drug trafficking

Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers

Goran Gogic, 43, was arrested in Miami and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for trafficking in 22 tons of cocaine through U.S. ports.

Eight people from Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged roles in an elaborate money laundering operation in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

A Massachusetts mother and son who ran a large-scale drug ring that made and distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing the powerful opioid fentanyl to the region north of Boston have both received lengthy prison terms. Vincent Caruso, 27, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, while his mother, Laurie Caruso, 52, was sentenced to nine…

Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have arrested 150 people and seized more than $31 million in an international drug trafficking investigation stemming from sales on the darknet

The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Zulma Maria Musso Torres, aka ‘La Patrona,’ the woman in charge of a drug trafficking empire based in Colombia.

The cocaine was wrapped in plastic with coffee grounds sprinkled on top, a tactic used by drug traffickers to hide the scent of the drug from K-9 dogs.

Eight people have been arrested in connection with what federal authorities are calling a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking ring operating between California and New England. “Traffickers are bringing massive shipments of methamphetamine to New England, and that creates a new and especially dangerous threat,” acting U.S. Attorney for Boston Nathaniel Mendell said in a statement Friday. “Meth is exceptionally destructive,...

An 11-year-old boy’s Happy Meal from a McDonald’s in Maine contained something that certainly wasn’t a part of his order last week, according to police. Packets of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction, were discovered by the boy’s mother after she picked up the order at the McDonald’s on Center Street in Auburn on Wednesday, June...

A 39-year-old Montreal man is facing a cocaine trafficking charge that was part of a broader effort to transport 1,500 kilos (3,300 pounds) of the drug from Peru to Vermont, federal court documents say. The court documents do not say what the ultimate destination of the cocaine was, but a number of people involved in the deal were from Canada….

Up to 82 people are facing charges related to drug trafficking, unlawful gun possession and other federal violations after an 18-month multi-agency investigation targeting illegal trafficking of guns and drugs between Vermont and western Massachusetts, federal prosecutors said. Law enforcement seized 128 firearms and 7,511 rounds of ammunition during the investigation from October 2018 to February of 2020, according to…

Separate drug busts by Massachusetts authorities over a period of 48 hours last week resulted in the seizure of 6.5 kilograms of fentanyl, numerous pills, $13,000 in cash, a firearm and the arrests of at least five people, state police announced Monday. State police were joined by Homeland Security and Brockton and East Bridgewater police to announce what they called…

Separate drug busts by state and local police as well as Homeland Security dealt “crushing blows” to two major fentanyl trafficking organizations, authorities said Monday.

Four men were charged with trafficking drugs this month after they were arrested with five types of drugs, over $10,000 and a loaded gun, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Gardner police arrested a man on drug trafficking charges Saturday night, according to a news release. Thomas M. LaFrance, 28, of Webster, faces nine different charges after a run-in with officers. He’s charged with possessing 60 grams of Fentanyl. The incident started when an officer tried to pull him over for driving a 2013 Chevrolet Impala with a suspended registration,…

A Rhode Island man is getting five years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl in Connecticut.

A Rhode Island man is getting five years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl in Connecticut.

A convicted drug lord and his wife have stylish future plans: Creating clothing with the brand name “El Chapo.” The New York Daily News reports that 61-year-old Joaquin Guzman and his 29-year-old wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, are working together on the project.

A convicted drug lord and his wife have stylish future plans: Creating clothing with the brand name “El Chapo.” The New York Daily News reports that 61-year-old Joaquin Guzman and his 29-year-old wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, are working together on the project.

An attorney general from one of the Mexican states was arrested at the San Diego border for smuggling and trying to distribute drugs, charges filed by the state of New York in early March.