6 d. ago Historic $473M drug haul was enough to overdose ‘entire population of Florida’, say Coast Guard

The drugs were seized from 19 interdictions that occurred between mid-June and mid-August

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6 d. ago US Coast Guard makes record seizure of illegal drugs off Florida coast

The coast guard said it had interdicted 61,740lbs of cocaine and 14,400lbs of marijuana with a street value of $473mThe US coast guard announced on Monday that it had seized more than 76,000lbs of illegal drugs off the coast of Florida – marking the largest drug offload in the 110-year history of the maritime law enforcement agency.According to a news release from the branch of the US military, officials offloaded approximately 61,740lbs of cocaine and approximately 14,400lbs of marijuana at Port Everglades, Florida, on Monday. The officials said that the total estimated street value of the haul was $473m. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The Coast Guard seized a record 76,000 pounds of drugs this summer off Central and South America

The U.S. Coast Guard says it seized a record 76,000 pounds of drugs this summer off Central and South America

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7 d. ago Lil Nas X facing YEARS in prison as he's charged with 4 felonies over public naked meltdown

Lil Nas X's legal woes have ramped up as the acclaimed musician has been charged with four felonies - including assaulting cops - after his public naked meltdown last week.

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8 d. ago Comedian Reggie Carroll is gunned down and killed aged 52 as Mississippi cops charge man with murder

Comedian Reggie Carroll, known for touring his stand-up routines across the US, was pronounced dead on Wednesday. A male suspect has since been charged with murder.

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1 week ago Welsh police seize cash and drugs as one arrested in early morning raids

A 25-year-old from Rhymney remains in police custody

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1 week ago Houses raided in Moss Side as police seize machete and haul of drugs

Five people were arrested following reports of drug dealing in the area

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1 week ago Four men charged after cops seize drugs and cash in Aberdeen raids

Around £6000 worth of drugs was recovered while £6945 in cash was recovered in total.

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1 week ago I now think police use of live facial recognition will make us safer – here’s why you should think so too | Brian Paddick

I have been a Met officer and a critic. I still worry about the culture there. But as the Notting Hill carnival approaches, I am persuaded this is the best optionBrian Paddick is a non-executive adviser for the Metropolitan policeMet police’s facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdogI was a Metropolitan police officer for more than 30 years and policed Notting Hill carnival for many of them, from the anti-police violence of the 1970s as a constable, to being a chief inspector bronze commander in the 1990s.In the 2000s, when the rightwing press succeeded in removing “an openly gay police commander who was soft on drugs” (I advocated alternatives to arresting people for small amounts of cannabis) as the cop in charge of Brixton, “the capital of Black Britain”, local people signed a 5,000-signature petition and held a rally at Brixton town hall demanding my reinstatement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Terrified' Brits run from 'charging police' in Serbia riots as armed cops fire tear gas

Tourists have been faced with tear gas and burning barricades as escalating violence takes over Belgrade, nine months on from a disaster that saw 16 people die when a railway station’s roof collapsed

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2 w. ago Trudy Appleby, 11, vanished from outside her Illinois home in 1996. Cops have now charged a man with her murder

Jamison Albert Fisher was charged with the murder of Trudy Appleby, who went missing when she was 11 in 1996.

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2 w. ago Copenhagen faces repaying thousands of couples after illegal fees for weddings

Authorities could face bill of up to 23m krone for wrongful charges over seven-year period to mostly foreign couplesAuthorities in Copenhagen could face a bill of tens of millions of krone after it emerged that the city had illegally charged wedding fees to about 12,000 couples over seven years.Most of those who were charged during the period are understood to have been from outside Denmark and did not have permanent residence in the country. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of four cops

The charges are relation to an attack on April 12 at HMP Frankland in County Durham -Hashem Abedi is alleged to have used makeshift weapons and thrown hot oil on the victims

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3 w. ago Dangerous drug 'rampant' in Brit holiday hotspot as tourists have seizures on the streets

Another popular drug has emerged on to the party scene once again as dealers target tourists in Majorca, leaving them at risk of seizures, memory loss and even death, officials have warned.

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3 w. ago Three men arrested after cocaine, cannabis and £6,000 of cash seized

'Significant amounts' of class A and B drugs, suspected to be cocaine and cannabis, were seized, while cash was also recovered

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4 w. ago Stalker who harassed family of Lockerbie cop in charge of £357k Gaza fundraiser

Susan McNarey conducted a chilling two year stalking campaign on the family of the late Sir John Orr, claiming they had an affair and collaborated together to find cure for coronavirus.

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