Was JFK a meth addict? Outlandish claims that doctor’s secret ‘vitamin formula’ given to President were in fact methamphetamine
21st April 2013 In a twist the characters of ‘Breaking Bad’ would even find sensational, according to a forthcoming book one of America’s greatest presidents was apparently addicted to meth. Authors Richard Lertzman and William Birnes, in their book ‘Dr. Feelgood,’ allege that John F. Kennedy became addicted to the drug through a German-born doctor who also [...]
Police seize 3 tons of cocaine on Colombia’s Caribbean coast
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 21, 2013
20th April 2013 Bogota- Colombian police seized three tons of cocaine belonging to a gang of paramilitary drug traffickers known as “Los Urabeños” at a farm in the northern province of Antioquia on the Caribbean coast, authorities said. The drug was confiscated at the Punta de Piedra Farm in a rural area of Antioquia’s Turbo [...]
CBP Officers at Calexico Downtown Port Find 46 Pounds of Methamphetamine in Gas Tank
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 21, 2013
18th April 2013 Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry yesterday discovered 46 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in the gas tank of a vehicle. On Tuesday afternoon, April 16, at about 1:30 p.m., a CBP officer conducting inspections of vehicles and travelers referred a [...]
Australian, Afghan forces bust drug lab
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 12, 2013
11th April 2013 AFGHAN security forces backed by Australian special forces and the US Drug Enforcement Agency have successfully raided a large insurgent narcotics lab, destroying an enormous stash of narcotics. The facility was uncovered in a raid into northern Helmand province near the border with Oruzgan province. Found and destroyed were five tonnes of [...]
$200m of meth found in cleaner bottles
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 12, 2013
10th April 2013 Only 96 of the 3000 bottles of carpet cleaner imported from China contained methamphetamine, but the $200 million plan still came unstuck. The international crime group imported 12,000 litres of carpet stain remover to Australia, hiding 365 litres of liquid containing methamphetamine. Customs officers uncovered what they’ve described as a sophisticated concealment [...]
Woman attempts to pick up meth at post office, gets busted by police
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 7, 2013
5th April 2013 TOPEKA, Kan. — A Topeka, Kan., woman has been charged with trying to pick up a seven-pound package of methamphetamine at a post office in Topeka on March 18. Maria Descorro Martinez, 41, has been charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. She was unaware that police were watching her [...]
Mexican Drug Cartels Operating Inside American Borders
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Related on April 7, 2013
April 2013 The real terrorists among us are Mexican drug cartels. Apparently they are no longer an issue that can be dealt with through Border Patrol Agents. That’s right, they are in our midst. According to Breitbart, A national security expert who has spent several years in intelligence gathering operations around the Mexican drug cartels’ [...]
Pot taxes in Colorado could exceed 30 percent
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Related on April 7, 2013
5th April 2013 By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press DENVER—A legislative panel decided Friday that marijuana in Colorado could be taxed at rates above 30 percent. But voters would have to OK the taxes, and some lawmakers fear the state’s tax-skeptical public could reject such high rates. A House-Senate panel set up to propose marijuana regulations agreed [...]
DA: 105 lbs. of cocaine seized in Mass. probe
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 7, 2013
6th April 2013 ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors say about 105 pounds of cocaine was seized from an Andover man’s SUV following a three-month investigation by state police. Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett says 51-year-old Jose Martinez was arrested Friday afternoon following a traffic stop in Andover. Martinez is charged with trafficking cocaine and [...]
Sandy Springs police seize 67 pounds of meth
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 7, 2013
5th April 2013 One man was arrested after Sandy Springs narcotics detectives seized more than 67 pounds of methamphetamine Thursday. The bust “is the largest seizure of methamphetamine taken in since the (police) department’s inception in 2006,” Chief Ken DeSimone said in Friday’s news release. Police executed a search warrant at an apartment at the [...]
Judge convicts drug-trafficking loan shark on 41 counts
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 6, 2013
OTTAWA — The boss of a cocaine and hashish trafficking ring who boasted on police recordings about how much easy money he made selling drugs and loansharking is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty Friday of more than three dozen charges. Troy Saikaley was convicted of participating in a criminal organization, [...]
Suspects in Africa drug trade held in NY for trial
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 6, 2013
A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine trade was brought to the U.S. for trial on drug charges following his arrest at sea by federal drug agents, authorities said Friday. Four other men apprehended in the operation also were [...]
Canadian naval drug bust worth $150M happened ‘peacefully’
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 2, 2013
1st April 2013 A Canadian navy crew was all smiles after making one of the largest heroin seizures ever on the high seas Friday, when it intercepted a boat transporting between $150-million and $250-million worth of drugs on the Indian Ocean. The Department of National Defence said HMCS Toronto seized about 500 kilograms of heroin from the [...]
Drug traffickers flood Thailand with ‘happy hour’ drugs
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on April 1, 2013
1st April 2013 Myanmar’s druglords, uncertain about their government’s policy on narcotics, have begun dumping their goods in large quantities across the border in Thailand. Worries of a potential crackdown in Myanmar have led to a huge influx of illicit drugs into Thailand in the first quarter of this year. Massive amounts of drugs also [...]
$10M oxycodone ring: Biggest drug bust in state history from doctor’s smuggling
Posted by drug@dmin in Drug Busts on March 30, 2013
29 March 2013 A $10M oxycodone ring is topping newsheadlines this week, as ABC News reported this Thursday, March 28, that a New York doctor was recently charged with leading a giant smuggling ring that spanned several states, where the police investigation led to the biggest prescription drug mass arrest in the history of Penn. Under the headline, [...]
