Category: drug bust

Pair Charged as $60 Million in Cocaine Found at Sydney Port

Two Greek nationals have been charged with numerous offences after police allegedly found $60 million (US$39 million) worth of cocaine in the walls of a shipping container in Sydney. Police were called to a Port Botany container logistics company with reports of a break-and-enter about 11 p.m. on Thursday. A man, 27, was arrested after…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


Plane Loaded With Drugs ‘Tried to Fly Under the Radar’

Five men are accused of a daring low-altitude flight to import $15 million (US$10 million) worth of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea (PNG) after they were intercepted in rural Queensland. The drugs allegedly arrived on a so-called black flight, where a light aircraft flies under the radar or turns off monitoring systems to avoid detection….


Four Edmonton Children in Government Care After Drug Trafficking Bust

Four Edmonton children are in the care of Alberta’s Ministry of Children’s Services after police found them on Nov. 17 living in an alleged drug trafficking house in the inner city neighbourhood of McCauley, with drugs and loaded guns along with other weapons and ammunition accessible. Cash seized from an alleged drug trafficking house in…


Mexican National Sentenced to 9 Years For Record-Smuggling of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl

A Mexican national was sentenced to 9 years in prison after attempting to enter the United States with a record-breaking 17,584 pounds of methamphetamine and 389 pounds of fentanyl transported in his commercial trailer. Carlos Martin Quintana-Arias admitted to driving the drug-laden tractor trailer into the United States through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry…


Over 6 Million Amphetamine Pills Worth $32 Million Seized in Drug Bust, Montreal Police Says

Montreal police say they have seized 6.5 million amphetamine pills during a drug bust Wednesday morning. “The police operation resulted in a record seizure of amphetamines estimated at more than $32.5 million,” the SPVM said in a press release on May 26. In total, 28 searches were conducted in the Greater Montreal area and several…


Over 6 Million Amphetamine Pills Worth $32 Million Seized in Drug Bust, Montreal Police Say

Montreal police say they seized 6.5 million amphetamine pills during a drug bust on Wednesday morning. “The police operation resulted in a record seizure of amphetamines estimated at more than $32.5 million,” the SPVM said in a press release on May 26. In total, 28 searches were conducted in the Greater Montreal area and several…


Toronto Police Announce Largest Single-Day Illicit Drug Seizure in Force’s History

Toronto police say they have made the “largest single-day seizure” of illegal drugs in the service’s history. The police seized 189 kilograms of powder cocaine along with 97 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, with an estimated total street value of more than $28.5 million. “While we have made large seizures before these have occurred over several months. The…