#drug-smuggling

#drug-smuggling

The Associated Press revealed in a new report Saturday that four of the more than 60 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats were, in fact, running drugs from Venezuela but that's where the facts diverged from President Donald Trump's claims. The Trump administration has boasted of killing what it called narco terrorists and cartel members since launching the attacks in September.

A Senate war powers resolution blocking future military activities in Venezuela without congressional approval failed by a vote of 51-49 Thursday evening. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) joined Democrats in voting for the resolution, which was introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA). Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the resolution would be unconstitutional because it "takes away the ability to decide military matters [from the president] and it resides with us."

The pregnant British teenager Bella Culley has been released from a Georgian prison, where she had been held for six months on drug-smuggling charges after a plea deal. Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12kg (26.5lbs) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lbs) of hashish into the country. She was found guilty by a Georgian court on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in prison, the total time she had already spent

reporting that she only had access to a hole in the ground for a toilet, one hour of fresh air each day and communal showers twice a week. Lyanne Kennedy speaks to the media after a hearing last week at Tbilisi city court. Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters Kennedy told the BBC that during Culley's time there she toasted bread over a candle flame and boiled pasta in a kettle, but now she had been moved to a different prison her conditions appeared to have improved.

The pilot of a light aircraft that transported €8.4 million of cocaine into the Midlands from France in 2022 has been convicted by a jury for his role in the drug importation operation.

The inmate, identified as 31-year-old Markeisha Monique Renee Blount, suffered a medical emergency around 6 a.m. on Sept. 29 at the Maple Street Correctional Facility, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday. Jail personnel administered life-saving measures, including Narcan, but she died at the facility. Detectives determined another inmate brought drugs into the jail and gave them to Blount, the sheriff's office said, adding that "the drugs are believed to have contained fentanyl."

President Donald Trump disclosed Tuesday that the U.S. government had "knocked off" what he said was a total of three alleged drug smuggling boats, all apparently from Venezuela, a country whose leader his administration has villainized while dramatically escalating the use of deadly force in a bid to disrupt the Latin American narcotics trade. The president, speaking to reporters outside the White House, offered no other details about the previously undisclosed incident.

We first meet him speeding across the Algerian portion of the north African desert with a companion called Carlos (Nezar Thalal) on their way to Beirut to exchange a great deal of cocaine for some antique statues, when bish, bash, wallop, what's happening?! An ambush by a militant group armed with machine guns who kill Carlos and are about to kill Max? But then one of the group turns on the others and kills all of them stone dead instead,

Ms Justice Eileen Creedon determined that Patrick 'Fishy' Fitzgerald's new seven-year sentence should not run concurrently with his existing sentence, increasing his total imprisonment.

Upon Mikkelsen's return to Norway, he claimed that CBP agents threatened a $5,000 fine if he didn't unlock his phone, revealing a meme of JD Vance.

Prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara reported that customs uncovered cocaine hidden in powdered dessert mix, valued at approximately £272,000, during an airport inspection.

"This arrest marks the end of a long and determined effort to bring a wanted individual to justice and it demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that no matter how long it takes, we will pursue those who attempt to avoid justice."

This Tuesday night, agents of the Penitentiary Police of Pococi prison managed to rescue a kitten that was carrying two packages of drug stuck to its body.