4 day agoNational police and customs cooperation: Over 57 kg of cannabis seized near Rennes (35). In late August, surveillance of a package shipment from California containing nearly 20 kg of cannabis led to the first arrest.
5 day agoSOUTHCOM: On October 4, under the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in
Popular Mobilization forces eliminate several major international drug traffickers at the Rub'iyah border crossing with Syria; details to follow
1 week agoFive people died and another is in critical condition after a series of drug-related incidents in Columbus. Police say the cases are linked to cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid the DEA says can be 10 times more potent than fentanyl
U.S. sanctions Sinaloa Cartel leaders operating on the Mexican border
President of the Republic of Colombia: In Cúcuta, we seized 1,120 kilos of cocaine and a laboratory from the ELN. In the last 24 hours, the Public Force destroyed eight other laboratories and made 19 arrests
1 week agoPresident of the Republic of Colombia: My order has been clear: combat without respite the illegal mining. In the Río Viejo sector, along the Nechí River, in El Bagre (Antioquia), the National Police, the Army, and the Navy carried out Operation Achilles. They rendered inoperative 3 Brazilian draglines, 2 excavators, 4 diver-type dredges, and 13 industrial engines used to extract gold illicitly. In that mine, approximately 26.5 kilos of gold were extracted per month, valued at $11.130 million in the informal market. The Uldar Cardona Rueda substructure of the Clan del Golfo charged extortion equivalent to 15% of that production: around $1.669 million monthly
Police in Mississippi say they're still investigating after two University of Mississippi students were found dead in separate locations, with kratom found at both scenes
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella led an operation against micro-drug trafficking in Cali and participated in the arrest of a suspected criminal during the raids. At the time of the arrest, he said to him: "Welcome to the Fatherland, Miracle"
Trump on Mexico: It's unacceptable for the United States to share a 2,000-mile border with a territory controlled by cartels. So, Mexico must reclaim control of its soil from the enemies of humanity
Trump at the UN: "The cartels are the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere—not good people, their enemies at war with civilization, using murder, rape, torture, and extortion as instruments of terror. Like ISIS, they should be killed, exiled or detained as combatants without the possibility of release, which is what we're doing
Trump: Mexico is a hotspot for drug-related violence
On Sept. 19, U.S. Southern Command conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean, per SOUTHCOM. Intelligence confirmed the vessel's involvement in narco-trafficking. Four narco-militants were killed
Jordan: The Northern Military Region thwarted an attempted infiltration at one of its border outposts.
According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) interdicted a vessel in the Eastern Pacific operating as a refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations for the Los Choneros designated terrorist organization. The individuals on board were apprehended and turned over to the Ecuadorian authorities and the vessel and its attached support vessels were destroyed
Syria's anti-drug administration seizes 138 kg of hashish and 382,000 narcotic pills in rural Suwayda, foiling an alleged trafficking attempt
CBP officers in San Diego seized 553 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine worth $67 million during 144 smuggling attempts in July
Syrian Interior Ministry: Targeting an international drug smuggling network in an operation in Daraa
Georgia has arrested 121 people on drug-related charges during a nationwide special operation.
Popular Mobilization Forces capture drug dealer in a special operation in Anbar
68 kilos of cocaine, 36 guns seized during Middle TN drug operation
The U.S. has now designated the Chone Killers as a foreign terrorist organization. This comes on top of last year's FTO designations of Los Choneros and Los Lobos
2 men arrested after deputies seize meth, fentanyl, heroin in Cowlitz County
Judicial authorities in Costa Rica launched Operation "Riverside," the largest police operation in the country's history, which led to the dismantling of a local cartel involved in international drug trafficking. More than 1,500 agents conducted 97 raids in various parts of the country
U.S. Southern Command releases video of airstrike targeting a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, suspected of drug trafficking, resulting in one death and two survivors.
Internal security forces launch raids and arrest several people in the city of Al-Ashara and the town of Daraj, east of Deir ez-Zor, on charges of drug trafficking.
US military: Southern Command carried out an airstrike on a ship in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
The US military announces it carried out an airstrike in the eastern Pacific that killed two men.
According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), USS Gridley (DDG 101), and USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) have now arrived in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility (AOR)
The US is conducting a second criminal investigation against Maduro, according to Reuters.
YemenHouthi-held Hodeidah airport, telecommunication networks on Mount Bard in Kusmah district, Raymah governorate and in Bani Matar in Sana'a were targeted by airstrikes. Photo from Hodeidah airport
