London Pet Shop Owner Tries to Smuggle 1000 Spiders in Suitcase

A London-based pet shop owner was caught trying to smuggle 1,000 live spiders outside of the UK in his suitcase by Brazilian police late Wednesday, November 11. The unnamed pet shop proprietor was arrested as he...

Police Donate 25 Pounds of Weed to Prisoners in Fruit Crate

Prisoners at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Segovia Unit were in for a treat when they received a donated fruit crate from the Edinburg Police Department. Among a variety of fruits prisoners came...

Peru: Cocaine Smuggled Inside Live Turkeys

In what looks like a new trend in smuggling, Lima Peru police uncovered turkeys with surgically implanted containers of cocaine. " Police were puzzled when they found the turkeys in the crate, but didn't find the...

Femicide in Mexico

THE BORDER REPORT Only a fool would assume women don’t play a role in the splintering tensions of Mexico’s cartel woes but this year’s proving to be a particularly nasty one for femicide in northern Mexico. They’ve been strangled, dissolved in acid, one was thrown in...

Smuggler hid 13 songbirds in his pants, surprisingly got caught

A man tried to smuggle 13 songbirds from Vietnam into the United States by hiding them in a custom-made pair of leggings, and thinking no one would notice. Sony Dong was arrested when he touched down in Los Angeles...

“Rape Trees” Frame Arizona-Mexico Border: Grim Reminders o...

A recent report from the Cronkite News Service, a student-run news service of Arizona State University, shed the national spotlight on a new immigration problem plaguing the desert border towns of Arizona: so...

Hamas Kills Israelis, Israel Bombs Gaza, Threatens More, Deja Vu

. So it goes.  No doubt Israel will hit back 50 times harder.  Then Hamas may resume rocket fire and back to war. We must hope someone uses common sense. "Israel is gearing up to respond harshly...

Cabin crew quizzed over drug haul

A South African flight crew is suspected of attempting to smuggle cannabis and cocain into the UK. The crew and the pilot were arrested after 50 kg of cannabis and 4kg of cocain were found in their luggage." UK customs officers are questioning the entire crew of a South...

Israel plans ceasefire, Hamas vows to fight on

This is good news and bad news. Israel stopping shooting is good but if Hamas resumes attacks then full warfare could resume." Israel plans to halt its Gaza offensive without any agreement with Hamas, a senior...

Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation, avoid Hamas

This war is coming to a criticalpoint soon.  Israel cannot justhold the ground it has and getinto a war of attrition but theymust either withdraw or go after'the main Hamas forces.  A two sided cease...

Cocaine smugglers turn to submarines

The high tech world of drugs.Stealth mostly sub surface boats used to increase drug trade. "The capture of two cocaine-laden semi-submarines in the past week has highlighted the increasing use of the vessels,...

British Columbia: Gangs bring crime and drugs to Abbotsford

Opinion Barry Artiste Certainly when marijuana advocates say Marijuana is a victimless crime, never read the stats on crime, smuggling, death and gangs. Many advocates say, it will go away if we legalise...

Canadian Prison "Drugs behind bars": single cigarette $25.00-Marijuana joint ...

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor A step in the right direction when the federal government banned cigarettes in prison last year. Yep, certainly prisoners who do not miss their freedom on the outside,...

Mohamed Suleiman in charge of the Syrian nuclear program assassinated

News without Opinion. YNET in his today (August 4, 2008) hebrew edition claims that Mohamed Suleiman was in charge of the Syrian nuclear program, see here.   "Mohammed Suleiman, a top military...

Cdn tobacco companies fined $1.1 billion

After an eight-year investigation, Canada's biggest tobacco companies have pleaded guilty to 'aiding and abetting' cigarette smugglers in the late 80s and early 90s, a tactic that saw the companies keep a share of...

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