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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez should be very troubled that a man whom President Obama has branded one of the world's most significant drug kingpins, Walid Makled-Garcia, may soon be telling U.S. federal prosecutors everything he knows about senior Venezuelan officials who have abetted his cocaine smuggling operations. Makled-Garcia's devastating testimony comes on the heels of fresh evidence of Chávez's support for terrorist groups from Spain, Colombia, and the Middle East and his apparent illegal support for Iran's nuclear weapons program....
Mexico hunting 12-year-old drug gang hitman | Reuters: "boy, known only as 'El Ponchis,' is believed to be working for the South Pacific cartel in Morelos state, outside Mexico City, and is one of a group of young teenagers who have already committed 'terrible acts,' Morelos State Prosecutor Pedro Luis Benitez told local radio.'These minors are still not fully developed and so it is easy to influence them, to give them a gun, pretending it is plastic, that it is a game.'Benitez did not name the boy or give more details, but when asked directly...
The Press Association: Woman held over heroin seizure: "woman has been arrested after heroin with a street value of thousands of pounds was seized in a house, police said.Police unearthed £45,000 worth of the drug when they searched a property in Braehead.A 39-year-old is being held in custody in connection with the drugs recovery and is due to appear in court on Monda...
Heroin packaging operation busted in NYC - UPI.com: "Police and federal narcotics agents in New York Friday announced a $6.5 million heroin bust at a Manhattan apartment building.Four people were arrested and 13 kilograms (28 pounds) of heroin was seized in the operation Thursday that targeted an apartment on West 43rd Street where heroin was allegedly packaged in glassine envelopes for sale on the street.'Piles of loose heroin and assorted drug packaging paraphernalia sat on tables where the defendants had been working assembly line-style,' the...
Alleged cocaine ring through Juarez includes baseball coach | kens5.com | San Antonio News, Weather, Sports, Traffic, Entertainment, Video and Photos: "cocaine ring bust has landed several people in jail, including a college baseball coach.Investigators say the drugs have been making their way to Colorado every week, but arrests were made Tuesday in several states, including Texas.Police say drug cartels were trafficking through Ciudad Juarez into Texas to get to Colorado.But gang members weren't the only suspects. A baseball coach from Regis University...
Three arrested in Antioch cocaine bust - San Jose Mercury News: "police went to a hotel on West 10th Street after surveillance showed Ford had just met with two men there, Bias said. They stopped and arrested 39-year-old Martinez resident Timothy Davis and 25-year-old Pittsburg resident Johnny Denton as they were about to drive away.'Our timing was just right,' Bias said.Police found several ounces of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy in the car Davis and Denton were in, Bias said. He added that all three suspects have prior drug arrests. They were...
NYC Postal Carrier Charged With Selling Cocaine « CBS New York – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY: "U.S. Postal Service carrier in New York has been arrested on charges that he sold cocaine while in uniform and driving his postal truck.Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Wednesday that 49-year-old Felix Soto was awaiting arraignment Thursday on charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance and conspiracy.Information about his attorney was not immediately available. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.Brown...
NBI probes politician’s alleged links to sale of P15-M cocaine - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "The National Bureau of Investigation is investigating the possible links between an “influential politician” and two men who were recently arrested in a drug buy-bust operation.The two men were caught selling P15 million worth of cocaine, suspected to have been part of the 1,500-kilogram drugs shipment that illegal traffickers reportedly dumped in the sea off Samar province last December.One of the arrested men was seen in an airport video...
Border Patrol Seizes 1,150 Pounds Of Marijuana - Phoenix News Story - KPHO Phoenix: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have confiscated 1,150 pounds of marijuana hidden in vehicle tires at El Paso area ports between Monday and Thursday.The drugs are worth an estimated $920,568, with one of the largest seizures made Tuesday morning on a car carrying 206 pounds of marijuana. Haro, a CBP drug-sniffing dog helped discover the drugs located in all four tires.There were a total of 32 bundles if marijuana, and police arrested the driver, Kevin...
Trucker not guilty in $3.2-million cocaine case: "Jaininder Singh Dusanjh was arrested Dec. 12, 2007, when he entered Canada at the Pacific Highway border crossing. An officer with the Canadian Border Services Agency found the first of 83 one-kilogram bricks of cocaine wrapped in plastic. Officials estimated that the drugs were worth between $1.9 million and $3.2 million if sold at the kilogram level, with the value increasing substantially if sold at the gram level. Dusanjh, 45 years old at the time of the trial, was charged with importing cocaine...
Salina police seize 105 lbs of cocaine from plane - kwch.com: "Salina police sieze more than 100 pounds of cocaine from a private airplane at the Salina Municipal Airport. According to our news partners with the Salina Jounal, police announecd the bust in late-September. The plane landed at the airport to refuel when the discovery was made.The commander of the I-125/I-70 Drug Task Force Lt. Jim Norton says the cocaine has an estimated street value of more than $2 million. Authorities turned over 105 pounds of cocaine, which were turned over to...
Pregnant woman in cocaine case granted bail | General News 2010-11-09: "pregnant woman among four persons arrested in connection with the 125 slabs of cocaine recently seized at the Tema Harbour was on Tuesday admitted to bail by the Fast Track High Court. Kyerewaa Twum-Barimah was admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢80,000 with two sureties, one to be justified. The court, presided over by Mr Justice Mustapha Habib Logo, asked that the sureties should be within the Accra-Tema area. The court ruled that it had been established that Kyerewaa was six...
