Italian police on Tuesday said they seized pure cocaine with an estimated street value of $286 million that was hidden inside containers of bananas at a port in northwest Italy. It marks the latest instance of the illicit drug being concealed in a shipment of the tropical fruit. Some 1,700 pounds of cocaine was concealed … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents discovered and seized over $3.7 million worth of cocaine in what was supposed to be a shipment of cucumbers last Wednesday. Agents at the Pharr International Bridge near the southernmost point of Texas discovered 112 packages in a tractor-trailer after a … Read more
Australian police seized a record 3 tons of cocaine hidden in plastic tubs buried underground on the outskirts of Sydney, detectives said Monday. It was the largest cocaine haul in Australian history, a joint organized crime investigation force said in a statement. Police allege a Sydney-based organized crime group arranged for a foreign vessel to … Read more
A stowaway with more than 500 pounds of cocaine and a gun was found on board a barge off the coast of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday, marking the second time this year that authorities detained a stowaway holding a huge stash of drugs in the same harbor. Crewmembers from two Coast … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, bragged in newly resurfaced social media posts about doing hard drugs while on military leave – adding that he had “no regrets” about his past escapades. Platner, a combat veteran of both the Marine Corps and the … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Air and Marine Operations (AMO) deployed a Black Hawk helicopter to intercept a boat suspected of smuggling drugs off the coast of Puerto Rico earlier this month. On May 14, AMO detected a 25-foot blue vessel carrying three people and visible packages. … Read more
A British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand, authorities said Monday. The National Crime Agency said Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was driving a truck carrying 28 pallets of Skims clothing from the Netherlands when … Read more
A passenger on board the plane that crashed into the ocean off the coast of Florida earlier this week has been arrested on cocaine smuggling charges. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Jonathan Gardiner, one of the 11 Bahamian adults rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard … Read more
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United States and Mexican law enforcement said they seized dozens of packages of cocaine from a go-fast vessel as part of one of several operations aimed at stopping the flow of illicit drugs around the world. Customs and Border Patrol air assets first spotted the go-fast boat in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of … Read more