1.   Another escapee, Mario S. Mendez, facing narcotics charges, was hiding in the area and gave himself up to deputies.

2.   Both cases involved narcotics charges.

3.   Both were arrested on federal narcotics charges.

4.   He has been indicted in the United States on narcotics charges.

5.   He never spent any time in prison, but he had been arrested on narcotics charges and had been given probation.

6.   He pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor narcotics possession charge in Queens criminal court Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance.

7.   In addition, the brothers were also indicted Wednesday on several federal narcotics charges.

8.   Jimmy Chagra, who was facing numerous narcotics charges, would become a suspect in the killing.

9.   Luis Amezcua has been in jail fighting separate narcotics charges.

10.   The narcotics charge arose from the fact that Jardine was addicted to chloroform, which he used to alleviate a nervous affliction.