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The conspiracy -- which U.S. prosecutors say was tied to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang -- saw marijuana shipped south in PVC pipe, hollowed out logs, wood chips and hidden compartments in tractor-trailer trucks.In sentencing 36-year-old Jody York, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik said the smuggling operation had a terrible impact on British Columbia and part of the U.S. and it's the children who suffer when communities are riddled with violence.York and Edward Russell were considered the managers of the drug group and were both given...
Two hundred kilograms of Colombian cocaine was seized in the Eastern European country of Albania, the country's largest ever drug haul, El Espectador reported Tuesday.The drugs were found diluted in palm oil container on a truck with Macedonian license plates in the southern Albanian town of Gjirostraka, according to the Albanian Prosecutor General's Office.The cocaine had passed through Spain, Belgium, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia before arriving in Albania.The seizure was made possible through the cooperation of police and prosecutors...
US drones have entered Mexican territory to help track down drug gang activity, Mexican and US government officials confirmed Wednesday, but stressed that they have been used only in specific instances and under Mexican supervision.The drones had been requested by the Mexican government to conduct surveillance 'particularly in the border area, to attain concrete goals in the field of security,' Mexico's National Security Council said in a statement.'(Mexico) has requested from the United States government the support of drones on specific occasions...
The Sun Herald reported the vessel's captain, James O'Carroll, is being held pending trial. Crew members J. Boone Ferrie and Brian Parker are free on bond.Court papers show the vessel Sarah Moira was intercepted off Bay St. Louis on Nov. 21 as a result of a Homeland Security investigation in Boston, Jacksonville, Fla., and Charleston, S.C.All three were indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, conspiracy to import marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and importation with intent to distribute.Each...
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"The navy's INS Kalpeni intercepted pirate mother vessel Vega 5 in the sea Saturday 9 p.m. Thirteen crew members were rescued and 61 pirates nabbed," a navy spokesperson said. The rescued sailors and arrested pirates, whose nationality was being ascertained, were being brought to Mumbai and Kochi. The operation comes days after India said it was tweaking its navy's rules of engagement against pirates in the Indian Ocean to widen the scope of its offensive operations within the framework of international laws of the seas. Detailing the operation,...
