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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: drug smuggling

drug smuggling stories: 13 news summaries

Veiled Women Nabbed in $12.5M Jakarta Drug Bust

Iranians arrested in record airport drug haul

Oct 21, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight veiled women were among a group of 10 Iranians arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling at Indonesia's main airport today. The $12.5 million haul of methamphetamines found in their hand baggage is the biggest drug bust in the airport's history, authorities say. Indonesian authorities have never seen veiled... More »

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Indonesia • Islamic veil • Muslim • methamphetamine • Jakarta • drug smuggling

(Newser) - The girlfriend of Michael Douglas' elder son has been busted after trying to smuggle 19 glassine envelopes of heroin to her boyfriend, police told the New York Post. The drugs were hidden in a black bag carrying an electric toothbrush and delivered to Cameron Douglas, 30, at mother Diandra Douglas'... More »

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Manhattan • heroin • house arrest • arrest • smuggler • crystal meth • Michael Douglas • Diandra Douglas • drug smuggling • Cameron Douglas • drug arrest

(Newser) - Three US teenagers returned from Mexico from what they claimed was a fishing trip with quite a catch: more than half a ton of marijuana stuffed beneath the deck of their boat. The three—two males ages 18 and 19 and a 19-year-old female—were arrested when they docked their... More »

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Mexico • San Diego • marijuana • boat • drug smuggling • pot

(Newser) - Improved security along the US-Mexico border has pushed enterprising smugglers to the sea in any manner of craft, the New York Times reports. Authorities have been catching twice as many illegal immigrants as usual—and seized 7 times the typical quantity of drugs—in recent months from boats and beaches,... More »

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Mexico • ocean • Mexican border • sea • illegal immigration • smuggling • drug smuggling

 Mexican Cartels 
 Lure US Teens to Kill 

Boys as young as 13 become smugglers, assassins

Jun 23, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The powerful cartels that control the drug trade in Mexico increasingly have help north of the border—in the form of American teenagers, some as young as 13, who work as smugglers and assassins. The New York Times profiles one boy, who was recruited by the Gulf Cartel to kill... More »

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Texas • crime • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Laredo, Texas • drug smuggling

(Newser) - The Mexican Navy seized more than a ton of cocaine packed inside the bodies of frozen sharks on a freighter off the Yucatan coast headed for America, reports the BBC. The booty was pinpointed using dogs and x-ray machines, officials said. Drug fighters warned that powerful cartels are using increasingly... More »

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crime • Mexico • cocaine • shark • drug dealing • drug smuggling • drug cartels • Mexican Navy

  Massive Drug Tunnel
  Found Under Mexico Border

Elaborate smuggling tunnel to Arizona has electricity, ventilation system

Jun 12, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has uncovered one of the biggest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels under the Mexican border it has ever seen, CNN reports. The 83-foot tunnel to Arizona from Nogales, Mexico, was still under construction when it was found after a tipoff from somebody who heard construction sounds.... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • drug cartel • tunnel • Nogales • smuggling • drug smuggling

(Newser) - A Mexican surfer off a California beach was busted for trying to smuggle 24 pounds of pot on his board, reports the Los Angeles Times. When suspicious cops on the beach close to the Mexican border ordered the surfer to come ashore, he heaved a duffel bag into the water.... More »

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California • crime • beach • Mexican border • San Diego • marijuana • surfboard • surfers • smuggling • drug smuggling • Mexican

(Newser) - Law enforcement expects to seize $1 billion worth of pot along one stretch of southern Arizona this year, and that’s just 20% of the marijuana they believe will be smuggled into the area from Mexico. But there’s little they can do about it, NPR reports; the region is... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Native Americans • drug smuggling • Tohono O'odham Nation

Laos May Send Pregnant
Brit to UK Prison

20-year-old accused of drug smuggling denies she was raped in prison

May 8, 09 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos could be allowed to serve her sentence in the UK if she is found guilty of drug smuggling, CNN reports. British and Laotian officials signed a prisoner transfer agreement yesterday after meeting in London to discuss the case of Samantha Orobator, 20, who... More »

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pregnancy • Laos • Britain • drug smuggling • Samantha Orobator

Pregnant Brit Won't Face Laos Death Penalty

Law prohibits execution of those with child; lawyer still can't see her

May 5, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Samantha Orobator, the Briton jailed in Laos on heroin-smuggling charges, will not face the death penalty because she is pregnant, CNN reports. The 20-year-old was, however, denied access to a British attorney who flew in with assurances they could meet. The lawyer “was refused her first visit,” a... More »

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death penalty • pregnancy • England • Laos • drug smuggling • Samantha Orobator

(Newser) - The mom of a pregnant London woman who may face a Laotian firing squad for drug smuggling pleaded with government officials to save "my baby, my angel," reports the Telegraph. "I'm appealing to the British government, to the Laos authorities, to please release her. I'm down on... More »

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pregnancy • London • prison • Laos • death row • Britain • firing squad • drug smuggling • Samantha Orobator • Jane Orobator

(Newser) - A young pregnant Londoner could face a firing squad in Laos if she's convicted of drug smuggling charges in a trial that begins today, reports the Guardian. Samantha Orobator, 20, has not been allowed legal representation in the nine months she has been languishing in notorious Phonthong prison, and it's... More »

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drugs • London • prison • Laos • drug smuggling • Samantha Orobator

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