Tag: methamphetamine

Six Charged Following Illicit Drug Lab Bust in Richmond, BC

Six individuals have been charged for operating a clandestine drug laboratory following an eight-month investigation by the RCMP in Richmond, B.C. A Dec. 22 statement said the Public Prosecution Service of Canada has laid charges against six individuals arrested on Oct. 28, 2020, when the Richmond RCMP Organized Crime Unit executed several search warrants in…


The Hidden Victims of Biden’s Border Crisis

Commentary President Joe Biden’s immigration policies have led to chaos at the southern border, fueling a national security and humanitarian crisis. The blatant disregard for the rule of law by the Biden administration will have serious long-term consequences that will affect future generations of Americans. On Sept. 27, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration issued…


Police Arrest Two Men, Confiscate $1M Worth of Drugs

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CNS) – Huntington Beach police arrested two men and seized $1 million worth of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The two men arrested aged 21 and 29 were taken into custody Nov. 9 in Bell, California, by Huntington Beach police detectives. One of the men had 20 pounds of methamphetamine when he was picked…


Laos Reports Seizing Huge Amount of Methamphetamine

BANGKOK—Police in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos have made one of Asia’s biggest-ever drug busts, seizing more than 55.6 million methamphetamine pills in a single raid. The drugs were found in the northern province of Bokeo, the state-run Vientiane Times newspaper reported Thursday. The drugs were found Wednesday in sacks in a house that…


Florida Sheriff Smashes Jail Inmates’ Post Card Meth-Smuggling Operation

“Return to Sender” is not just a catchy Elvis song of the 1960s, but a code name for the latest elaborate criminal operation to smuggle contraband into Lee County Jail, Florida. Sheriff Carmine Marcino said his Lee County investigators found that an “outside person” would “liquefy methamphetamine” and then apply it to postcards. The cards…


Former NYPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Meth, Date Rape Drug: DOJ

A former New York City Police Department (NYPD) police officer has pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking methamphetamine and date rape drugs. John Cicero, 39, from Bronxville, on Wednesday, admitted to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) in Westchester County and New York City, the Department of Justice announced. The former police officer…


Chinese Drug Dealer Delivers Encrypted Messages to Buyers Using Short Videos on Social Media

Short videos on social media platforms have become a new type of drug trafficking tool in China. Drug dealers use them to deliver hidden messages to buyers, whereas ordinary people see them as regular videos. On Sept. 13, CCTV, a Chinese state-owned media, exposed a case of a narcotic dealer using hidden messages in short…


Family: Man in Deputy’s Shooting Had ‘Irrational Thoughts’

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The family of a man identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Michigan said Tuesday he had been “tormented by invasive and irrational thoughts.” Gary Goidosik and Kim Goidosik referred to themselves in a statement through the Goidosik Morse Disability Law Group as the family of the…


Whopping 2.8 Tons of Meth, Fentanyl Seized in California

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday announced the seizure of some 2.8 tons’ worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl powder in California. Border Patrol officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility found the massive load on Aug. 5 in what the agency described as “the largest methamphetamine drug smuggling seizure along the southwest border, to…


Border Agents Seize $2.5 Million Worth of Meth in Shipment of Watermelons

Over 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine that were hidden inside a shipment of watermelons in California were seized by border officials.