington wanted Iranian help with border security and counter-narcotics operations.
An unprecedented series of bilateral summits also saw agreements on everything from marine conservation to immigration and counter-narcotics operations.
Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly transferred Deputy Chief James O'Neill, the commander of the department's narcotics operations, as well as Inspector James O'Connell, the commander of the Brooklyn South narcotics bureau.
Russia views the U.S. presence in the country as a bulwark against the spread of Islamist fundamentalism, and they work together on counter-narcotics operations.
Authorities in Panama have burned more than 11 tons of drugs seized from various anti-narcotics operations from across the country.
But in some ways Anvil was familiar, the latest in a long line of overseas counter-narcotics operations with names like Blast Furnace, Ghost Zone, Snowcap, and Zorro.
One narcotics supervisor said police officials had canceled the weekend narcotics operations in part because they wanted to ensure there were no additional incidents, however minor.
In many ways, from immigration to anti-narcotics operations, the U.S. and Cuba have been resolving many of their differences, quietly, for several years.
In fact, one senior law enforcement official said, commanders in Brooklyn had decided to continue to spend the vast majority of their Condor money on narcotics operations.
