narcotics
In what’s being called an “unusual” level of detail in hiding narcotics, authorities have seized nearly $3 million worth of meth in a tractor-trailer onion shipment this past week. An unnamed 46-year-old Mexican national who was driving the vehicle was arrested at the Otay Mesa vehicle facility for allegedly smuggling the drugs, per ABC, after a U.S. Customs […]
El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, might be facing a 4-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. CBS News reports that the Department of Justice asked for this sentencing, with prosecutors also requesting she has five years of supervised release and pays a fine of $1.5 million. Aispuro previously pleaded guilty to the […]
Two Columbus police officers are now behind bars for their alleged involvement in a drug-trafficking scheme. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio, narcotics officers John J. Kotchkoski, 33, and Marco Merino, 44 have been accused of helping sale and distribute 7.5 kilograms of fentanyl. Federal investigators say Merino had tried to recruit […]
Ohio authorities have indicted 45 people on drug trafficking charges. The indictments took some time, as they were the result of a long-standing undercover drug operation called Operation Red, White, and Bust. Authorities in four Ohio counties were hoping to stop the sale of narcotics and opioids like fentanyl, tramadol, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, according to […]
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 […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized almost $2 million worth of narcotics from two 18-year-old Arizona residents near the Mexico border, NBC News reports. Border Patrol agents arrested the teens on Saturday after people were spotted appearing from some brush to leave packages in a parked truck. It was later discovered that the packages contained methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin […]
Louisiana authorities are investigating a viral video that allegedly shows an officer planting drugs on a black male suspect. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. local time in the area of Commerce Street and 6th Street in Bridge City, Louisiana. Authorities were reportedly responding to a call about a man in […]
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