A former Haitian coup leader and recent senator-elect is due for a U.S. court hearing on federal drug trafficking charges. Guy Philippe is scheduled to enter a formal plea Friday morning in Miami.
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Iran: Halt Imminent Executions
Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offenses, scheduled for January 14, 2017, in Karaj Central Prison, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The human rights organizations expressed concern that, despite repeated government promises, Iran has not made any tangible progress in reducing its alarming execution rate.
Iran: Halt Imminent Executions
Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offenses, scheduled for January 14, 2017, in Karaj Central Prison, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The human rights organizations expressed concern that, despite repeated government promises, Iran has not made any tangible progress in reducing its alarming execution rate.
5th man gets prison in drug-related Texas abduction-slaying
A fifth man has been sentenced to prison over a 2009 drug-related kidnapping and killing of a West Texas man who was later found shot with his hands chopped off in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Francisco Javier Pulido was sentenced to 24 years in prison during a court hearing in El Paso Wednesday.
Police swoops take 80,000 of drugs off Brixham streets
DRUGS worth A 80,000 have been taken off the streets of Brixham during a police crackdown on illegal supply and production. Operation Olympic has been spearheaded by neighbourhood policing teams and has led to raids, arrests and the seizure of heroin, cocaine and cannabis.
U.S. charges ex-Haiti coup leader with drug trafficking conspiracy
The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S. authorities, was charged on Friday in the United States with engaging in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Guy Philippe, 48, faces a three-count indictment including conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money, and engaging in monetary transactions stemming from unlawful activity, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Ex-Haiti rebel leader wanted in US arrested during talk show
In this Aug. 24, 2016, file photo, senate candidate Guy Philippe laughs during an interview in Pestel, Haiti.
Police took down a Sydney crime syndicate and made ‘the…
Australian police dismantled a major cocaine smuggling ring after a two-and-a-half-year multi-agency operation undertaken with Tahiti, Australian authorities announced on Thursday. Operation Okesi, which began in July 2014, culminated in a Christmas-night seizure of 500 kilograms of cocaine in New South Wales in eastern Australia.
Australian police nab 15 suspects in 1 ton cocaine bust
Australian officials seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about 360 million Australian dollars in what police on Thursday dubbed one of the largest drug busts in the nation’s history. Fifteen men were arrested following a 2 1/2-year federal and state police investigation into suspected drug trafficking by commercial fishermen in Sydney, New South Wales police said in a statement.
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Philippines authorities have made the biggest drug seizure in the country’s history, confiscating 2,000 pounds and 1,110 liters of liquid methamphetamine worth about $120 million in a series of raids this month. “It is not only the biggest haul for this year, but so far the biggest in history,” Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre told reporters at a news conference in Manila on Tuesday.
Blackburn man caught – driving’ for drug dealer makes fishy claim
A 30-YEAR-OLD man caught ‘driving’ for a drug dealer claimed he was only doing it because the man had promised to invest in his fish and chip shop. Blackburn magistrates heard that since the offences in May Yasser Mahmood had obtained funding from another source and was running a takeaway business in Preston.
The year of the fentanyl crisis: How we got here
Marchers carried a coffin to remember friends, family and community members during a procession to mark Overdose Awareness Day in Vancouver in August. The highly potent opioid fentanyl was detected in more than 370 drug overdose deaths in British Columbia between January and October 2016.
The year of the fentanyl crisis: How we got here
Marchers carried a coffin to remember friends, family and community members during a procession to mark Overdose Awareness Day in Vancouver in August. The highly potent opioid fentanyl was detected in more than 370 drug overdose deaths in British Columbia between January and October 2016.
Routine drug screening should be done in primary care settings: Study
A new study by UCLA is calling for routine drug testing in primary care settings in areas where misuse of drugs is prevalent. Researchers found that 19.4 percent of people answering a computerized self-administered survey in community clinics in East Los Angeles admitted to moderate-to-high drug use.
Routine drug screening should be done in primary care settings: Study
A new study by UCLA is calling for routine drug testing in primary care settings in areas where misuse of drugs is prevalent. Researchers found that 19.4 percent of people answering a computerized self-administered survey in community clinics in East Los Angeles admitted to moderate-to-high drug use.
Man wanted by Bay of Plenty police in relation to drug charges
Police are looking for him in relation to supplying methamphetamine, conspiring to supply methamphetamine and participating in an organised criminal group.
OxyContin boom in China becomes gold mine for one drugmaker
Jiang Xueying holds a phone showing a picture of her late sister at her traditional medicine therapy clinic in Xinteng Township of Jiaxing, China, on November 22, 2016. : Bloomberg photo by Qilai Shen.
Operation ‘Just Punishment’ nets 38 arrests for drug trafficking, firearms violations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations , working jointly with other federal and local law enforcement agencies, conducted simultaneous takedowns Thursday in the municipality of Cayey and Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Florida, during an operation dubbed ‘Just Punishment’ that resulted in the arrest of 38 individuals for their alleged participation in a drug trafficking and illegal firearms conspiracy.
Officials: Native dreamcatchers used in meth smuggling bid
A Mexican woman tried to smuggle liquid methamphetamine into the U.S. by hiding it inside Native American-style dreamcatchers when she crossed the border into New Mexico over the weekend, federal officials said Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the woman was detained Sunday in Columbus, New Mexico when she crossed from Puerto Palomas, Mexico, and a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers.
Officials: Native dreamcatchers used in meth smuggling bid
A Mexican woman tried to smuggle liquid methamphetamine into the U.S. by hiding it inside Native American-style dreamcatchers when she crossed the border into New Mexico over the weekend, federal officials said Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the woman was detained Sunday in Columbus, New Mexico when she crossed from Puerto Palomas, Mexico, and a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers.
REPLAY: B.C. this week in video
Recreational marijuana could be sold in storefronts to Canadians 18 and older if the federal government materializes recommendations made by a task force that was set to explore the legalization of the drug. See More > It’s been almost a week since a large-scale apartment fire left a dozen Langley residents homeless.
Opioids, pot and economics: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
It was the final week of Parliament before Christmas, and all through the Housea . the Liberals did their best to make sure no one had any time to think about ethics or fundraising before heading home for the holidays.