drug bust

In a twist to a routine drug raid in Chile, police officers stumbled upon a sophisticated Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining setup. What Happened: The Anti-Narcotics Brigade for Santiago's Metropolitan Region Southern Area Law enforcement discovered and seized 36 kilos of marijuana, a printing press for...

Does container shipping have a drug problem? After a string of busts in the U.S. in recent months, attention has now switched to the U.K., where authorities have seized 1,279 kilograms of heroin with a street value of £130 million ($148 million). The drugs were found Aug. 30 by officers from...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a 24-year-old woman on Sept. 2 at the Port of Lukeville, AZ, for attempting to smuggle 53 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico to the U.S., CBP announced Sept. 3. The drugs have a street value of almost $48,000, the agency said. Officers...