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Baggage Handlers Arrested in Drug Smuggling Bust at Detroit Airport

Federal agents arrested 12 people today who are suspected of smuggling marijuana and cocaine into Detroit Metro Airport. Ten of the twelve people arrested in the yearlong investigation are current or former employees of Delta Air Lines, U.S. Immigrations Customs and Enforcements spokesman Khaalid Walls told AOL News. The...

Gang Member With Murder Scene Tattoo Faces New Charges With Mom, Brother

LOS ANGELES -- The convicted murderer sporting a tattooed blueprint of the crime scene will get to spend some family time inside a courtroom -- he is being prosecuted along with his mother and brother in an alleged jail drug smuggling plot. Sheriff's Detective Kevin Lloyd stumbled upon the apparent scheme last summer as...

Drug Catapult and 3 Other Drug-Smuggling Fails [VIDEO]

We have to give them points for trying. With the U.S.-Mexico border under close watch, some innovative -- if not entirely practical -- drug smugglers hit on a not-so-bright idea: using a giant catapult to fling the illegal goods into the States. The intrepid plan was foiled when the device was discovered by Mexican...

Jail Bird: Drug-Smuggling Pigeon Caught in Colombia

Is it a bird? Or is it a ... mule? Colombian authorities say they have captured a pigeon that was being used to smuggle drugs into a prison. Guards became suspicious after spotting a bird with a package on its back near the prison in Bucaramanga, in the north of the country, The Telegraph reported. The bird was...

What $600M in Border Security Spending Buys

(Aug. 13) -- President Barack Obama is set to sign a $600 million border security bill today. The legislation was approved by the Senate Thursday and by the House on Tuesday in special August sessions. The money will be raised in part through increased visa fees for foreign personnel companies that bring skilled foreign...

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NJ Dock Workers Charged With Conspiring to Traffic 2 Tons of Cocaine

Two New Jersey dock workers have been arrested for allegedly plotting to traffic more than 2 tons of cocaine into the United States.

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Gang Member With Murder Scene Tattoo Faces New Charges With Mom, Brother

The convicted murderer sporting a tattooed blueprint of the crime scene will get to spend some family time inside a courtroom -- he is being prosecuted along with his mother and brother in an alleged jail drug smuggling plot.

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Breaking: More drugs found on cruise ship

Less than a month ago we told you about the cruise line crew accused of smuggling drugs into the Port of Baltimore .

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Breaking: Cruise Line crew accused of smuggling drugs

It looks like more than good times and frosty umbrella drinks were on board Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas earlier this month as crew members were caught red-handed by US officials trying to smuggle heroin and cocaine into Baltimore.

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04/29/11 Smugglers Turn To Ultralights To Drop Drugs Over... Source: ABC - KGTV 10 - San Diego CA Mexican drug cartels have used trucks, tunnels, boats and submarines to smuggle their drugs across the border.
04/29/11 U.S. and Mexican negotiators agree to cooperate... Source: Gant Daily - Clearfield PA U.S. and Mexican negotiators agreed Friday to increase joint intelligence gathering and target more effort at the finances of cartels that smuggle drugs into the United States.
04/29/11 Former Leader of the Arellano Felix Organization... Source: U.S. Department of Justice Justice Management Division Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix, an alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California.
04/29/11 Calif trucker gets 22 years for huge pot haul Source: FOX News - KDWN AM 720 - Las Vegas NV A truck driver was sentenced Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for hauling about 10 tons of marijuana that was smuggled through a sophisticated cross-border tunnel, one of the largest marijuana busts in U.S. history.
04/29/11 Baggage handlers accused of drug smuggling released on... Source: The Detroit News - Detroit MI A federal magistrate judge today released on bond nine people charged with participating in drug-smuggling operations at Detroit Metro Airport.

Background on drug smuggling

The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.

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