Tag: Drug Smuggling

Gambia Court Convicts 8 Foreigners Of Cocaine Trafficking, Says Dutch Man Died In Prison

Gambia Court Convicts 8 Foreigners Of Cocaine Trafficking, Says Dutch Man Died In Prison

BANJUL, Gambia — A court in the tiny African nation of Gambia has convicted eight foreigners of trafficking cocaine and sentenced them each to 50 years in prison. Officials also announced Wednesday that a Dutch citizen who was charged in the case had died while incarcerated. Four Venezuelans, two other Dutch nationals, one Nigerian and [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Smugglers Hand Off Drugs Through New Border Fence

Smugglers Hand Off Drugs Through New Border Fence

NOGALES, Ariz. — A new type of border fence is apparently forcing drug smugglers to change the way they move their cargo from Mexico to the U.S. Lt. Gerry Castillo of the Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force says investigators first thought the 48 pounds of marijuana wrapped in thin tubular packages had been prepared [...]

September 29, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Smuggler Arrested Due To 72 Cocaine Capsules in Stomach

Smuggler Arrested Due To 72 Cocaine Capsules in Stomach

A 20-year-old Irishman had a $200,000 lunch — and now he might have to pay. Security personal at a Sao Paulo, Brazil airport on Monday detained a nervous traveler later allegedly found to be smuggling approximately 72 bags of cocaine in his stomach, the Irish independentreports. Authorities with the Brazilian Federal Police released x-ray images of the [...]

September 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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