Cocaine Smuggling

• 7.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in frozen tuna, Spanish police discover

  A total of 20 people belonging to two organizations of Balkan origin have been arrested.

  World

  Dec 12, 2023
  
• Man arrested after trying to smuggle $44K of cocaine under toupee

  Police questioned the "nervous" suspect after they noticed his oversized wig at a Barcelona airport in Spain.

  Trending

  Jul 16, 2019
  
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• Astonishing X-ray shows $132M worth of cocaine smuggled inside excavator

  The construction vehicle was stuffed with 384 kilograms of cocaine, according to Australian border police.

  Trending

  Jul 15, 2019
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• Man dies inflight after ingesting 246 packets of cocaine

  The Japanese national was flying from Bogota to Japan on an Aeromexico flight when he overdosed.

  World

  May 28, 2019
• Waterloo man arrested after 74 kg of cocaine seized by border guards

  According to the CBSA, six bricks were found concealed within a tractor-trailer returning from the U.S., and a detector dog found another 49 bricks.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2019
• RCMP charge former VICE journalist with conspiring to import cocaine to Australia

  A former music editor for VICE Canada is among two people arrested by the RCMP and charged with conspiring to import cocaine to Australia.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2019
• Nearly $18 million worth of cocaine found in shipment of bananas

  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice made the discovery when lifting one of the containers of the bananas and noticing it felt off.

  World

  Sep 22, 2018
• 2 N.S. men charged after four-month investigation into cocaine smuggling: RCMP

  The RCMP says the operation in Oakhill on Tuesday followed a four-month investigation into cocaine smuggling.

  Crime

  Jul 13, 2018
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• Illegal drugs and multiple guns and boats seized in cross-border smuggling operation

  Criminal charges have now been approved against William Barnes from Saanich, B.C.

  Crime

  Apr 25, 2018
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• Sailboat cocaine case delayed again as smuggler captain switches lawyers

  The sentencing hearing for a sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has been delayed yet again.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2018