Washington, D.C., Mayor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marion Barry">Marion Barry</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry#1979–1991:_Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marion Barry">arrested for drug possession</a> in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_operation" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sting operation">sting</a>.<sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_18#cite_note-12" id="mwAQY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQc">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt70" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFLaFraniere1990">LaFraniere, Sharon (January 19, 1990). <a class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/barry.htm" id="mwB7U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover FBI, Police Operation"</a>. <i id="mwB7Y">The Washington Post</i>. p.<span id="mwB7c" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>A1<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB7g">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB7k">January 26,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt70" class="Z3988" id="mwB7o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&amp;rft.atitle=Barry+Arrested+on+Cocaine+Charges+in+Undercover+FBI%2C+Police+Operation&amp;rft.pages=A1&amp;rft.date=1990-01-19&amp;rft.aulast=LaFraniere&amp;rft.aufirst=Sharon&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-srv%2Flocal%2Flongterm%2Ftours%2Fscandal%2Fbarry.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+18"></span></span>