8 h. ago Popular American playwright arrested in Japan for allegedly smuggling drugs

In Japan, individuals convicted of drug smuggling face the prospect of multi-year prison sentences

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15 h. ago American playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of drug smuggling

Prominent American playwright and actor Jeremy O

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26 h. ago A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats

The Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels

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31 h. ago Emily in Paris star and playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan on drug smuggling charges

Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O. Harris has been detained in Japan for nearly three weeks after being arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.

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33 h. ago Playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan for alleged drug smuggling

The writer of the Tony award-nominated Slave Play remains in custody after authorities say they found MDMA in his bagAmerican actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris, known for the Tony-nominated Slave Play, was arrested last month at an airport in Japan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country, local authorities said late on Thursday.Harris, 36, was stopped on 16 November at Naha airport on Okinawa island after a customs officer discovered 0.78 grams of crystal containing the synthetic drug MDMA in his tote bag, an Okinawa regional customs spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed in follow-up action, sources say Experts say Trump’s ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTwo men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an hour before they were killed in a second attack, according a video of the episode shown to senators in Washington.The men were shirtless, unarmed and carried no visible radio or other communications equipment. They also appeared to have no idea what had just hit them, or that the US military was weighing whether to finish them off, two sources familiar with the recording told Reuters. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago American playwright Jeremy O Harris held in Japan on drug smuggling charges

Playwright detained at Okinawa airport last month after customs officials allegedly found MDMA in his bag

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41 h. ago American playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan on drug smuggling charges

Playwright detained at Okinawa airport last month after customs officials allegedly found MDMA in his bag

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46 h. ago Supreme court allows Texas to use new congressional map favoring Republicans in 2026 elections – US politics live

Ruling will impact elections as soon as the March primariesUS supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional mapsAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific

Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military’s southern command had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern Pacific.Video of the new strike was posted on social media by the US southern command, based in Florida, with a statement saying that, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization”. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago The chance discovery on a Welsh beach that uncovered daring £7million drugs smuggling plot: How secret bunker sparked international police probe and snared one of Europe's most wanted

It was June 1983 when Don Evans - then a Detective Chief Inspector - got the call-out to an isolated beach near Newport, Pembrokeshire, where a mysterious bunker had been found.

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3 d. ago British man facing death penalty in Bali over claims he smuggled 1kg of cocaine in his backpack

Kial Robinson, 29, appeared in court over drug smuggling charges

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth invokes ‘fog of war’ as backlash grows over strikes on boats

US defence secretary defends legality of US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean

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4 d. ago Trump fires off furious expletive as he's grilled on 'war crime' strike on drug smugglers

President Donald Trump and Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth lauded the commander in charge of authorizing controversial lethal strikes on Venezuelan drug boats on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Brit ‘drug smuggler’ told he faces DEATH for ‘bringing £300k

A BRIT faces the death penalty, accused of smuggling 1.3 kg of cocaine worth £300,000 into Bali. Landscape gardener Kial Garth Robinson, 29, of Littlehampton, West Sussex, appeared in court today charged with three counts of importing more than one kilo of cocaine into Indonesia on September 3. Indonesian prosecutor Made Dipa Umbara told the...

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5 d. ago Major law update to stop migrants, guns and drugs being smuggled into UK

Criminals who modify vehicles to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the UK will face five years behind bars following a string of 'sickening' cases, the Home Office said

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5 d. ago Trump backs Hegseth amid report of repeated strike on boat – US politics live

Calls from Congress for an immediate investigation into reports that war secretary ordered a second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat Senator Mark Kelly: “We’re going to have a public hearing. We’re going to put these folks under oath. And we’re going to find out what happened. And then, there needs to be accountability.”He also told CNN: “If what has been reported is accurate, I have got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Prison officer, 24, admits illicit sexual relationship with male inmate AND role in 'drug smuggling' operation

Robinson pleaded not guilty to a third count of supplying Class A drug cocaine, along with others, to another.

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2 w. ago Prison nurse helped run £1million smuggling scheme after falling for inmate

Mental health support worker Amy Hatfield helped smuggle drugs, mobile phones and even knives into HMP Lindholme as part of a massive £1 million network run by lover Joseph Whittingham

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2 w. ago Two men caught trying to smuggle 81 live monkeys with Class A drugs in bizarre bust

Dozens of live monkeys were discovered hidden inside blue carrier bags along with a stash of methamphetamine pills and packets of crystal meth, police in Thailand said

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