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U.S. Authorities Seized Over 5,000 Kilograms of Cocaine from Semi-Submersible Vessels Allegedly Built by the Defendants’ Transnational Criminal Organization An indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Elkin Armando Alomia Quinones, Diego Luis Obregon Aguirre, Edwin Obregon Castro, Juan Matias Obregon Castro, also known as “Mauricio,” Rodrigo Obregon Saavedra, also known as […]
Colombian authorities are holding a crew of drug traffickers that a grand jury in New York charged with using a fleet of submarines to ferry over 5,000 kilograms of cocaine to the U.S., federal officials announced Thursday. The six-man crew — all Colombians between the ages of 39 and 68 — are the latest to […]
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed a bill that will loosen his state’s felony ingestion statutes, which are among the nation’s strictest laws on drug use. Senate Bill 83 reduces first- and second-offense ingestion of controlled substances from class five felonies to class one misdemeanors. Maximum penalties for the charges, which typically stem from urine […]
Ex-Mount Pleasant officer charged after nearly 10 grams of cocaine found in possession MOUNT PLESANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has officially charged a former Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer, after almost 10 grams of cocaine was discovered in his possession. Andrew Hoyt Rowell, 40, has been charged with possession with intent […]
In this eleventh video on our fourth lecture series, I discuss RLUIPA as a federal free exercise statute. Those who have been here know that this statute has been covered several times from various perspectives several times throughout the lifespan of this channel. And it will continue to be so, as far as I can […]
Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s military intelligence director, is set to go to trial in the U.S. in June on charges of “narco-terrorism.” OCCRP report A lawyer for Venezuela’s former spy chief said he planned to argue in a U.S. court that his client could not be prosecuted for his alleged role in […]
Westword The article doesn’t really explain why it was cancelled – regulations? didn’t sell enough tickets? Maybe it’s something to do with their headwear! The Denver Shroom Fest is no more, according to its organizer. Advertised as “Denver’s first psychedelic mushrooms festival” during its inaugural run last June, the Denver Shroom Fest was one the earliest […]
Interesting reporting ?!! Tourist Police swooped on a 40 year old Frenchman for his dodgy dealings with magic mushrooms on the sun-soaked paradise of Koh Pha Ngan. The Frenchman, William, who had come to indulge in the tropical party scene, was caught red-handed with 159 grammes of these illicit shrooms, classified as Category 5 narcotics, stashed in plastic bags. […]
The defence lawyer for an alleged accomplice of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has cast doubt on the viability of the case against his client after the reported assassination of a key witness. Former trucker Gurpreet Singh — accused of helping to co-ordinate cocaine shipments from California to Canada on behalf of Wedding’s alleged crime ring […]
Two men appear in court over seizure of cocaine and cannabis worth €1.9 million Two men in their 30s and 40s are due in court today, in connection with a €1.9 million cocaine and cannabis seizure earlier this week. They were arrested after the drugs were found during a raid of two homes and a […]