Tag: cocaine

Three Men Arrested in Nashville Undercover Drug Operation

Nashville police recently arrested three individuals in connection with narcotics activities, seizing illegal substances in the process. “An undercover narcotics operation Fri night targeting fentanyl-related street sales downtown led to the arrests of Khalil D. Smith, Nesean Thompson & Michael Terry on felony drug charges. Cocaine laced with fentanyl, a gun & cash were seized….


Canadian Airline Urges Ottawa to Repatriate Crew Detained in Dominican Republic After Reporting 200 Kg of Cocaine Found on Plane

A charter flight company whose crew was detained in the Dominican Republic is asking the Canadian government to issue a travel advisory for the Caribbean destination, a position echoed by the Air Line Pilots Association of Canada (ALPA Canada). Eric Edmonson, CEO of Pivot Airlines, has been urging the federal government to step in after…


A Solution to America’s Drug Crisis

Commentary The black market supplying drugs to our nation is doubling our crime rate, exploiting our addicts, funding America’s enemies, and costing you billions of dollars per year. The use of illegal opiates and drugs in our society affects each one of us by a significantly increased crime rate, death overdoses approaching 70,000 people per…


Brazil Arrests ‘Colorido,’ PCC Drug Gang’s No. 2 Leader

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s justice ministry said on Sunday that federal police had captured the No. 2 leader of the First Capital Command (PCC), the country’s most powerful prison gang and a major exporter of cocaine. Valdeci Alves dos Santos, known as Colorido, was captured on Saturday in the northeastern town of Salgueiro, the justice ministry…


5 Arrested in Cocaine Bust Off Spain’s Canary Islands

MADRID—Five people were arrested when a fishing boat carrying nearly three tons of cocaine was intercepted off the Canary Islands, Spanish police said. The AKT 1 was stopped on April 13 by a Spanish coastguard patrol about 300 nautical miles south of the Spanish archipelago as it tried to pass itself off as another fishing…


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…


Canadian Pilots Detained in Dominican Republic After Reporting $25 Million of Cocaine Found on Plane

A Canadian charter airline says some of its pilots and crew are among the nine Canadians detained in the Dominican Republic after reporting 200 kilograms of cocaine found stashed away on board to local police. Among the nine detained are two pilots and two flight attendants working at Pivot Airlines, formerly Air Georgian, a regional airline…


Canadian Aircrew Detained in Dominican Republic After Reporting Large Stash of Drugs Found on Plane

A Canadian charter airline says some of its pilots and crew are among the nine Canadians detained in the Dominican Republic after reporting 200 kilograms of cocaine found stashed away on board to local police. Among the nine detained are two pilots and two flight attendants working at Pivot Airlines, formerly Air Georgian, a regional airline…


Border Patrol Officers Confiscate $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Texas Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine valued at an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas. The first incident took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge, where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to enter…


Texas Border Patrol Officers Seize $587K Worth of Cocaine In Three Separate Incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine worth an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at Texas’ Brownsville Port of Entry. The first seizure took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to make entry into the…