DPS seizes drugs and money

Victoria Advocate | DPS seizes drugs and money: "The Texas Department of Public Safety seized 100 pounds of marijuana and $98,066 in two traffic stops on Feb. 18 and 19.

The first occurred on northbound U.S. Highway 59 just south of Telferner about 4:45 p.m, Feb. 18, said DPS Public Information Officer Trooper Gerald Bryant.

Troopers pulled over a Dodge truck for two traffic violations and noticed several indicators of criminal activity, Bryant said.

George Thomas Vickery, 56, of Macon, Ga., consented to a search and troopers found 43 bundles of marijuana in the truck's gas tank. The 100 pounds of marijuana have a street value of about $60,000, Bryant said.

Vickery was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana, a second degree felony, Bryant said."

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Police arrest six in connection to drug operation - Columbia Missourian

Police arrest six in connection to drug operation - Columbia Missourian: "The Columbia Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Department, Mustang Drug Task Force and the Fayette Police Department worked together to arrest the following suspects in connection to the drug operation:

Tyhesia Brimmage, 21, on suspicion of two counts of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance and first-degree trafficking; held on a $100,000 bond.
Stacey Campbell, 21, on suspicion of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance; held on a $100,000 bond.
Latisha Stapleton, 35, on suspicion of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance; held on a $100,000 bond.
Heather McDonald, 32, on suspicion of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance; held on a $100,000 bond.
Glenn Cobbins Jr., 28, on suspicion of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance; held on a $200,000 bond. Cobbins also had a warrant for parole absconding with no bond.
Michael Reaves, 41, on suspicion of distribution, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance; held on a $100,000 bond.
Eleven suspects are still wanted on outstanding warrants related to the undercover investigation, according to the release:"

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Jury retires in Teesside drugs trial

 "Raymond Casling, 32, Reginald Breeze, 38, and Scott Lacy, 19, all deny conspiring to offer to supply Ecstasy.

Casling, Marc Carlyon, 24, and Michael Lance, 25, deny conspiring to supply cocaine.

Casling, of Canterbury Road, Redcar, has denied being the linchpin of the two alleged plots to deal “legal high” tablets, said to be fake Ecstasy, and cocaine.

He denied using the other men to supply or stash drugs.

Carlyon, of Brimham Court, Redcar, denied that he and Lance, who stayed with him in Redcar at the time of the alleged conspiracies in 2009, were dealing cocaine.

Breeze, of Herschell Street, Redcar; Lacy, of no fixed address; and Lance, of Atherton Close, Spennymoor, did not give evidence."

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JPD Makes Heroin Bust

Three area people where taken into custody Friday on drug charges after heroin was discovered in their vehicle.

The Jamestown Police Department reported Monday that Nadine Nietupski, of 3651 High St., Cassadaga; Kevin C. Hosmer, of 2598 Chapin Road, Silver Creek; and Dakota J. Gibbon, of 2617 Chapin Road, Silver Creek, were charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Gibbon was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument and littering. Hosmer was also charged with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument.

At 4:25 p.m. Friday, suspicious activity was reported occurring in and around a vehicle on North Main Street in Jamestown. A person was allegedly seen placing garbage underneath the vehicle. An officer found the discarded items to be drug paraphernalia."

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Buju Banton, Reggae Singer, Found Guilty in Drug Case

Buju Banton, Reggae Singer, Found Guilty in Drug Case - Speakeasy - WSJ: "Buju Banton, a popular Jamaican reggae singer, has been found guilty of drug charges by a Florida jury. Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was accused of setting up a drug deal in 2009 with two other men. Banton was charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, among other counts. His first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. Banton’s album “Before the Dawn” won the best reggae album Grammy earlier this month."

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Teacher tells court that claims he ran drugs gang are 'lies'

Teacher tells court that claims he ran drugs gang are 'lies' "A teacher accused of running a major drugs gang has told a jury that the claims are ‘lies’.

Mohammed Sarwar is alleged to have controlled an organised crime group involved in the ‘large-scale’ supply of cocaine while teaching information technology at Burnage Media Arts College in Manchester.

The bulk of the evidence in the case comes from a witness called Ben Davidson, who alleges that Mr Sarwar recruited him as a drugs courier in February 2008, while he was renting a property in Stalybridge from his brother Iqbal.

Giving evidence in his own defence, Mr Sarwar, 30, said Mr Davidson’s claims were ‘nonsense’. He told the jury that the allegations had been ‘conjured’ up by Mr Davidson, who has admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, and another convicted dealer, Mark Hunt, who were trying to ‘blame it on me’.

The jury has heard evidence that Mark Hunt was a drug dealer during the period that Mr Sarwar is alleged to have been running the crime group."

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Two U.S. citizens among seven charged in conspiracy to aid Taliban | AHN

Two U.S. citizens among seven charged in conspiracy to aid Taliban | AHN: "Two American citizens are among a group of men federal prosecutors have charged with conspiring to help the Taliban in Afghanistan move drugs and obtain weapons.

Oded Orbach and Alwar Pouryan are accused of trying to sell surface-to-air missiles to confidential sources of the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration who posed as representatives of the Taliban.
The two allegedly met with the confidential sources beginning in October in Ghana, Ukraine and Romania about the prices, technical specifications and requirements for training for the sale of weapons.
The weapons, which included anti-tank missiles, grenade launchers and AK-47s, were to be used to protect Taliban-owned heroin laboratories in Afghanistan.
The five other men in the group are charged with agreeing to receive and store multi-ton shipments of Taliban-owned heroin in the West African nation of Benin. They agreed to transport the drugs to Ghana, knowing that some of the heroin would later be brought to the United States via a commercial flight."

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12 years for holding over €1.5m in heroin

12 years for holding over €1.5m in heroin - RTÉ News: "A 40-year-old drug addict has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for holding more than €1.5m worth of heroin for a Tallaght-based drug-dealing family.
The judge told Francis Sinclair from Kilclare Gardens that he was 'just as guilty' as them because he was 'part of the distribution chain' but suspended the last four years of his sentence.
Sinclair had 70 packages of heroin hidden under the bath and more in his trousers when his home in the Kilclare Estate in Tallaght was raided in February last year.
Gardaí from Tallaght said they were working on confidential information."

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Iran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman.The Netherlands cuts ties with Iran over execution

The Netherlands cuts ties with Iran over execution: Voice of Russia: "The Netherlands’ foreign ministry froze all ties with Tehran after Iran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman. While the authorities claim that Zahra Bahrami was executed for drug trafficking, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran believes that the real reason was the woman’s involvement in protests against the government. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal is going to 'discuss possible measures' against Iran by the European Union.

According to the report of the semi-official Fars news agency, Bahrami was accused of trafficking cocaine into Iran with the assistance of a Dutch partner. Iran officials stated that the woman brought the cocaine into the country twice and also sold it. Fars reports that during a search of Bahrami’s house, 450 grams of cocaine and 420 grams of opium were discovered and, after further investigation, it was found that she had also distributed 150 grams of cocaine."

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Bruno Mars to plead guilty to cocaine possession

Bruno Mars to plead guilty to cocaine possession | News | NME.COM: "Bruno Mars is set to plead guilty to cocaine possession after being caught with the drug last September.

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Mars, real name Peter Hernandez, will accept the charge after he was spotted carrying a bag of white powder by a toilet attendant at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel.

He was detained and after tests the powder was confirmed as cocaine.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger said that the singer will be sentenced to a year of probation and will have to pay a $2,000 (£1,256) fine, perform 200 hours of community service and attend drug counselling."

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Man convicted of cocaine charges | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Man convicted of cocaine charges wisconsinrapidstribune.com Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune: "Kayron L. Fortune pleaded no contest Tuesday in Wood County Circuit Court to delivering 5 to 15 grams of cocaine as party to a crime, delivering 15 to 40 grams of cocaine as party to a crime and as a subsequent offense and delivering 5 to 15 grams of cocaine as party to a crime and as a subsequent offense. Charges of delivering marijuana as party to a crime and delivering 1 to 5 grams of cocaine as party to a crime were dismissed and read into the record.Judge James Mason revoked a $10,000 signature bond and ordered a presentence investigation. Fortune, who is at the Racine Correctional Institution, faces a maximum of 53 years, six months in prison. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 14."

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Baseball player caught with £1.28m drug haul in Glasgow

BBC News - Baseball player caught with £1.28m drug haul in Glasgow: "unemployed baseball player has admitted trying to smuggle cocaine with a potential street value of £1.28m into Scotland from the United States.
Mexican Juan Guerrero was caught with the drug in his suitcase at Glasgow Airport in October last year.
The High Court in Glasgow heard how the cocaine, which was 89% pure, had to be extracted from white-coloured foam.
Judge Lady Smith told Guerrero, 37, to expect a prison sentence and deferred sentence for background reports."

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Los Urabeños drug gang Colombia arrests 7 in probe of students' murder - Fox News Latino

Colombia arrests 7 in probe of students' murder - Fox News Latino: "Colombian army troops nabbed seven suspected members of the Los Urabeños drug gang during operations they carried out in the northwestern province of Cordoba after two college students were murdered on a Caribbean beach.

The arrests occurred in the northern municipality of Montelibano, according to a communique from the army news agency.

Those taken into custody were in possession of five rifles, two handguns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition, the agency said.

Soldiers and police are rolling out operations in Cordoba to find the killers of Margarita Gomez, 23, and Mateo Matamala, 26, both students at Los Andes University in Bogota.

The students were fatally shot on a beach in San Bernardo del Viento, where their bodies were found last Monday."

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Atlantic City man charged after police find gun, marijuana, cocaine - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Atlantic City | Pleasantville | Brigantine

Atlantic City man charged after police find gun, marijuana, cocaine - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Atlantic City | Pleasantville | Brigantine: "arrested Jeremy Gordy, 22, of the 1000 block of Baltic Avenue, during an investigation into reports of loitering and drug and weapon activity in the area.

Police said they found a loaded handgun in the waistband of Gordy's pants. They said they also found Gordy to be in possession of marijuana and cocaine.
Gordy is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent to distribute, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance within 500 feet of a park.
Gordy was lodged in the Atlantic County Jail on $75,000 bail, police said."

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Two arrested in drug bust Authorities found almost 104 pounds of cocaine and $2.3 million after raiding a warehouse in the Valencia Commerce Center

Two arrested in drug bust: "Authorities found almost 104 pounds of cocaine and $2.3 million after raiding a warehouse in the Valencia Commerce Center, police said Monday.

Two men, aged 19 and 32, of Toronto, were arrested on several drug-related charges Friday night after authorities searched the Constellation Road warehouse as well as a semi truck in Valencia and a home in North Hollywood, said Sgt. Jay Trisler of the Santa Monica Police Department.

The drug bust came after almost two weeks of surveillance by several police agencies.

Investigators began following one of the suspects on Jan. 5, after learning he had been arrested in a past major cocaine bust, Trisler said.

The two men were going to smuggle the cocaine into Canada, according to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

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Spain raids 'Europe's largest cocaine lab'

BBC News - Spain raids 'Europe's largest cocaine lab': "Spanish police have raided a huge drug-production lab near Madrid, seizing 300kg of cocaine and 2m euros in cash.

The police arrested 25 people and said the facility was the 'largest and most sophisticated' cocaine lab in Europe.

They said the suspects included Spaniards and Colombians, and they had imported the drug by hiding it in shipping containers of coffee.

Spain is a major transit point for drugs from the cocaine-producing nations of Latin America.

The police raided the lab, in the village of Villanueva de Perales, after a two-year investigation."

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Women jailed over bodysuit drug smuggling bid - National - Diss Express

Women jailed over bodysuit drug smuggling bid - National - Diss Express: "Two women have each been jailed for more than 10 years after they were caught on a cruise ship in Kent attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country using bodysuits.

Lithuanian Violeta Ivanova, 48, and Maria Kosturkova, 20, from Bulgaria, were the final two of eight smugglers to be jailed for their part in the conspiracy, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) said.

The pair pleaded guilty last August to attempting to smuggle 77lb (35kg) of cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.4 million, into the UK on board the MSC Orchestra at Dover, Kent.

They were each jailed for 10 and a half years at Canterbury Crown Court, following the sentencing of six other Bulgarian and Lithuanian nationals on Friday."

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Briton arrested for drug smuggling at Málaga Airport

Briton arrested for drug smuggling at Málaga Airport: "Civil Guard have released details of the latest drug smuggling arrest at Málaga Airport, a 31 year old man who is named as D.J.R., who was caught trying to bring 4 kilos of cocaine into the country.

He is understood from El Mundo to have been born in Málaga, but holds a British passport."

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Dutchman gets 11 years for drug smuggling in Germany | Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Dutchman gets 11 years for drug smuggling in Germany | Radio Netherlands Worldwide: "40-year old Dutchman has been sentenced by a German court to 11 years in prison for drug smuggling. The Munich district court said the man was guilty of smuggling and selling 473 kilograms of cannabis.

Munich local daily Merkur reported that René B. (surname withheld for legal reasons) organised several trips to transport drugs into Germany between 2003 and 2005. While a number of suppliers and drug couriers had been taken into custody, B. was able to continue with his business in drugs. Some 50 people were involved in the drug ring, of which 13 have been arrested. It's expected that B. will be able to serve his sentence in the Netherlands."

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Heroin worth 400 000 leva seized - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo

Heroin worth 400 000 leva seized - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo: "joint police operation, involving units from the Customs Agency in the town of Svilengrad, the Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (CDCOC) and the Sofia criminal police department found 5.5 kg of heroin in a bus travelling from Istanbul to Sofia, private television channel bTV reported on January 17 2011.

The arrests were made once the bus arrived in Sofia, while the drugs were concealed in a 'secret compartment' within a suitcase, the report said.

Five men, all native of Sofia, were apprehended. Reportedly, they were 'well known' to the authorities in relation to a previous incident involving the sale and distribution of drugs. The street value of the heroin is estimated at about 400 000 leva, the report said."

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Ferry passenger faces charges for coke, heroin possession

Ferry passenger faces charges for coke, heroin possession: "31-year-old man is facing charges after he was arrested at the Departure Bay ferry terminal with one-and-a-half kilos of cocaine and heroin.

Nanaimo RCMP arrested him as he walked off a BC Ferry Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Police searched the man and his belongings and discovered one kilogram of heroin and half a kilogram of cocaine.

Police are recommending charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and a charge of obstruction, which stems from the suspect providing a false name to officers."

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Tsui Chou Shih, 39, Taiwanese woman in Australian court on heroin smuggling charge - Monsters and Critics

Taiwanese woman in Australian court on heroin smuggling charge - Monsters and Critics: "A Taiwanese woman appeared in a Perth court Tuesday to face charges of attempting to smuggle heroin into Australia.
Tsui Chou Shih, 39, was stopped and searched by Customs officers at Perth airport last week after arriving on a flight from Hong Kong.
She was charged with importing about 300 grams of heroin. It was alleged in court that she had hidden the drugs inside her body."

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Feds seize kilo of heroin, arrest suspect - San Antonio Express-News

Feds seize kilo of heroin, arrest suspect - San Antonio Express-News: "U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration charged Jose Fernando Garza, 28, with possession with intent to distribute heroin. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, and up to life.

An arrest warrant affidavit said Garza met an undercover DEA agent about 11:18 a.m. in the parking lot of South Park Mall to finish off a deal the two had arranged a day earlier: a kilo for $35,000.

Garza, the affidavit said, pulled out two packages from his coat pocket and put them under the front passenger seat of the agent's car. He was then arrested and the drugs were seized."

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St Vincent manheld for $1m cocaine | Trinidad Express Newspaper | News

St Vincent manheld for $1m cocaine | Trinidad Express Newspaper | News: "52-year-old St Vincent handyman is expected to appear before an Arima magistrate today, charged with attempting to export $1 million worth of cocaine.
Police said around 4 p.m. on Saturday, the man disembarked from a Liat flight from St Vincent and made his way to Piarco Airport's intransit section to await Caribbean Airlines Flight 610, which was destined for the Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada.
A team of Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau officers, who were on duty at the time, noticed the man's 'suspicious' actions and searched his bags. Police said they found a quantity of cocaine hidden among his clothes.
He was taken to the Arima Police Station and charges of attempting to export cocaine as well as possession of such were laid against him."

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Kiwi faces jail on Bali cocaine charge | Stuff.co.nz

Kiwi faces jail on Bali cocaine charge | Stuff.co.nz: "A New Zealand-born man caught with cocaine in Bali is expected to be sentenced today.

Angus McCaskill, 57, was arrested in June at a supermarket in Tuban, near Bali's international airport, after being caught with 3.84 grams of cocaine.

The Melbourne resident, who faces up to 12 years in prison, is due to face a sentence hearing in Denpasar, Bali, this afternoon."

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