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OLUMBUS, Ohio – John Castillo, 32, of Grove City, was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 46 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. According to court documents, Castillo was previously a Columbus police officer assigned to investigate drug crimes. In February 2021, he conspired […]

Federal prosecutors said Lavante Wiggins of Pittsfield High School and another man had conspired to traffic “large quantities” of the drug in western Massachusetts. NY Times The dean of students at a high school in western Massachusetts was arrested on Wednesday and charged with conspiring to traffic “large quantities of cocaine” after a nine-month investigation, federal authorities […]

A gang led by a drug importer known as “Thor” attempted to smuggle £140 million worth of cocaine into the UK from Sierra Leone. The vast quantity of Class A drugs was concealed within a shipment of flour transported by boat from West Africa before being intercepted at the border. The Merseyside-based organised crime group behind the […]

Latin America’s transnational criminal landscape is reconfiguring due to the accelerated internationalisation and diversification of criminal organisations, which are able to control territory and project influence globally. Traditionally, cartels controlled limited territories and specialised on a single product, usually cocaine. The new criminal elites now traffic multiple products across extensive markets and regions. 12th December […]

The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office arrested one man after a significant drug bust late Tuesday night. p. Deputies arrested the 38-year-old driver, Noe Ricardo Ruis, for manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance greater than 400 grams and transported him to the Wichita County Jail. Read details at https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/crime/wichita-county-sheriffs-office-makes-1-5-million-cocaine-bust/