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100kg of heroin worth £4.5m found in suitcase
A man has been charged with attempting to smuggle about 100kg (220lb) of heroin with an estimated street value of £4.5m into the UK.
Thirty-year-old Stephen Macnamee was stopped in his car at Dover after arriving on a ferry from Dunkirk on Monday.
Customs officers said they found the heroin hidden in three suitcases in his French-registered car. The Class A drug was found in two cases which were stowed in the car boot while the third was in a rear passenger footwell.
Mr Macnamee is due to appear before magistrates at Folkestone later. A man has been charged with attempting to smuggle about 100kg (220lb) of heroin with an estimated street value of £4.5m into the UK. ... more -
Saudi Arabia executes two Pakistanis for drug smuggling
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed two Pakistani nationals for smuggling drugs, a statement by the interior ministry said.
The ministry had ordered the men be executed by sword after they were caught smuggling heroin in the eastern city of Damman.
Drug smuggling carries the death penality in the Islamic state, where 63 people have been executed since the beginning of the year. Riyadh - Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed two Pakistani nationals for smuggling drugs, a statement by the interior ministry said. ... more -
Cocaine-packed homemade submarine seized in Mexico
Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast on Wednesday and arrested its four-man crew.
Similar vessels carrying cocaine have been discovered off Colombia and Central America, but navy spokesman Capt. Benjamin Mar said the seizure is a first for Mexico.
The 30-foot makeshift submarine was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, Mar said.
The green-topped, arrowhead-shaped vessel was intercepted when it surfaced hours later, and the crew was taken into custody without resistance.
The suspects were flown by helicopter to the city of Huatulco, where they told reporters they left the Colombian coastal town of Buenaventura a week ago.
The crew members said they were fishermen forced to make the journey by drug traffickers who threatened to harm their families. Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast on Wednesday and arrested its four-man c... more -
Pigeons deliver drugs to Brazilian inmates
Sao Paulo state prison authorities discover a smuggling scheme using pigeons to deliver drugs and mobile phones to inmates.
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Cops & Customs Agents Caught Drug Smuggling
By Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
(Excerpt from main article)
Following last September's crash of a Gulfstream jet used by the CIA for torture flights that contained 4 tonnes of cocaine, more customs officials and cops have been caught in drug smuggling and drug dealing rackets.
Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and officer John Ajello face narcotics, bribery and conspiracy charges after they were arrested for helping smuggle drugs and contraband through New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
"The investigation has led to the indictment and prosecution of more than 20 people — “from distributors to overseas sources of supply” — and the seizure of more than 600 pounds of imported hashish and other drugs from the United States and France," according to a CNN report.
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Cocaine Jesus statue seized at the border
Federal agents in Laredo seized a 6lb pure cocaine statue of Jesus estimated at $30,000 street value.
The statue was made of a cocaine paste that was molded into a figure of Jesus and then intricately painted. It was extremely detailed all the way down to the hair.
If the statue had made it across the border the dealers would have dissolved the cocaine in water. Federal agents in Laredo seized a 6lb pure cocaine statue of Jesus estimated at $30,000 street value. ... more -
Mexican drug hit men dump four heads in ice chests
Suspected drug hit men dumped four human heads in ice chests in northern Mexico on Friday in a gruesome killing of rivals, a state attorney general's office said.
"They were four men, beheaded by groups linked to drug trafficking. We believe the victims were drug gang members themselves," a spokeswoman said.
The heads were placed in four ice chests on Friday morning on a highway on the edge of the mining city of Durango and were found by police patrolling in the area.
Durango state is close to the Pacific state of Sinaloa, home to major traffickers including Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman.
Gangland killings have surged again in Mexico in recent weeks and organized crime murders across the country total 1,378 this year, Mexico's attorney general said on Friday, up 47 percent from this time last year.
Drug violence killed more than 2,500 people in 2007 as rival gangs fought over smuggling routes to the United States. Suspected drug hit men dumped four human heads in ice chests in northern Mexico on Friday in a gruesome killing of rivals, a state att... more -
Cocaine smugglers aged 11 and 13: Mother arrested
Customs officials report that they have arrested a mexican woman for possession of £675,000 worth of cocaine was discovered strapped to the legs of her two young children she was travelling with.
The 15 kilo bust is not the first of it's kind, but highlights the extent to which people will go to to smuggle contraband into the country.
Speaking of the arrest, a customs spokesman:
"We never cease to be amazed at the lengths to which some people will go to hide drugs from us when they pass through our controls."
Just think what you were doing at the age of 11 or 13, smuggling drugs, or even knowing what they were about took a back-seat to riding my bike and kicking a football about.
The 13-year-old has been bailed for a month with the 11-year-old girl getting released without charge, I wonder if the children had any idea about the consequences of what they were doing? Customs officials report that they have arrested a mexican woman for possession of £675,000 worth of cocaine was discovered strapped t... more -
Australian drug smugglers spared death in Indonesia
Three Australians convicted of heroin smuggling in Indonesia have had their death sentences reduced to life imprisonment, a report said Thursday.
The Supreme Court in Jakarta has decided to spare the lives of three of the so-called "Bali Nine" -- Si Yi Chen, Matthew Norman and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the government was trying to confirm the reports.
"If the reports are accurate then of course it's very welcome," he told Nine Network television.
Note to self: Don't smuggle drugs in Indonesia.
Or anywhere, for that matter. Three Australians convicted of heroin smuggling in Indonesia have had their death sentences reduced to life imprisonment, a report sai... more -
Spate of Executions and Amputations in Iran
Iranian newspapers on Thursday reported the hanging of seven men convicted of murder and drug smuggling in different cities this week. In the first 10 days of January there have been 23 publicly disclosed executions.
Iran has been an active user of the death penalty, usually hanging, and is one of several countries that opposed its abolition last month during a vote on the United Nations General Assembly resolution, joining in an unusual alliance with the United States. Officials argued that the abolition of the death penalty would be an infringement on Iran's sovereignty. Iranian newspapers on Thursday reported the hanging of seven men convicted of murder and drug smuggling in different cities this week.... more -
Radio 1 DJ detained in Dubai
World famous BBC DJ and Drum and Bass ambassador Grooverider has been arrested in Dubai after being caught with explicit pornography and marijuana in his record bag. Grooverider, real name, Raymond Bingham is famous for his weekly Drum and Bass show on BBC Radio 1 with long time DJ partner Fabio. He was detained at Dubai Airport and is now facing the possibility of a jail sentence or deportation following his expected court appearance this week. Drugs and pornography are banned in the Arab State and their possession and use therefore carry harsh penalties, Grooverider's Myspace website will surely not help his cause; it features links to naked models as well as pictures which show him to be smoking what seems to be a spliff.
What's more shocking...his stupidity at attempting to smuggle contraband or his seemingly 'un-badboy' name of Raymond?
Update:
Raymond "Grooverider" Bingham has admitted drugs charges in his first appearance at a Dubai court. He admitted to have had 2.16grams of marijuana in his possession on flying into Dubai for a November DJ gig. It is expected Groove will receive a four-year sentence, although he has hired the same local lawyer who gained a pardon for a similar international artist. World famous BBC DJ and Drum and Bass ambassador Grooverider has been arrested in Dubai after being caught with explicit pornography a... more -
UK street drugs an £8 billion industry
The scale of Britain's illicit drug economy has been put into numbers by the Home Office. Estimates that there are "300 major importers, 3,000 wholesalers and 70,000 street dealers involved in a trade with a turnover of between £7bn and £8bn a year." It's a real supply and demand retail economy, too. The report says that the average drug slinger employs salaried staff and raises their heroin prices when demand peaks during Christmas.
happy christmas, love. i got you some horse. The scale of Britain's illicit drug economy has been put into numbers by the Home Office. Estimates that there are "300 majo... more -
Guilty: UK teenage girls convicted of drug smuggling in Ghana
Today a court in Ghana found the two British teens guilty of smuggling £300,000 worth of cocaine from Ghana to the UK in July. The two girls from north London continue to insist they were set up, but are now facing up to three years in jail. Today a court in Ghana found the two British teens guilty of smuggling £300,000 worth of cocaine from Ghana to the UK in July. The two... more
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Opium Windfall Fuels Afghan
The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the total export value of Afghan opiates stood at about $4 billion, equivalent to more than half of the country's legitimate gross domestic product, confirming estimates it made in August. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the total export value of Afghan opiates stood at about $4 billion, equivalent to more... more
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Stratocaster Stash
Busted. Next time you try to smuggle $5.12 million worth of cocaine from Costa Rica through customs, make sure you've covered all your tracks. Busted. Next time you try to smuggle $5.12 million worth of cocaine from Costa Rica through customs, make sure you've covered all... more
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Letting slip the drugs of war - Is the CIA helping itself to the Afghan heroin har...
Remembering the Iran/Contra scandal and the fact that the CIA has ofttimes financed its black operations by smuggling and selling drugs, this would not surprise me at all. Remembering the Iran/Contra scandal and the fact that the CIA has ofttimes financed its black operations by smuggling and selling drug... more
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Tiny Article About Smuggled Cocaine
They hid it in the bodies of dead insects.
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