Does England or Great Britain have “Drug Enforcement Agency” like the USA?
There is no single national body responsible for Drugs Enforcement. Scotland has the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency, and England the Serious and Organised Crime Agency both of which deal with major drugs trafficking. In general drugs crime is the responsibility of the local police force, however this can be interpreted fairly generously. When my brother was with the Metropolitan Police Drugs Squad he might begin his day doing surveillance at Dover and finish it in the Midlands. Unlike the US law officers in England do not have limited jurisdiction, but simply notify other forces when they are going to be operating within their areas. English officers will not normally operate in Scotland or Northern Ireland partly because of the different legal systems, but they can if required. An agency is simply an organisation outside the usual structure. The policing and internal security agencies answer to central government or the regional assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland an
