Category: weapons

150 Arrested in US-Europe Crackdown on DarkNet Drug Trafficking

WASHINGTON—An international operation targeting trafficking in opioids on a clandestine part of the internet called the DarkNet has led to about 150 arrests in the United States and Europe and the seizure of drugs, cash, and guns, U.S. and European authorities said on Tuesday. The crackdown, called Operation Dark HunTor, was announced at a U.S….


Bulgarian Police Detain 3 Foreigners After Sensitive Data Goes Missing at Arms Plant

SOFIA, Bulgaria—Three senior foreign employees of Bulgaria’s biggest weapons maker Arsenal have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of sensitive products and documents from the company’s plant, the interior ministry said on Thursday. Law enforcement authorities launched an investigation this month after the private arms company reported that specific products and…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 24)

President Joe Biden is sticking to the deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the month, the Taliban now has access to over $85 billion worth of U.S. weapons, and House democrats are pushing through a second voting rights bill.


Biden Administration Approves Its First Arms Sale to Taiwan

The administration of President Joe Biden approved its first arms sale to Taiwan, a move which is sure to draw criticism from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which considers the island nation a breakaway province. The State Department on Wednesday approved the sale of $750 million worth of military equipment to Taiwan, triggering a 30-day…


California Rail Yard Gunman Amassed Weapons Cache at Home He Torched

The transit employee who fatally shot nine co-workers at a rail yard in San Jose, California, had amassed a collection of 12 firearms, multiple Molotov cocktails, and 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his home before setting it on fire, the local sheriff said on Friday. But an FBI official said the blaze that incinerated the…


The Washington Post’s ‘Toy Weapons’ vs. Cops

On Monday, April 19, Edgar Luis Tirado went on a one-man crime spree—important details of which are not recorded in the Washington Post’s often cited “Fatal Force” database of killings by police. Other accounts, though, were clear about the threat Tirado presented. The 28-year-old Texan, who suffered from bipolar disorder, started small, stealing from a…