Siblings Arrested After $24M Drug Bust, Largest Money Seizure In Miami-Dade Police History
An accused brother-sister drug trafficking team is behind bars after Miami-Dade police seized at least $24 million in cash during a home raid.
Hezbollah Has 100 Sleeper Cells In Latin America
The Hezbollah terrorist group has 100 active “sleeper cells” in Latin America, according to media reports in the continent.
Strip-Club Case Puts DEA Staff on Hot Seat
NEW YORK – A Drug Enforcement Administration supervisory agent and another employee led double lives as they lied to the government by not disclosing ownership in a New Jersey strip club because they knew it could spoil their careers, a prosecutor told jurors in an opening statement Tuesday.
Wife of DEA Employee killed In Drive-By Shooting on Wisconsin Highway
The wife of a DEA employee died two days after being shot in an apparently random drive-by shooting while she and her family were driving home to Illinois from Wisconsin Dells.
Fake Cell Towers Give Law Enforcement Tech Power To Fight Crime
An electronic device that tricks cellphones into revealing a user’s location is becoming a key weapon for law enforcement in its battle against drug traffickers, terror suspects and other dangerous criminals — but its potential misuse against innocent Americans and the secrecy surrounding which agencies have the devices is of growing concern by civil liberties…
San Diego – Drug Tunnel Found Under California Home
San Diego – U.S. authorities on Wednesday seized a cross-border tunnel that ran the length of four football fields from a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico, to a newly built house in Calexico, California, following an investigation that netted more than a ton of marijuana and resulted in four arrests.
DEA: Hezbollah In Business With Colombian Drug Cartels
The Lebanon-based extremist group Hezbollah has business connections with South American drug cartels, and has been using them to enter the narcotics trafficking business, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced this week.
DEA Busts ‘Massive’ Hezbollah Drug, Money Laundering Scheme
U.S. and European authorities announced on Monday that they had busted a “massive” drug and money-laundering scheme being operated by the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah.
DEA: 100 Pounds Of Heroin Found Stashed In Truck, Worth $14M
A pair of drug dealers from Guatemala has the sooty, curbside snow dunes of Winter Storm Jonas to blame for their getting busted with $14 million worth of heroin they were hauling into Queens.
Watchdog: Feds Paid Amtrak Worker To Spy On Passengers
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration inappropriately paid an Amtrak employee more than $850,000 over 20 years to provide information on passengers who may be smuggling drugs, according a report from the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General.