drug trade
240 pounds of cocaine hidden in frozen squid — on same ship that tried to traffic the drug in shrimp
This is the second big drug bust on the same boat — just with a different crustacean — in the past two weeks.
Flight attendants smuggled $8M in drug money through JFK in international scheme: feds
Four flight attendants used their security clearance to smuggle illegal drug proceeds through JFK to traffickers in the Dominican Republic, federal investigators said.
Mexican cartels are flooding 'enticing market' Australia with massive amounts of meth
Production of meth in Mexico, Canada and the United States now outpaces southeast Asian nations as Mexican cartels flood Australia, federal investigators said Saturday.
Priest, boyfriend arrested for allegedly running Viagra drug ring out of home
The priest and his lover were taken into custody on suspicion of peddling the powerful sexual stimulant and other "aphrodisiacs" from their home.
Ex-Honduras president worked 'hand in hand' with El Chapo's cartel to smuggle cocaine into US: feds
Former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández worked "hand-in-hand" with El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel and the notorious MS-13 gang to smuggle "massive amounts of cocaine" into the US, prosecutors say.
Iran-backed narco-terrorists are making billions and widening the war in the Middle East
Jordan’s narco-battles have received scant attention but are part and parcel of Iran’s multifront offensive against the United States and its allies across the region.
Former Miss Bolivia arrested on gun-trafficking charges
Alondra Mercado Campos, 22, was crowned Miss Bolivia Mundo 2020.
How to tell if someone is high on drugs — and what you can do to help
"With alcohol, any of the depressants, any opiates, any barbiturates or benzodiazepines, can be very dangerous," one expert told The Post.
Biden expected to announce deal with China to help slow flood of fentanyl into US
President Biden is expected to announce a controversial deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at slowing the deadly flood of fentanyl across the United States.
Family of NYC tot who died after inhaling fentanyl at day care hires attorney; siblings now afraid to go to school, dad says
The heartbroken dad of a Bronx toddler who died after allegedly inhaling fentanyl in a drug mill posing as a day care center has hired an attorney - and says...
Federal drug prosecutor offered cops business card in DUI crash arrest: bodycam footage
“You realize when they pull my body-worn camera footage and they see this, this is going to go really bad.”
Colombian drug lord 'more prolific' than Pablo Escobar sentenced to 45 years in prison -- ordered to pay $216M
A Brooklyn judge called a notorious and violent Colombian drug lord "more prolific than Pablo Escobar" as she sentenced him to 45 years behind bars.
Schumer backs bipartisan bill to declare fentanyl trafficking a 'national emergency,' open up sanctions
US Sen. Chuck Schumer will advance new federal legislation that would declare international fentanyl trafficking a national emergency and let the President sanction crooks who ferry the synthetic drugs into...
Gunmen torch market and kill 9 in Mexican city where butchered bodies were found
A group of unknown attackers showed up at the sprawling public market in Toluca, opened fire and then doused the area with a flammable liquid before setting it ablaze and...
K9 sniffs out 3 tons of cocaine hidden in banana shipment
That's a good boy! A police dog caught about 3 tons of "the finest quality" cocaine being smuggled into Italy hidden in a shipment of bananas. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza...
Nine drug traffickers plead guilty in kidnap, murder of Ga. mom
Nine members of a drug-trafficking organization have pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and murder of an Atlanta-area mom whose dismembered body was found after her husband reported her missing, officials...
Newsom directs National Guard to help combat San Francisco's fentanyl crisis
The effort specifically singles out San Francisco's Tenderloin district, which has seen open-air drug use and trafficking.
Chinese police trained squirrels to detect drugs at the border
Things are getting nutty at China's border.
New Zealand police find 3.5 tons of cocaine worth $300M floating in Pacific Ocean
New Zealand police made the largest drug bust in the country's history, seizing 3.5 tons of cocaine worth $316 million that were found floating in the ocean.
Kingpin El Chapo begs Mexican president to pull him out of 'cruel' US prison
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants Mexico to pull him out of the US super-max prison where he's serving life, calling time there "psychological torture."