FILE PHOTO: Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confer with a Metropolitan Police Department office during a traffic stop, after U.S. President Donald Trump deployed National Guard and ordered an increased presence of federal law enforcement to assist in crime prevention, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One night last week, police officers in Washington stopped a man carrying a designer handbag after spotting a small, clear plastic bag poking out of it, which they suspected might contain marijuana.
It was the kind of encounter that is a staple of local police work, only this time the officers who asked to look inside the bag were accompanied by agents from five separate federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Secret Service, according to records filed in a local court.
