Tractor-trailer crash spills 1,000 pounds of hot dogs on highway, injuring four people
A tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 83 turned into a messy scene Tuesday morning when the vehicle split open and scattered thousands of frozen hot dogs across the highway in Shrewsbury Township, Pennsylvania.…
More than 8K Pounds of Drugs and $23M in Counterfeit Items Seized by Chicago CBP During FY 22
CHICAGO–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of Chicago have been busy this fiscal year seizing shipments of dangerous products and counterfeit items to ensure arriving packages are…
Louisville CBP Seize Over $260M in Counterfeits & More Than 21,000 Pounds of Narcotics in Fiscal Year 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky—During a 12-month timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized thousands and thousands of packages that contain counterfeit items, agricultural pests, or narcotics shipped from criminals…
AMO Seizes 2262 Pounds of Cocaine in Southeastern Puerto Rico
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized Friday 2262 pounds (1026 kilos) of cocaine from a vessel attempting to reach the coast of…
Brooklyn weed dealer caught in Atlantic City moving nearly 4 pounds of marijuana
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – A Brooklyn man was arrested last week in Atlantic City on the boardwalk openly selling illegal marijuana. On Sunday, at around 6:30 pm. Atlantic City Police Officer John…
Cincinnati CBP Intercepts Over 140 Pounds of Meth in Acrylic Paint
CINCINNATI—On January 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted smuggled narcotics in a large shipment of acrylic waterproofing paint from Mexico enroute to Cleveland, Texas, located just outside…
CBP Seizes 877 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Cargo in the San Juan-Santo Domingo Ferry
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 877 pounds (398 kilos) of cocaine concealed on board the San Juan -Santo Domingo Ferry arriving at the Pan American…
Nevada Resident Returned To United States From Mexico In Connection With Federal Drug Charges Involving Over 1,000 Pounds Of Methamphetamine
RENO – A Reno man was returned to the United States from Mexico where he was arrested on a federal warrant for drug trafficking violations. On December 13, 2022, the defendant made…
Lummi Nation member sentenced for violating Lacey Act by purchasing more than 7,000 pounds of illegally poached Chinook salmon
Seattle – The owner of a wholesale fish processor, Native American Fisheries, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years of probation for violating the Lacey Act by…
CBP Officers Seize 153 Pounds of Hard Narcotics in Multiple Failed Smuggling Attempts
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico area ports of entry intercepted methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and heroin in four separate…
New York City man busted after picking up 46 pounds of weed in Pennsylvania
BETHLEHEM, PA – Interstate commerce between New York City and Pennsylvania was disrupted on Monday after a 52-year-old New York man was arrested after picking up a marijuana shipment in Bethlehem. According…
Florida Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison For Shipping Himself Over 18 Pounds Of Methamphetamine
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jason Ryan Hardy (40, Tarpon Springs) to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500…
El Paso CBP Officers Seize 200 Pounds of Narcotics in Railcar
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers conducting inspections at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crossing just west of the Paso Del Norte port of entry in El…
California Man Indicted for Transporting 165 Pounds of Meth
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Cucamonga, California, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after a state trooper found 165 pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle. Rafael Solis, 30, was charged…
Wellesley Island Border Patrol Agents and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Seized Approximately 150 Pounds of Marijuana
EVANS MILLS, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office seized 156lbs of marijuana. On December 2, Border Patrol agents assisted a deputy sheriff from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s…
AMO Seizes 1987 Pounds of Cocaine from a Vessel Attempting to Reach Guayama, Puerto Rico
PONCE, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized Monday 1,987pounds (901.2 kilos) of cocaine from a vessel attempting to reach the coast of Guayama,…
Alleged Philadelphia drug dealer caught with two pounds of meth, ecstasy at Newark Hotel
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Police were contacted by the management of the Spring Hill Suites, located in the 400-block of Ogletown Road, on November 14, 2022, after hotel management discovered drugs and…
Lebanon central bank to use forex rate of 15,000 pounds per dollar as of Feb 1
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s central bank will adopt an exchange rate of 15,000 Lebanese pounds per U.S. dollar as of Feb. 1 as part of a process to unify the country’s multiple exchange-rate…
Woman caught with 28 pounds of cocaine hidden in wheelchair wheels at JFK Airport
NEW YORK, NY – A woman on an arriving flight from the Dominican Republic was arrested and charged after U.S. Customs agents found 28 pounds of cocaine hidden inside the wheels of…
Man Indicted for Smuggling 71 Pounds of Fentanyl Pills Across the US-Mexico Border
PHOENIX, Ariz. – On October 25, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Edwin Francisco Cubillas, 27, of Mexico, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Importation of…
Cedar Rapids Man Who Transported Over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine from California to Iowa Pleads Guilty
A man who hauled loads of 30 to 60 pounds of methamphetamine from California to Iowa pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Albert Henry Bailey, age 53, from Cedar…
Massachusetts Man Charged in Rhode Island After Federal Agents Seize More Than Three Pounds of Crystal Meth
PROVIDENCE – A Lawrence, MA, man has been ordered detained in federal custody on drug trafficking charges after DEA Task Force agents and Boston Police detectives allegedly interrupted the delivery of more…
UK’s Lloyds Bank offers UK staff 2,000 pounds minimum pay rise
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest domestic bank Lloyds has offered UK staff a minimum 2,000 pounds ($2,242) pay rise, a source with knowledge of the talks told Reuters, as…
Bakersfield Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Hundreds of Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl
FRESNO, Calif. — Omar Alberto Navarro, 40, of Arvin, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According…
Man Charged for Smuggling 238 Pounds of Methamphetamine Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Juan Alberto Gomez-Antimo, 25, of Mexico, was charged by criminal complaint on October 17, 2022, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Importation of Methamphetamine into the United…
Billings man caught with 10 pounds of meth in vehicle sentenced to five years in prison
BILLINGS — A Billings man who admitted to trafficking drugs after he broke into the Drug Enforcement Administration’s building to see if agents had found the 10 pounds of meth hidden in…
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