A police standoff causes a backup on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Saturday morning. (Courtesy WTOP listener) Police activity on U.S. Route 50 has caused a massive backup on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Saturday morning. The Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office says a suspect is in custody and all lanes of Route 50 on Kent Island are now open. Around 5 a.m., listeners alerted the WTOP Traffic Center of a police chase and standoff on Route 50 near Cox Neck Road. Shortly after the chase started, police stopped all travel on Route 50 between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Kent Narrows West.
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Traffic was backed up for miles near the Bay Bridge as traffic was detoured around the incident. For the latest road and traffic conditions, see WTOP’s traffic page or listen to updates every 10 minutes online or on the air at 103.5 FM.
Fentanyl seizures plummet as Trump administration shifts focus to immigration
WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday.
Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a subagency of DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reported an “all hands-on deck” environment toward immigration enforcement began in January 2025, according to the DHS Office of Inspector General report.
“With ICE dedicating more staff hours to immigration investigations, staffing hours for fentanyl investigations declined,” the report said.
The report found that the hours dedicated to fentanyl investigations for fiscal 2025 declined by more than 250,000 hours, or 31%, compared to fiscal 2024.
