Tag: Smuggling
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BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF WAR ON DRUGS; Torricelli Issues Report
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A34 Although winnable, the war on drugs is now being lost, at least on the international front. That was the conclusion of Rep. Robert G. Torricelli, D-Englewood, in a status report he gave…
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TONS CONFISCATED, 8 ARRESTED; NEW JERSEY’S BIGGEST DRUG BUST
In what is being called New Jersey’s largest drug haul ever, undercover U.S. Customs Service agents Friday seized 4,700 pounds of cocaine, 7,000 pounds of marijuana, and $995,000 in cash, and arrested eight men connected to the shipment.
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DRUG CACHE USED TO LURE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS
Federal agents in Newark used a cache of 11 pounds of pure heroin seized recently from a Saudi courier at Newark International Airport the largest haul of heroin imported through the airport to track down and arrest five persons believed to be major drug traffickers.