2000 pounds of cocaine burned in Belize

A week after the Belize Police Department’s seizure of over 2,000 pounds of cocaine following a narco plane landing, the drugs have been burnt in compliance with an order. The Police Department oversaw the destruction of the 28 bales of cocaine retrieved.

By time the plane arrived into Belizean airspace, the operation was already compromised. The aircraft went down between the villages of Lemonal and Crooked Tree. Two boats were seen speeding from the area using the nearby lagoon. A boat, believed to have been occupied by the Mexican support team and the pilot, escaped. A second boat, and 9 traffickers were busted.

Pagans Boss nailed on gun charges - The 73

Roughly 1,000 HA and supporters attended a ritzy ballroom on Long Island in February 2002 for a "Hellraiser Ball." Then the Pagans arrived. A war zone ensued as 10 vanloads of bat-wielding Pagans crashed the party. 73 Pagans were charged with various crimes, including rioting and attempted gang assault. The lone Pagan killed, Robert “Mailman” Rutherford, is honored at an annual party in his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was this party that Boss Richter attended before somebody ratted him out to the cops for a gun.

Keith Richter, 62, was returning home from a Pagans party when he was stopped. Cops found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun. Richter went to prison in 1988 for racketeering murder conspiracy. He was released in 2012 and took control of the Pagans six years later.

With about 900 Pagans across 12 states, the club is growing quickly. Some hispanics are now allowed to join. The Pagans have 17 chapters across New Jersey, up from 10 just 5 years ago. Richter has boosted membership by absorbing smaller, local gangs into the Pagans. Pagans Vice President Hugo “Zorro” Nieves is likely to step in as president until Richter’s release from jail.

68 pounds of cocaine found by snorkeler in the Florida Keys

A snorkeler found 68 pounds of cocaine in the water near Craig Key. The cocaine was baled inside a black bag wrapped in tape. The bale contained 25 bricks of the drug. Cops peg the value at $1.5m.

Pompano Beach restaurant served up the fixings

Louis Younglove Sr. not only served up hot dogs with fixings, he was also helping people get their fix. Younglove was arrested on more than a dozen drug charges following a months-long investigation. He was arrested in the parking lot of his restaurant, Chi-Town Chicago Italian Beef & Hot Dogs. Cops found a “smorgasbord of illegal drugs” including cocaine, fentanyl, ecstasy, pot and various prescription drugs. Over $500k in cash was seized.

Syndicate mc members walk

Kevin Michael Fix, 37, and Joshua Bradley Noordhoff, 38, both entered guilty pleas for a home invasion and kidnapping. They both walked with conditional sentences.

Rachel Lynn Baskier, 22, Kevin Michael Fix, 35, Jessie Doreen Waugh, 32, and Joshua Bradley Noordhoff, 36, were arrested and faced a mountain of charges related to kidnapping, forcible confinement, assault and drug charges. In the end Kevin Michael Fix faced 11 charges and Joshua Bradley Noordhoff nine.

The Syndicate is a puppet club under the Alberta nomads. They are tasked with trafficking in Red Deer and Fort McMurray. In 2019, weapons, 350k in drugs and $78k cash were seized. It was found cocaine was being cut to less than 30% purity. Casey Chapin, 33, and Joel Befus, 32, both full-patch Syndicate MC, were charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, along with a range of other offences. Bailey Chapin, 29, was also charged.

Fentanyl lab nailed in St. Catharines

Peter Caponcini, 56, and Francis Anthony Prantera, 55 were charged in connection with $3.6m worth of fentanyl found at a residence. Cops found 400lbs of an unknown powder, 100kgs of cutting agents, 20,000 fentanyl pills, 160 grams of cocaine and $150k in equipment.

The double garage area of the residence had been extensively modified to accommodate an industrial size pill press.

Gus Kouboules whacked

Gus Kouboules, 57, was found shot to death on Feb. 25 around 8 a.m. when York cops got a call for a body located at the end of a dead-end street. Kouboules was a member of The Loners MC. He had previously been a member of The Outlaws. From early 2018 until 2020, the Loners MC had been operating an unmarked clubhouse in Cornwall. Its drug trafficking operation collapsed following a bust.

Nephew of Buffalo mob boss arrested

Peter Gerace Jr., 53, of Buffalo was indicted on charges of bribing a DEA agent, drug dealing, and human trafficking. Anthony Gerace, Peter’s brother, is awaiting sentencing on drugs and weapons charges. The two Geraces are the nephews of Joseph Todaro Jr, capo of the Buffalo mob. Peter Gerace owns a strip club near Buffalo called Pharaohs, was at the center of a drug and human trafficking operation that lasted at least a decade.

Gerace bribed a DEA agent to protect the strip club. Former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni, accepted $250k in bribes as part of the scheme. His lawyer claims a 'racial animus' toward Italian Americans.

Huge Bay Area bust of Sinaloa Cartel

Cops in Northern California confiscated more than 1,000 pounds of meth, 500 grams of fentanyl, 20 pounds of cocaine, 20 pounds of heroin, dozens of firearms and more than $200k in cash.

“We have successfully put a hurting to the Sinaloa drug cartel,” said the DEA. Agents tracked the transportation of drugs from Mexico across the border up to the Bay Area. They also followed the flow of firearms, including grenade launchers and sniper rifles, procured in the U.S. across the border into Mexico. Of the 44 busted, 19 are in custody, 13 were detained and released, and 12 are at large. One of the largest meth seizures in Northern California, the investigation was dubbed Operation Burnt Orange.

Instafamous model Mikayla Noakes to live with granny after drug bust

Surfer and drug dealer Tate Robinson, 21, appealed to be allowed to see Noakes due to the 'mental toll' on him. The judge wasn't moved. Instagram model Mikayla Noakes, 20, had been sent to live with her grandmother as part of bail conditions. She was nailed along with six others after an MDMA and cocaine syndicate operating in New South Wales and Queensland was busted.

Granny has a strict 7am to 7pm curfew.

Cops found cocaine, MDMA, steroids, $60k in cash, mobile phones and drug paraphernalia. The model earlier pleaded not guilty. Noakes' boyfriend was charged with 20 offences including supplying a prohibited drug and participating in a criminal group.

The surfer was remanded in custody.