Police in Sierra Leone have said they are hunting a Dutch drug trafficker who is one of Europe’s most-wanted fugitives and believed to be hiding out in the west African country. Jos Leijdekkers was sentenced in absentia by a Rotterdam court in June last year to 24 years in prison for organizing the transport of … Read more
A suspected “narco-sub” capable of smuggling drugs broke in two as a fishing boat was towing it to a port in northwestern Spain this week, police said. The “Maria Cristina” fishing boat spotted the “semi-submerged” vessel on Wednesday at the entrance to the Camarinas-Muxia estuary in the Galicia region and proceeded to tow it to … Read more
Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ‘ 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. According to … Read more
Authorities from dozens of countries seized 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route from South America to Australia, the Colombian Navy said Wednesday. Officials said they had also seized “increasingly sophisticated” drug-laden semisubmersibles — better known as “narco subs” — that can travel 10,000 miles … Read more