Judge: Mathis police officer may not carry gun » Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Judge: Mathis police officer may not carry gun » Corpus Christi Caller-Times: "Mathis police sergeant tested positive for cocaine. A judge no longer will let him carry a gun. He can’t drive without an alcohol detection device.
The result: an indefinite suspension without pay from the Mathis Police Department.
Hector Garcia Jr., 40, had been allowed to carry a gun while out on bail on suspicion of drunken driving.
That was until a Friday hearing when 148th District Judge Marisela Saldaña addressed a report that he failed a urinalysis.
A probation officer in the pretrial supervision unit said Garcia tested positive on June 8 for cocaine and benzodiazepine, a prescription drug sometimes used to treat anxiety, insomnia, seizures, alcohol withdrawal or muscle spasms."

Colombian drugs: Colombian drugs body mules - mcall.com

Colombian drugs: Colombian drugs body mules - mcall.com: "Ewarg Larios, Ramiro Ortiz testified Thursday.

One was a nurse who worked long hours helping others. The other was a drug trafficker who would travel to his native Colombia, where he or people working for him would swallow carefully wrapped balloons filled with drugs and smuggle them into the Lehigh Valley, Ortiz said.

Ortiz testified he and Larios were once drug partners and had planned a trip to Colombia before state narcotics agents busted the smuggling ring in the fall.

Asked if he was planning to bring drugs into the country, Ortiz responded, 'I seen how they do it and that's disgusting.'

District Judge Ron Manescu ruled Larios must face Lehigh County Court on a number of drug charges after hearing testimony from Ortiz and a state narcotics agent. The agent described how agents took down the alleged ring, starting with the arrests of a pair of 'mules' who brought more than $130,000 worth of cocaine and heroin from Colombia in their stomachs.

Authorities say Larios, 40, of Easton, and his brother headed the $4.8 million drug smuggling organization that had been bringing high-purity drugs from South America to the Lehigh Valley for the past three years. His brother, Herbert Larios, was one of the two 'mules' charged in October for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into the country."

€2m of cocaine found at 'factory' - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 26, 2010

€2m of cocaine found at 'factory' - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 26, 2010: "“sophisticated cocaine factory” where cocaine and dental anaesthetic with a combined street value of €2 million was seized.
Gardaí also found some €60,000 in cash at one of a number of houses searched during the operation in Dublin over the past two days.
The discovery of the operation was made when gardaí raided a house in the Cushlawn estate in Tallaght, west Dublin.
The search was part of a wider operation into the activities of two gangs involved in a feud in the suburbs of Crumlin and Drimnagh in southwest Dublin."

'Holiday' drug gang jailed after £2.5m cocaine sting - Manchester Evening News

'Holiday' drug gang jailed after £2.5m cocaine sting - Manchester Evening News: "Vaidas Skrupkis, Kestuist Jurevicus and Martynas Samulionis agreed to bring back 15kg of the drug from an all-expenses-paid holiday in the Dominican Republic.
The trip was arranged and paid for by ‘fixer’ Nana ‘Chairman’ Gyebi, from Gorton, whose real name and date of birth are unknown to the authorities.
Gyebi sent Emma Noack to act as minder to the three Lithuanians.
Noack and the three couriers even posed for party snaps in the Dominican Republic to make it look as though they were regular holidaymakers. But the gang were caught at Manchester Airport last September after a surveillance operation. The three Lithuanians were arrested as they tried to clear customs and Gyebi and Noack were arrested as they met outside.
At a Manchester Crown Court hearing Noack, a mum-of-one from Germany, was jailed for 15 years.
Noack, 37, received a longer sentence than Gyebi because she did not plead guilty and maintained her innocence at trial.
Gyebi, who is believed to be 48, of Sidney Street, Gorton, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty.
Skrupkis, 31, Jurevicus, 20, and Samulionis, 24, who are all of no fixed address, also pleaded guilty and were locked up for nine years and three months each."

Canadian trucker sentenced for drug smuggling - Bangor Daily News

Canadian trucker sentenced for drug smuggling - Bangor Daily News: "Canadian long-haul trucker was sentenced Friday to three years and seven months in federal prison for smuggling more than 2,000 methamphetamine pills and 80 oxycodone pills into the U.S.
Anthony Black, 38, of Perth, New Brunswick, was arrested last September at the Fort Fairfield port of entry.
The pills were found duct-taped and hidden inside plastic bottles under his front bumper. He apparently tried to fool drug-sniffing dogs by packing the pills in baby powder and coffee grounds, according to court documents."

Alaska Man Indicted for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Cocaine - 7thSpace Interactive

Alaska Man Indicted for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Cocaine - 7thSpace Interactive: "indicted Louis Dorian Spencer, Jr ., of Anchorage, Alaska, for one count of distributing crack cocaine and two counts of distributing powder cocaine.

The three-count indictment names Spencer, age 32, as the sole defendant.

The indictment alleges that Spencer distributed over five grams of crack cocaine in August 2008, and distributed cocaine on two occasions in September 2008.

Assistant United States Attorney Yvonne Lamoureux, who presented the case to the grand jury, indicated that the crack distribution offense carries a maximum penalty of 40 years' imprisonment, a $2 million fine, and five years' supervised release. The two cocaine distribution offenses are punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine, and three years' supervised release."

Royal Navy sailor jailed for smuggling £2m of cocaine on warship - mirror.co.uk

Royal Navy sailor jailed for smuggling £2m of cocaine on warship - mirror.co.uk: "royal Navy sailor was jailed yesterday for smuggling £2million of cocaine into the UK on a warship.
Wren Teresa Matos, 37, picked up almost 5kg of pure cocaine when HMS Manchester docked in Cartegena, Colombia.
The drugs were found in her locker when the Type 42 destroyer arrived in Plymouth last August.
Jailing Matos for sevenand-a-half-years at Portsmouth crown court Judge Ian Pearson said: 'You made use of your position to import these drugs, it was an abuse of this position, an abuse of trust.'"

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Arrest at Fairbanks bar nets pills cocaine

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Arrest at Fairbanks bar nets pills cocaine: "Michael Webb, 34, whose address is listed as Fort Wainwright on court documents, has been charged with second-degree and third-degree counts of drugs misconduct, both felonies.

Fairbanks police Officer Dustin Stonecipher contacted Webb just before 1:30 a.m. while doing a security check at the Arctic Bar.

Webb was standing with another man at the entrance of the bar, and as the officer walked by, he reportedly said something about being on probation.

Stonecpiher asked Webb to speak with him, at which time Webb put his hand in his left pocket. He reportedly ignored requests by the officer to take his hand out of his pocket and ran through the bar, knocking several people over.

The officer followed Webb outside the bar toward the Steese Highway and a 6-foot-high chain link fence along the road. When Webb reached the fence, he put his hand in his pocket again and threw a clear plastic bag over the fence, according to charging documents."

Bust Made On Cocaine Worth More Than A Million Dollars | KTSM News Channel 9

Bust Made On Cocaine Worth More Than A Million Dollars | KTSM News Channel 9: "Two people are under arrest after a stash house bust in the Horizon/Sparks area. El Paso County Sheriff's arrested Rogelio Martinez and Adelaida Trejo after allegedly finding eight bundles of cocaine inside a truck in front of a home in the 500 block of Agua de Brisa. The 20 pounds of cocaine is valued at more than $1.5 million."

Customs canine sniffs out cocaine soup at Dulles | Washington Examiner

Customs canine sniffs out cocaine soup at Dulles | Washington Examiner: "U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at Washington Dulles International Airport stopped more than four pounds of cocaine hidden in dry soup packages from entering the country after their drug-sniffing dog Demi picked up the scent, a CBP spokesman said. Jose Acevedo, a 41-year-old Carlisle, Pa., resident, was returning from a trip to El Salvador late Thursday when customs officers referred him to a secondary inspection.
As officers examined his baggage, the dog's barking alerted them to drugs hidden inside dried chicken soup packets. Acevedo was arrested on drug-trafficking charges after officers pulled out the four pounds, five ounces of cocaine from the soup packages."

American Christopher Corman, 35, a first officer with the Hong Kong airline

theSun                                        : "Cathay Pacific pilot admitted suffering from drug addiction after being caught by police with cocaine in his home, a news report said Saturday.
American Christopher Corman, 35, a first officer with the Hong Kong airline, was put on probation for 18 months Friday after admitting possessing drugs, the South China Morning Post reported.
Corman resigned from the airline after his arrest in April when police, acting on a tip-off, found 0.67 grams of cocaine in a locked drawer during a raid on his HongKong apartment.
The pilot, who joined Cathay Pacific in 2000, admitted suffering from drug addiction and said he had been having emotional problems because of differences with his girlfriend.
His lawyer said at Friday's sentencing hearing in Hong Kong's Eastern Court that Corman only used drugs when he was off-duty from his airline job, the newspaper reported"

Police: Framingham man arrested on heroin trafficking charge - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News

Police: Framingham man arrested on heroin trafficking charge - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News: "Jesse Pritchard, 45, of 50 Queens Way, Apt. 7, was arrested at 12:30 p.m. after selling a bag of heroin to a person working for the police department, police said. In addition to drug trafficking, he was charged with selling drugs within a school zone.
Pritchard sold $40 worth of a 'brown powder substance' to the person in the parking lot of a Walgreens next to his apartment, police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said. After confirming the substance was heroin, police went up to Pritchard's apartment and placed him under arrest."

56 Year Old Cocaine Music Producer Jailed 10 Years. | Question Mark Magazine l Celebrity Gossip And Every Other Thing News Worthy

56 Year Old Cocaine Music Producer Jailed 10 Years. | Question Mark Magazine l Celebrity Gossip And Every Other Thing News Worthy: "The 56-year-old music producer who attempted to export cocaine from Ghana but was arrested by the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has been sentenced ten years imprisonment in hard labor.
The producer, Sam Sarfo Kantanka had admitted swallowing 96 pellets of cocaine when he was brought before an Accra Fast Track High court to face two charges of attempted exportation and possession of narcotic drug.
Kantanka repeated his earlier confession when the court asked him to tell his story as he had on the last adjourned date. He said “My lord I did it. I am guilty of the offense. There is no need for remand, just sentence me so that I can go in peace.”"

12 Bodies Found in Cancun, Mexico | Americas | English

12 Bodies Found in Cancun, Mexico | Americas | English: "Mexican police say they have found 12 mutilated corpses in hidden graves on the outskirts of Cancun, the latest sign drug-related violence is spreading to the popular tourist destination.

Authorities announced the discovery Friday, adding that some of the bodies had the letter 'Z' carved on their chests, a likely reference to the powerful Zetas drug smuggling gang.

The grim find is at least the second such discovery this month."

Santa Barbara Man Arrested on Drug Charges After Pursuit - Noozhawk.com

Santa Barbara Man Arrested on Drug Charges After Pursuit - Noozhawk.com: "Santa Barbara man suspected of dealing methamphetamine and heroin in Santa Barbara County was arrested Friday after a seven-month investigation and a police pursuit in which he sped away during a traffic stop.
Narcotics detectives and patrol deputies with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department attempted to serve a search and arrest warrant Friday for the suspect, 29-year-old Brandon Gaffke, who was in his vehicle near Calle Real and Kellogg Avenue, according to department spokesman Drew Sugars.
Sugars said Gaffke sped away and led deputies on a chase through residential neighborhoods for about two miles. He stopped on Patterson Avenue, south of Cathedral Oaks Road."

gulfnews : Bahrain arrests man with 136 heroin capsules in stomach

gulfnews : Bahrain arrests man with 136 heroin capsules in stomach: "Bahrain's airport police have arrested an Asian passenger with 136 capsules in his stomach.
'Anti-drug trafficking officials had doubts about one Asian passenger, but a thorough search of his belongings and a bodily search yielded nothing,' the interior ministry said on Friday.
'He was subsequently transferred to a hospital where an abdominal X-ray detected the existence of foreign objects in his stomach,' the ministry said.
The 136 capsules containing the heroin were eventually recovered, the police said, adding that they weighed around one kilogramme and had a street value of $251,000 (Dh923,680)."

Criminal Justice Online: CBP Officers Foil a $3 Million Cocaine Smuggling Attempt

Criminal Justice Online: CBP Officers Foil a $3 Million Cocaine Smuggling Attempt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Luis port of entry arrested a 34-year-old man on charges for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the United States.

“The uniqueness of being a CBP officer is the self-gratification received from seizures such as these,” said Port Director William K. Brooks. “This dangerous drug was kept from reaching the streets of our country and we have the officers to thank.”

On June 16, the 34-year old man applied for entry into the U.S driving a Dodge 1500 truck. A CBP officer conducted the primary interview and referred the man to the vehicle secondary lot for further inspection."

Anchorage Man Indicted for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Cocaine

Anchorage Man Indicted for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Cocaine: "indicted Louis Dorian Spencer, Jr., of Anchorage, Alaska, for one count of distributing crack cocaine and two counts of distributing powder cocaine.
The three-count indictment names Spencer, age 32, as the sole defendant.
The indictment alleges that Spencer distributed over five grams of crack cocaine in August 2008, and distributed cocaine on two occasions in September 2008.
Assistant United States Attorney Yvonne Lamoureux, who presented the case to the grand jury, indicated that the crack distribution offense carries a maximum penalty of 40 years’ imprisonment, a $2 million fine, and five years’ supervised release. The two cocaine distribution offenses are punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine, and three years’ supervised release.
The FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force conducted the investigation that led to the indictment in this case.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

Beverly Hills attorney arrested for attemped drug smuggling to inmates - Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper

Beverly Hills attorney arrested for attemped drug smuggling to inmates - Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper: "A Beverly Hills attorney was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into an area where inmates are kept at the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles today.

A drug-sniffing dog alerted deputies about possible drugs in an area where attorneys meet with their clients at about 9:30 a.m. Deputies searched attorney Michael Inman and found 'a significant amount' of narcotics, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore."