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Apr 15
New Zealand: Court of appeal upholds cocaine dealer Felipe Montoya-Ospina’s 14-year jail-term

The Court of Appeal has upheld the 14-year jail-term handed to a cocaine dealer for his part in a conspiracy to bring more than 100 kilograms of cocaine into New Zealand. Colombian Felipe Montoya-Ospina was last year sentenced to 14 years and 7 months jail for importing, extracting and distributing cocaine. Montoya-Ospina successfully imported seven packages […]

Apr 15
£100K In Cocaine Stashed In British Airways 777 Lavatory

The Sun reports on yet another British Airways drug bust, this time involving a Boeing 777-200ER that had just flown from Orlando (MCO) to London Gatwick (LGW). After the flight, the aircraft was towed into a maintenance hangar for some routine maintenance. While that was being performed, a service engineer made quite the startling discovery in […]

Apr 15
£100K In Cocaine Stashed In British Airways 777 Lavatory

The Sun reports on yet another British Airways drug bust, this time involving a Boeing 777-200ER that had just flown from Orlando (MCO) to London Gatwick (LGW). After the flight, the aircraft was towed into a maintenance hangar for some routine maintenance. While that was being performed, a service engineer made quite the startling discovery in […]

Apr 15
Increased Penalties For Drug Offenses Passes House Of Delegates

Lauren’s Law passed the House of Delegates Friday with only one lawmaker voting against its passage. Senate Bill 196 would raise criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses, and is named after Lauren Cole, a 26-year-old Morgantown resident who died after ingesting drugs laced with fentanyl. Cole’s parents were present in the Senate when the bill passed that chamber with […]

Apr 15
Drug mules duped into smuggling cannabis in Malta under false claims

Traffickers are preying on drug mules by falsely claiming that Malta’s cannabis laws make smuggling low risk – but victims of this deception could face up to 18 years in prison, according to a drug squad police inspector. “These drug mules, who are also victims, are facing up to 18 years in prison,” Jonathan Pace […]

Apr 15
Drug mules duped into smuggling cannabis in Malta under false claims

Traffickers are preying on drug mules by falsely claiming that Malta’s cannabis laws make smuggling low risk – but victims of this deception could face up to 18 years in prison, according to a drug squad police inspector. “These drug mules, who are also victims, are facing up to 18 years in prison,” Jonathan Pace […]

Apr 15
UK: Traffickers caught hidding £8million worth of cocaine inside foie gras

Michael Keating, 56; his brother Matthew, 49; Tanvir Hussain, 46; and Pierre Labelle, 48, were sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday after an investigation by the NCA revealed they were behind a failed attempt to smuggle 97kg of cocaine into the UK. Border Force officers stopped their van in November 2019 as it entered […]

Apr 15
Two Members of a Transnational Money Laundering Organization Sentenced for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

A Georgia man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel). On Dec. 4, 2024, his co-conspirator was sentenced to 90 […]