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Paraguay Discovers
Bags of White Rice
Actually Cocaine

Jun 1, 2011 1:38 PM CDT

Paraguay Discovers Bags of White Rice Actually Cocaine

A whopping 1,900 pounds seized

(Newser) - Paraguay made its largest cocaine seizure in history yesterday: more than 1,900 pounds of white powder disguised as bags of rice. Port workers grew suspicious about the rice, which was headed to Mozambique, probably en route to Europe where it would be worth $131 million on the streets. One...

Snoop From The Wire Arrested: Felicia Pearson Nabbed in Baltimore Drug Raids

The Wire's 'Snoop' Busted
in Baltimore Drug Raids

Mar 10, 2011 10:09 AM CST

The Wire's 'Snoop' Busted in Baltimore Drug Raids

Along with 30 others; HBO actress has other arrests in her past

(Newser) - Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, best known for her role as a drug dealer's hitman on HBO’s The Wire, was arrested along with more than 30 others this morning during raids on a large heroin and marijuana operation in Baltimore. Police, DEA agents, and other officials carried out the pre-dawn...

Ivy League Drug Bust Had Bizarre Kidnapping Scheme

Ivy League Drug Bust Had
Bizarre Kidnapping Twist

Dec 7, 2010 5:50 PM CST

Ivy League Drug Bust Had Bizarre Kidnapping Twist

Five Columbia students, three alleged suppliers are charged

(Newser) - This is not your run-of-the-mill Ivy League drug raid—this one has a torture-by-LSD component. When police gave details today about the five Columbia students arrested and charged with distributing everything from LSD to Adderall to fellow students, they also told of a crazy scheme by one of their alleged...

Police Bust
'Sophisticated'
Drug Tunnel
in San Diego

Nov 26, 2010 8:51 AM CST

Police Bust 'Sophisticated' Drug Tunnel in San Diego

It's the second such discovery in the region this month

(Newser) - Just weeks after uncovering a drug smuggling tunnel some six football fields long , officials in San Diego have busted a second such passageway. The half-mile tunnel runs from a home in Tijuana to a San Diego warehouse—which happens to be located near the building that housed the entrance to...

Drug Smugglers
Burrow Under Border

Oct 3, 2010 7:30 AM CDT

Drug Smugglers Burrow Under Border

Arizona town stands over network of tunnels to Mexico

(Newser) - Drug smugglers have found a new way to sneak their merchandise across the US-Mexico border : Under it. The heart of the burrowing business are the Nogales—two towns bearing the same name on either side of the border, notes the New York Times . There, in an old network of drainage...

Feds Raid Major Pot Network in National Forest

Feds Bust Major Pot Network
in Wisconsin National Forest

Aug 12, 2010 4:16 AM CDT

Feds Bust Major Pot Network in Wisconsin National Forest

Single group behind sophisticated farms

(Newser) - Some 200 federal agents and police swarmed a national forest in northern Wisconsin to bust a massive pot-growing network on public land. The illegal operations involved clear-cutting forests to establish fields, drying barns and shelters so growers could live and process pot on-site, reports the Green Bay Press Gazette . The...