Cocaine
Kevin McCarthy to speak to Madison Cawthorn over orgy remarks
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he wants a word with Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who publicly depicted fellow GOP lawmakers as orgy-crazed party animals straight out of “House of Cards.’’ Several House Republicans sounded off to McCarthy (R-Calif.) at a closed-door conference meeting earlier in the day over claims by Cawthorn (R-NC) that some …
Supreme Court won’t extend reduced charges to low-level crack cocaine offenders
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a revised federal law does not allow prison inmates to seek a reduction in their sentences for possessing small amounts of crack cocaine. The court said the wording of one of the rare bipartisan achievements of the Trump administration, the First Step Act, which made sweeping changes to the …
Record-breaking cocaine cargo found aboard submarine in Caribbean
Washington: The US Department of Justice in Puerto Rico has announced a record-breaking cocaine bust after officials seized a submarine in Caribbean waters. Officials captured a 15.8-metre-long, 2.4-metre-wide semi-submersible carrying 2500 kilograms of cocaine worth about $US75 million ($96 million), US Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Stephen Muldrow said. US Coast Guard members …
Covid, cocaine take Europe to ‘breaking point’: Europol
THE HAGUE: The coronavirus pandemic could fuel organised crime for years to come in Europe, a continent already at “breaking point” from an unprecedented flood of cocaine, the EU’s policing agency warned Monday. In its flagship four-yearly report, Europol said increasingly violent criminal gangs are likely to muscle in on legitimate businesses left vulnerable by …
Hong Kong police seize 700kg of cocaine in record-breaking bust
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police announced a record-breaking 700kg seizure of cocaine on Sunday (Apr 4), with officers suspecting the huge shipment was smuggled into the city on speedboats. The bust is the largest in the territory in nearly a decade, netting HK$930 million (US$119.6 million) worth of cocaine. Advertisement Advertisement Authorities say the collapse of global …
Bobby Brown Jr. Died from Combo of Alcohol, Cocaine & Fentanyl
Exclusive Bobby Brown‘s son, Bobby Jr., died after ingesting a deadly cocktail of drugs … this according to his autopsy report. The L.A. County Medical Examiner’s Office just released its findings — and according to the document, obtained by TMZ, the autopsy and toxicology found a deadly combo of alcohol, cocaine and fentanyl. The report …
Patriots’ Chung facing Belknap County drug charge | Courts Cops
LACONIA — New England Patriots safety Patrick C. Chung is scheduled to be in Belknap Superior Court next Wednesday to be arraigned on a charge of cocaine possession. A Belknap County grand jury indicted Chung, 32, on the charge on Aug. 8. A highly placed law enforcement source confirmed the person indicted and the football …
Allegations of sexual assault, cocaine use among SEAL teams prompt ‘culture’ review
“Recent incidents have called our culture and ethics into question and threaten the trust placed in us,” Gen. Richard Clarke, head of Special Operations Command, said in a memo to the entire force. While the memo did not mention specific incidents, it comes after an entire SEAL platoon was recently sent home from Iraq following …
Cocaine worth $2m washes up on New Zealand beach | World news
Cocaine with a street value of around $2m (NZ$3m) has washed up in packages on a wild New Zealand beach, sparking a major search for further drugs by police and local residents. On Wednesday evening people at Bethells Beach on the west coast of Auckland told police they had found mysterious blue packages with odd …
Orangeburg man accused of breaking into vacant motel room | Crime and Courts
An Orangeburg man is accused of breaking into a vacant motel room. Derrick Jerome Miller, 39, of 326 Ashland Drive, was charged with second-degree burglary on Thursday. The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety alleges he broke into Motel 6 on John C. Calhoun Drive around 2 a.m. with the intent to …
