#drug-trafficking

#drug-trafficking

Colombia's trade ministry has announced it will raise tariffs on neighbouring Ecuador to 100 percent from 30 percent, matching the rate Ecuador set a day earlier amid escalating trade and diplomatic spat.

Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.

Randy Fader, a 29-year-old father of two, was shot in the head in the driveway of his Niagara Falls home on the evening of April 1, 2024, by a gunman who had exited the rear driver's side door of a white Audi Q7 SUV.

This was a fantastic seizure by our colleagues at Border Force, and taking this amount of cocaine out of circulation will have deprived the organised criminals involved of millions in profits.

Jorge Narvaez admitted to using an Autel EVO II Pro V3 drone to attempt to deliver drugs to North Kern State Prison in June 2024, packing two balloons with meth and dropping them over a prison yard.

Humberto Caicedo Ramirez, 53, and Carlos Barbosa Arias, 61, were caught when police raided a laboratory inside a flat in Vauxhall, south London, where they were processing cocaine concealed in bars of soap.

The 59-year-old is accused of running the notorious 18th Street Gang on behalf of her Mexican Mafia husband, who rots in a state prison. She allegedly ran the organization's criminal operations - collecting rent, taxes and dishing out brutal discipline - on behalf of her husband Jorge Gonzales and three other Mexican Mafia leaders in prison.

On March 3rd, Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces launched operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador. The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism. Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere.

I-80 has become a pipeline for narcotic trafficking over the years. Troopers are paying close attention. It's not uncommon for the department to discover drugs on travelers when passing through the Cornhusker State.

OPP and Durham Region police executed search warrants at homes in Whitby and Napanee, where they say they found drugs and cash. Police say they found 16 grams of suspected fentanyl, one kilogram of suspected cocaine, Percocet tablets, a fully loaded handgun and ammunition, along with about $20,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency.

During an interview with the force, Mr Allen admitted that he had agreed to allow the package, the contents of which West Mercia Police estimated would have a street value of 20,000, to be delivered, having been asked to do so by a drug dealer. He told the school about it but offered a misleading explanation about the matter, saying he had agreed to receive the parcel but had no knowledge of what it would contain.

In a turn that feels more like a crime thriller than a routine court date, a Staten Island restaurant worker pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, to obstructing justice after federal prosecutors said he helped try to bribe a juror in the Brooklyn federal trial of heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic. The plea, entered in Brooklyn federal court, followed an FBI probe that intercepted a series of meetings and phone calls tied to an alleged payoff plan. The revelation has frozen Gogic's trial in place and tossed a new legal wrench into an already sprawling drug trafficking case.

Colombia's government has announced it will resume peace talks with the powerful Gulf Clan, also known as the Gaitanist Self-Defence Forces (ECG), after the criminal group expressed concern about a recent deal with the United States. Tuesday's announcement addresses a temporary suspension the Gulf Clan announced earlier this month, in the wake of a meeting between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart, Donald Trump.