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Feb 20
New Zealand – Teacher and film-maker Llanyon Joe sentenced for giving teens cannabis

A “well-liked” school teacher and film-maker who gave teen girls cannabis and assaulted one sought to avoid conviction after missing out on movie work. Llanyon Joe “had to step away” from his work on award-winning 2023 Kiwi film Home Kills after being charged, the Rotorua District Court heard on Monday. He was listed as an executive producer on the […]

Feb 20
New Zealand – Teacher and film-maker Llanyon Joe sentenced for giving teens cannabis

A “well-liked” school teacher and film-maker who gave teen girls cannabis and assaulted one sought to avoid conviction after missing out on movie work. Llanyon Joe “had to step away” from his work on award-winning 2023 Kiwi film Home Kills after being charged, the Rotorua District Court heard on Monday. He was listed as an executive producer on the […]

Feb 20
NY: Cannabis office opposes Hochul’s push to make “marijuana odor a probable cause” in driving offences

Spectrum Local News https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2025/02/19/ocm–lawmakers-oppose-hochul-s-push-to-make-cannabis-odor-probable-cause The state Office of Cannabis Management and legislative leaders will fight a proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget to allow police to use the smell of cannabis as evidence that a person is driving while impaired — changing a key piece of the 2021 law that legalized recreational use for New […]

Feb 20
NY: Cannabis office opposes Hochul’s push to make “marijuana odor a probable cause” in driving offences

Spectrum Local News https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2025/02/19/ocm–lawmakers-oppose-hochul-s-push-to-make-cannabis-odor-probable-cause The state Office of Cannabis Management and legislative leaders will fight a proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget to allow police to use the smell of cannabis as evidence that a person is driving while impaired — changing a key piece of the 2021 law that legalized recreational use for New […]

Feb 20
Cocaine worth $15 million found by divers at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Divers in Poland discovered more than 220 pounds of cocaine on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the nation’s border guard said on Tuesday, marking the latest unusual location that drugs have been found in Europe. Officers with the Border Guard Maritime Unit located the cocaine on the seabed in the Gulf of Gdansk in northern Poland, […]

Feb 20
Cocaine worth $15 million found by divers at the bottom of the Baltic Sea

Divers in Poland discovered more than 220 pounds of cocaine on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the nation’s border guard said on Tuesday, marking the latest unusual location that drugs have been found in Europe. Officers with the Border Guard Maritime Unit located the cocaine on the seabed in the Gulf of Gdansk in northern Poland, […]

Feb 20
ABC News USA: A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US

MEXICO CITY — The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” They are involved in drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and extend their territory through violence. The Trump administration is applying a “terrorist” designation that’s normally reserved for groups like the Islamic State […]

Feb 20
ABC News USA: A look at the 8 Latin American crime groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US

MEXICO CITY — The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” They are involved in drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and extend their territory through violence. The Trump administration is applying a “terrorist” designation that’s normally reserved for groups like the Islamic State […]

Feb 20
Kenya: Nairobi Police Arrest American Found with Ingested Cocaine Pellets

On Tuesday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi arrested a United States national on suspicion of cocaine trafficking, following a vital tip-off from a local hospital’s physician. The suspect, who is currently undergoing recovery after reportedly swallowing several pellets of cocaine, intended to smuggle the drugs from Alabama to Saudi Arabia. The incident […]

Feb 20
Kenya: Nairobi Police Arrest American Found with Ingested Cocaine Pellets

On Tuesday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nairobi arrested a United States national on suspicion of cocaine trafficking, following a vital tip-off from a local hospital’s physician. The suspect, who is currently undergoing recovery after reportedly swallowing several pellets of cocaine, intended to smuggle the drugs from Alabama to Saudi Arabia. The incident […]