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Five Airport Employees Charged with Drug Offences: "Investigators from the RCMP Greater Toronto Area Drug Section - Toronto Airport Drug Enforcement Unit (TADEU) arrested 9 persons throughout the Greater Toronto Area and charged them with various drug related offences. This investigation, dubbed Project OTAG, began in February 2010. While working in conjunction with the United States Homeland Security Investigations and the Jamaican Constabulary Force information was received that led investigators to several employees at the Toronto Lester...
Women for Schapelle: Schapelle Corby & The Cover Up: "Federal police say 'it is a recognised criminal activity' for drug dealers to use innocent travellers as unsuspecting 'mules'. They have arrested baggage handlers at Sydney Airport for the offence. Drugs are inserted in luggage at one airport and a photograph of the target bag and its tag are emailed to the destination airport, where baggage handlers recover the drugs before the passenger...
Mexican judge absolves reputed drug cartel 'queen' - Nation & World - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington: "Judge Fernando Cordova del Valle ruled that prosecutors failed to bring enough evidence against Sandra Avila Beltran, described by U.S. and Mexican officials as a major decision-maker for the Sinaloa gang, Mexico's most powerful cartel. The 'Queen of the Pacific' had been charged with organized crime, conspiracy to traffic drugs and money...
Pearson employees charged in alleged drug-funnelling scheme Posted Toronto National Post: "drug-smuggling ring involving five employees of Pearson International Airport and their connections in Jamaica and Greater Toronto has been dismantled, police announced Thursday.
The RCMP allege a variety of drugs — including ecstasy, hashish and khat, a stimulant plant — flowed in and out of the airport via chartered airlines. The Pearson staffers used their...
18 Dominican military officials detained: "Authorities have detained 18 military officials and two U.S. pilots after stopping a cocaine-laden airplane from taking off, officials said Friday.
The small plane, a Short 360, was carrying 145 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) bricks of cocaine and was bound for Puerto Rico late Thursday, said Rolando Rosado Mateo, president of the National Drug Control Agency.
The officials detained include members of the drug...
