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On Monday, the wife of former Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested on international drug trafficking charges at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport, according to an announcement by the Justice Department. 31-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro, who holds dual-citizenship in the U.S. and Mexico, is expected to appear on Tuesday in a federal court in Washington, as […]
Drug traffickers are coming up with even more inventive ways to ship cocaine. According to a press release from U.S. Border Patrol, the agency seized a shipment of cereal arriving from South America that contained 44 pounds of cocaine, disguising it with corn flakes that were covered in the substance instead of sugar. The amount of drugs in […]
“Cocaine hippos” are taking over Colombian marshlands, forcing scientists to control the population before they dramatically impact the country’s ecosystem. The animals were illegally imported into the country by infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar at the height of his reign. Since Escobar’s death in 1993, the hippopotami have been rapidly breeding, becoming the largest invasive species on the planet. […]
A Brazilian woman got creative when trying to move weight through the country. Per the New York Post, a São Paulo woman boarded a bus headed to Rio De Janeiro. Initially it was assumed she was pregnant, but she was subjected to a search after authorities received a tip about a narcotics case. The lady’s “baby bump” was actually […]
Amid the fuck-it-all insanity of the 2020 election, some inspiring news out of Oregon is providing a nice (albeit temporary) respite. The state will now be the first in the country to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin, a.k.a. shrooms. This was made possible by the passing of Ballot Measure 109, per the Associated Press, which will […]
Last week, the job of a select group of U.S. Border Patrol agents was made very easy when a cocaine shipment with an estimated value of more than $1 million simply washed onto the shore of a beach in Florida, per CNN. That load of narcotics, which was in 30 packages, was found last Monday by […]
A small plane headed to Australia from Papua New Guinea crashed last week because it was overloaded with cocaine, per FOX 5 New York. Australian Federal Police announced Saturday that a Cessna model light aircraft planned on departing with the cocaine in tow from a remote airstrip at Papa Lea Lea in the early afternoon of July 26, and climbing to about 3,000 feet to avoid […]
Trick Daddy was arrested in Miami Saturday morning for possession of cocaine. The rapper’s vehicle was reportedly running red lights and hitting signs. He “appeared to be asleep behind the wheel” when a police officer knocked on his window, according to the Miami Herald. Trick Daddy said he was drinking at a club and had about five drinks […]
Florida Highway Patrol troopers discovered 12 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated $1.2 million hidden inside a car that was initially pulled over for illegally tinted windows, NBC Miami reports. Troopers were conducting their routine patrol of Interstate 75 on Tuesday when they spotted a red 2016 Dodge Journey with an illegal tint. The intention was to give a citation to driver Elizabeth Espinoza, 27, but they grew suspicious when she […]
Benny Garcia of Holyoke, Massachusetts was arrested Thursday after his 5-year-old son brought a packet containing white powder to his school. The 29-year-old’s child told his teacher that when he ingests the substance, suspected to be either cocaine or heroin, it makes him “feel like Spider-Man,” NBC News reports. The Lawrence Elementary School teacher notified the school principal of the incident, and police were […]
