Houston border patrol bust Colombian smuggling liquid cocaine in shampoo bottles
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport intercepted a traveler attempting to smuggle 35 pounds of liquid cocaine in full-sized shampoo bottles, Nov. 11. CBP More...
Vermont Correctional Officer Sentenced for Smuggling Buprenorphine into the Facility
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on August 5, 2019, United States District Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Grant Vance, a former correctional officer at Northern More...
Inmate, Steven Snook Convicted of Conspiring with Nurse to Smuggle Prescription Drugs
A federal inmate is potentially facing more time behind bars after he was caught trying to smuggle prescription narcotics into prison. Steven W. Snook, 42, pleaded guilty earlier today to conspiring with a licensed More...
Border patrol busts woman with $334K meth hidden in SUV
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers arrested a San Luis, Arizona woman connected to an alleged attempt to smuggle more than 110 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of More...
Border Patrol Agent, Robert Hall Sentenced to 9 Years for Accepting Bribes for Drug Smuggling
A former U.S. Border Patrol Agent (BPA) was sentenced to 112 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for accepting bribes in return for helping to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States. Assistant More...
California border patrol raids El Centro house, arrests 2 smugglers, 8 illegal aliens, finds meth and a cache of weapons
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector served a search warrant on a house in El Centro that led to the arrests of two smugglers, eight illegal aliens, 3.75 grams of methamphetamine, and a cache More...
John Hanrahan pleads guilty in heroin, meth trafficking case, faces up to life in prison
John Hanrahan, 57, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking charges without the benefit of a plea agreement. At sentencing, Hanrahan faces a statutory More...
Border patrol and customs arrest Akeem Rasheen Lewis, a Jamaican man smuggling cocaine in glass bottles
An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport did not enjoy a ‘Happy Hour’ as U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized his prohibited cocktail. On September 28, Mr. Akeem Rasheen More...
South Carolina: Mickey Cox, Terry Langston arrested after traffic stop links the pair to Mexican drug cartel
The Seneca Police Department said one of two men arrested during a traffic stop on Thursday morning has ties to a Mexican drug cartel. Officers identified that pair as Mickey Cox, 50, and Terry Langston, 52, for possession More...
Doug Laux and Ben Smith star in Discovery’s ‘Finding Escobar’s Millions’ premiering November 3
At one time Pablo Escobar — the most wanted man on the planet — buried masses of his estimated multi-billion-dollar fortune all over Colombia. Legends say the vast majority of it has never been found. More...
South Carolina woman, Monika Marie Adams hides pot in Bible, arrested for smuggling it into a prison
A bizarre arrest in South Carolina has drawn attention as a woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle marijuana into a jail, hiding the pot inside of a Bible. Monika Marie Adams brought the Bible to Union County More...
Nigerian man Uzoma Elele Alpha avoids death penalty, gets life in prison for possession of meth, pot
A Nigerian man was sentenced to life in prison for the possession of meth and marijuana, avoiding the usual death penalty by firing squad assigned for such drug crimes. Uzoma Elele Alpha, 33, was sentenced by More...
Ashley Harper, Pittsburgh woman, arrested after smuggling heroin into a court room, hid from police on the roof
A Pittsburgh woman was arrest Friday after police found her hiding on a roof. Ashley Harper was found with 30 bags of stamped heroin entering family court for a drug screen, police say. Ashley Nicole Harper Court More...
Three ‘fake nuns’ caught smuggling cocaine out of Colombia
Three women dressed up as nuns were caught at a Colombian airport trying to smuggle cocaine taped to their bodies, police said Tuesday. photo Joan Marcus The women were caught Saturday after arriving on Colombia’s More...
Vincent Jones, Nathan Manigo, men arrested after trying to smuggle heroin and crack in buttocks
Two men were caught concealing drugs in their buttocks in unrelated cases over the past two days, according to police. On Monday, Lackawanna County detectives found 30 grams of crack hidden in a man’s buttocks More...
Gregory Greene, drug smuggler runs from police then throws cocaine off bridge VIDEO
An accused drug smuggler tries to ditch a kilo of cocaine by tossing it off a bridge and into a river after high-speed chase with police in Albany, Georgia on Thursday. Video from the Albany Dougherty Drug Unit More...
Philippines Embassy officials ask Vietnamese government for permission to visit convicted drug mule, Amodia Teresita Palacio
After a 61-year-old Filipina was sentenced to death last week in Vietnam, Philippines officials are asking the Hanoi governments permission to visit her, according to a GMA News report Monday. Image/CIA 61-year-old More...
Man busted smuggling cocaine inside Easter eggs
Authorities said an alleged cocaine smuggler raised suspicions at Los Angeles International Airport by hiding the drug in candy containers designed for Easter. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman said More...
