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Apr 02
Former Medellin Cartel boss released in Colombia after a judge rules his sentence expired

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired. Lehder was arrested Friday night shortly after he landed in Bogota’s airport, with immigration officials saying he was still wanted in the South American country on drug […]

Apr 02
UK: A teacher has been punished after smashing into the car of a woman who had smoked cannabis, ran out of fuel on the M6 and let her dog escape onto the road.

Patient judge ! Judge Cooke concluded Ms Stocks was also ‘clearly at fault’ by ‘inadequate monitoring of the fuel level’. He admitted it was perhaps speculative to suggest that could have been because she had smoked cannabis, but continued: “The fact is she ran out of petrol on a motorway, creating a hazard for anybody […]

Apr 02
Costa Rica Seizes 1.2 Tons of Cocaine in a Pacific Ocean Drug Bust

Costa Rican police seized 1.2 metric tons of cocaine and arrested three Nicaraguan nationals during an operation in the Pacific Ocean, the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) reported. The interception occurred 64 kilometers off Cabo Matapalo in the southern Pacific, a region often used by drug traffickers moving narcotics northward. A Costa Rican Coast Guard […]

Apr 02
“Narco sub” loaded with 6.5 tons of cocaine seized in Atlantic Ocean with help from DEA, Portugal police say

Officers recently confiscated nearly 6.5 tons of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel, or so-called “narco sub,” intercepted off the Azores while bound for the Iberian peninsula, Portugal’s judicial police said. The bust, dubbed Operation Nautilus, amounts to nearly a quarter of the record 23 tons seized across the whole of 2024 in Portugal, often considered […]

Apr 02
Nevada Tax Department Releases Guidance on Fair Market Value at Wholesale of Cannabis

Bloomberg The Nevada Department of Taxation released guidance on the new determination of the fair market value at wholesale of cannabis, effective April 1. The fair market values were determined based on cultivator transactions recorded from December 2024 to February 2025 in the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system, with adjustments made for outliers and non-arm’s length […]