Category: cocaine

LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (July 5): Secret Service Investigates Cocaine Found at White House; Philadelphia Shooting Suspect Charged

The Secret Service is investigating the cocaine found in the White House, checking visitor logs and cameras. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday reiterated that the Biden family was away on a trip when the cocaine was found. The suspect in a Philadelphia shooting that left five people dead was charged with murder…


NTD Evening News (July 5): Secret Service Investigates Cocaine Found at White House; Philadelphia Shooting Suspect Charged

The Secret Service is investigating the cocaine found in the White House, checking visitor logs and cameras. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday reiterated that the Biden family was away on a trip when the cocaine was found. The suspect in a Philadelphia shooting that left five people dead was charged with murder…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (July 4): Judge Halts Biden Admin Social Media Censorship; Secret Service Probes Cocaine Found at White House

In a major step in a federal censorship case, a judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration from pressuring Big Tech to censor social media posts. The Secret Service is investigating cocaine found at the White House. They reportedly discovered the suspicious white powder in an area accessible to tourists Sunday evening, while the president…


NTD Evening News (July 4): Judge Halts Biden Admin Social Media Censorship; Secret Service Probes Cocaine Found at White House

In a major step in a federal censorship case, a judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration from pressuring Big Tech to censor social media posts. The Secret Service is investigating cocaine found at the White House. They reportedly discovered the suspicious white powder in an area accessible to tourists Sunday evening, while the president…


Substance Found in White House Tests Positive for Cocaine

An unknown substance found in the White House library on Sunday evening tested positive for cocaine, according to a Washington DC Fire Department dispatch call. The White House was briefly evacuated on Sunday night after the Secret Service found what it described to The Epoch Times only as an “unknown item.” “On Sunday evening, the…


Greek Police Find 3.2 Million Euros of Cocaine in Banana Containers

ATHENS—Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America, they said on Saturday. Police seized two suspect containers at the port of Piraeus and, after taking them to the port of Thessaloniki, found 100 “bricks” of concealed cocaine, weighing 161…


Pair Charged as $60 Million in Cocaine Found at Sydney Port

Two Greek nationals have been charged with numerous offences after police allegedly found $60 million (US$39 million) worth of cocaine in the walls of a shipping container in Sydney. Police were called to a Port Botany container logistics company with reports of a break-and-enter about 11 p.m. on Thursday. A man, 27, was arrested after…


Police in Northern Peru Port Seize Cocaine Packets With Nazi Flag Printed on the Outside

LIMA, Peru—Peruvian anti-drug police seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag on the outside and the name Hitler printed in low relief. The discovery occurred in the port of Paita, on Peru’s northern Pacific coast close to its border with Ecuador. The drugs were hidden inside a shipping…


Mafia Using South Africa as Major Gateway to Smuggle Cocaine, Says UN Report

JOHANNESBURG—The globe’s biggest narcotraffickers are increasingly using South African ports to smuggle cocaine around the world—including to the United States—according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). South Africa features prominently in the Global Report on Cocaine 2023. Investigators from South Africa’s Hawks agency, which targets organized crime,…


Norway Makes Country’s Largest-Ever Cocaine Seizure in Oslo

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Police made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in Norway when they discovered 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo, officials said. Norwegian news agency NTB said late Thursday that the drugs were found this week following a tipoff from German police who seized 1,200 kilograms (2,645 pounds) in Potsdam…