If drug interdiction can be compared to a giant game of whack-a-mole, federal law enforcement officials delivered one mighty wallop this week when they raided a container ship at Philadelphia’s port and discovered a staggering amount of cocaine. Hidden inside seven shipping containers were 33,000 pounds (15,000 kilograms) of the illicit drug, one of the […]
A Georgia man has been sentenced to serve nearly two decades in prison for smuggling cocaine in children’s toys through the United States Postal Service. According to Patch.com, Marlon Matthew Pittman was sentenced to 17 years in prison. According to reports Pittman, 45, will also have to serve eight years on probation and give up […]
Police reportedly arrested a woman in Kentucky after her 4-year-old daughter became unresponsive at school. ABC11 reports the child tested positive for cocaine, and so did her 2-year-old brother. Police say the entire incident happened Thursday at a head start school. According to reports the little girl wasn’t feeling well and when staff put her […]
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — The discovery of cocaine inside a Virginia inmate’s prosthetic leg has led to an investigation into a suspected drug distribution operation at that jail. The Free Lance-Star reports officers acting on a tip about drugs stashed in a Rappahannock Regional Jail cell located the 3 to 7 grams of cocaine inside […]
PARIS (AP) — The lawyer for a woman who filed a rape complaint in Paris against American singer Chris Brown and two other men says she was raped four times during a drug-fueled party. Police questioned Brown and the others before releasing them from custody without charges Tuesday. The Paris prosecutor’s office says the investigation […]
Ty Dolla $ign has been indicted on multiple drug charges including felony possession of cocaine, felony possession of THC and misdemeanor possession of less than 1 ounce of weed, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. The charges stem from being arrested in Fulton County, GA for allegedly possessing cocaine and marijuana while heading to a concert in Atlanta. […]
Some blame it on a friend and some say they didn’t know it was there. However, one Florida woman is blaming the wind for the cocaine police found in her purse. Kennecia Posey, 26, and her passenger were stopped by police in Fort Pierce, FL when an officer smelled marijuana in her car, according to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Fly Jamaica Airways says it “condemns” the alleged actions of a cabin attendant accused of taping four packages of cocaine to his legs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Hugh Hall was arrested at New York’s Kennedy Airport on Saturday when agents seized about 9 pounds of cocaine, with a street […]
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One Illinois man is sitting in prison thinking about why he tried to buy fast food with drugs! WIFR reports that a 34-year-old has been arrested after a restaurant employee says he tried to buy his food with drugs. Darryl Ross was arrested just outside of the restaurant in the parking lot by the Winnebago […]
EAGLE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was in a Colorado court for violating his bond on a drug charge is in even more trouble after a wad of cocaine fell from his hat while he was in front of the judge. The Vail Daily reported Wednesday that 43-year-old Juan Jose Vidrio Bibriesca […]
Two Indianapolis students are recovering after eating cocaine laced candy given to them by a classmate. The boys ate Pop Rocks when parents of the boys told Fox News that the boys complained of weakness and numbness after eating it on November 1, 2017. “My son was like unresponsive to me, weak in the legs, he […]
