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As Hurricane Debby battered Florida, it delivered catastrophic rain, howling winds—and $1 million worth of cocaine!
About 25 tightly-wrapped packages of cocaine were found by a vigilant beachgoer, who promptly alert…
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How an American Airlines mechanic nearly smuggled 25 pounds of cocaine worth $250,000 into the US
A federal judge sentenced an American Airlines mechanic to nine years for attempting to smuggle 25 …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Greenhouse gas smuggling was as lucrative as cocaine in the '90s. It's back and the US government is cracking down with 2 new arrests.
Greenhouse gas smuggling could lead to a black market in HFCs similar to the one in CFCs in the '90…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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Ex-Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández, former US ally, to stand trial in NY for alleged cocaine smuggling empire
The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández is expected to reveal how a "corrupt and violent" cocaine smugg…
Noah Hurowitz,Natalie Musumeci
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Newly released photos capture British commandos and American forces hunting down a narco-sub carrying $209 million of cocaine in the Caribbean
Newly released photos show the UK and US forces intercepting the narco-sub, a low-profile vessel us…
Chris Panella
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ChatGPT provided instructions on how to make crack cocaine and smuggle it into Europe, report says
Online publication Vice tested ChatGPT with a series of questions about drugs and managed to get de…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Airline security executive jailed for 12 years after smuggling cocaine in his hand luggage
Rami Yogev used his position to bypass airport security and concealed drugs in his carry-on bags be…
Ryan Hogg
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An American Airlines mechanic was convicted of trying to smuggle $320,000 worth of cocaine by hiding it under the cockpit of a plane
American Airlines mechanic Paul Belloisi stashed 10 bricks of cocaine in an electronics compartment…
Sophia Ankel
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$380,000 worth of cocaine smuggled inside man's electric wheelchair, say airport officials
Officials at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, in North Carolina, found 23 pounds of cocaine…
Joshua Zitser
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Ex-Honduras president worked hand in hand with violent traffickers to transport 'massive amounts of cocaine' into the US: prosecutor
"This is a case about power. About corruption, about massive amounts of cocaine," a federal prosecu…
Natalie Musumeci,Noah Hurowitz
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A college student is accused of trying to smuggle $2.4 million worth of drugs under a monk's robe
The 21-year-old college student was detained by Japanese authorities and accused of trying to smugg…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The cocaine trade is booming, and smugglers have their eyes on a new market
According to a Sinaloa Cartel operator, a kilo of cocaine in Europe is worth double what it goes fo…
Luis Chaparro
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Hamas militants were high on 'poor man's cocaine' during the October 7 terrorist attacks, report says
According to the American Chemical Society, militant groups use the Captagon to increase "aggressiv…
Nathan Rennolds
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US Space Force has fired its first shots of the drug war
A Space Force wildlife manager doing a sea-turtle nesting survey found an estimated $1.2 million wo…
Christopher Woody
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Mexico's cartels are experimenting with control of another part of the cocaine trade
Soldiers destroyed a coca plantation in southwest Mexico in February, another sign that cartels are…
Luis Chaparro
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A 'ghost boat' washed up on a tiny Pacific island with $80 million worth of cocaine hidden below deck
A 'ghost boat,' possibly bound for Australia, carrying 1,430 pounds of cocaine washed ashore on the…
Joshua Zitser
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The true story behind the 'Cocaine Bear' movie, a bizarre fictional retelling of a real-life black bear that was high on cocaine
'Cocaine Bear' tells the true story of a real bear high on cocaine in 1985. It's the final movie Ra…
Lauren Frias
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Step inside a Colombian jungle lab where coca leaf begin its journey to become cocaine
"This helps keep people alive. But no one is getting rich off this," one lab worker told journalist…
Toby Muse, "Kilo: Inside…
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US Border Patrol agent accused of helping to smuggle cocaine through a checkpoint in Texas
Oberlin Cortez Pena Jr., 22, was taken into custody by authorities last Friday in connection with t…
Natalie Musumeci
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An Olympic kayaker has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle $152 million worth of cocaine into Australia
Nathan Baggaley, won two silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has a long history of drug-rela…