Malta seizes record 800kg of cocaine

Maltese customs officials seized a record-breaking 800 kg of cocaine valued at $117m on a ship that was en route to the southern Turkish province of Mersin from Colombia. Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker made headlines last year when he alleged that Turkey had become a hub for cocaine from South America. In June last year, Colombian authorities seized 4.9 tons of cocaine in the seaport city of Buenaventura, destined for Turkey. The drugs seized in that operation were worth $365m.

Sacramento shooting - gunfight among gangsters

Six people are dead and 12 wounded in Sacramento. A stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to automatic gunfire.

Two brothers were arrested. Smiley Martin, 27, brandished a handgun on a live Facebook video hours before the shooting.

£302m cocaine bust in Southampton

Cocaine with a street value of £302m was found in five pallets of bananas at Southampton docks on March 17.

3.7 tonnes of cocaine hydrochloride was found in a container of 20 pallets of bananas from Colombia.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said it is the largest seizure of cocaine in the UK since 2015.

Triple murderer Cory Fenn = 25 years no parole

Cory Fenn has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

Cory Fenn was on trial in Oshawa for the murder of Krassimira Pejcinovski, 39, her son Roy, 15, and daughter Venellia, 13, on March 14, 2018. Fenn admitted to the killings in a police interview the day after he was arrested. He told cops he was in a “cocaine psychosis”.

Representing himself, Fenn said he was like "the walking dead" at the time of the killings.

Krassimira was found severely beaten with 17 fractured ribs and a broken jaw. She died of stab wounds to the chest with a serrated knife. Roy was found on the main floor of the home and evidence showed a struggle. He died of strangulation. Police found Venellia in the basement of the home and she later died in hospital. She was brutally beaten and was stabbed with a butter knife.

When asked to present his closing arguments, Fenn said, “I am animate now. I have God inside me. I’ve raised myself to a sovereign king.”

Drug lord Robert Mink Kok busted

Dutch drug lord Robert Mink Kok, 60, has been arrested for cocaine importation in Lebanon. Kok is a well known, veteran gangland criminal and drug dealer. He had close ties to the Kinahans and was arrested at the request of Dutch authorities. Kok was arrested along with a member of Ridoun Taghi’s network. Kok’s links to the Kinahan cartel span decades — he was closely tied to Daniel’s father Christy. Kok was compromised by his crypto communications. Kok is said to be behind a massive cocaine shipment in Antwerp in 2021. In six weeks cops seized 27.64 tons of cocaine at the port of Antwerp, including a record setting shipment of almost 11 tons. See ----->Belgian drug lords hit hard by Sky ECC bust

Columbus Narcs guilty of being drug dealers

A former Columbus Ohio police narcotics detective admitted to conspiring to trafficking cocaine and fentanyl. He will surrender more than $500k that he made through his illegal dealings. John Kotchkoski, 33, entered a guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum sentence of 10 years, up to a potential life sentence. Kotchkoski and another former Columbus police narcotics detective, Marco Merino, 44, were arrested after they attempted to sell 8 kg of fentanyl to an undercover FBI agent they thought was a confidential informant.

Bootleg cigarettes a global problem

Lincolnshire cops visited a store after suspicions it was selling illicit cigarettes and booze. A cop shows how a remote control lowers a ceiling light to reveal shelves packed with counterfeit cigarettes. 11 gangsters, part of an Armenian organized crime group involved in the large scale import and distribution of cigarettes were recently arrested by French Customs. 2.5 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes were seized, worth about €1.250m in France, with €100k in cash and €150k in winning lottery tickets bought to launder profits. French cops said the counterfeit cigarettes were imported from European countries, before being stored in warehouses and then sold on the black market in French cities. An illegal cigarette factory was shut down by Belgian Customs. The factory was located in Arlon, Belgium and sent product across Europe.

A study by KPMG, commissioned by tobacco giant Philip Morris, showed consumption of illicit cigarettes in the EU was about 8% of total use in 2019, but this was still equivalent to nearly 39 billion cigarettes and €9.5bn in lost government revenue.

Excise fraud is currently an EU law enforcement priority.

9 Gangster Disciples, 3 US Army soldiers charged with conspiracy gun-running

Members of the Gangster Disciples in the Pocket Town neighborhood of Chicago used the guns in a street war against rivals.

Demarcus Adams, 21; Jarius Brunson, 22; and Brandon Miller, 22, were enlisted in the U.S. Army and stationed at Fort Campbell in Clarksville, Tennessee. They are charged with crimes stemming from the purchase and transfer of guns to gangsters in Chicago. The soldiers purchased 91 guns from various dealers for resale. Demarcus Adams - Brandon Miller

'Mr Taco' off to jail for 14 years

The former owner of a chain of taco restaurants in Wisconsin was convicted of cocaine trafficking and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. Luis Morales, 41, of Mr. Taco and Savor Food & Spirits, led a local drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of cocaine in the Fox Valley between 2014 and 2020. A lengthy investigation determined Morales often traveled to Chicago, where he obtained large amounts of cocaine, and also made frequent trips to Mexico and Colombia.

The Mr. Taco location in Kimberly was often used to distribute and accept payments for cocaine. Morales arranged for his employees to sell "large amounts of cocaine" at Mr. Taco's Kimberly location. Morales also owns Mr. Taco restaurants in Appleton and Hilbert, as well as Savor Food and Spirits in Kimberly.

Frequent cocaine flyer Ali Baek busted again

TO cops landed 25 kg of high grade cocaine with an approximate street value of $2.5m. Busted is Nino Cunanan, 41, and Ali Baek, 54. Less than 2 years ago Baek was nailed with 61 kg of cocaine. Cops described the pair as 'professional cocaine importers'.

A drug investigation dubbed 'Project Corredor' yielded 61 kg of high purity cocaine which cops estimated to be worth $7.9m. Four Toronto men were arrested. Cops are still looking for two others. Cops also seized four vehicles, $200k Cdn, $14k US, 30k euros and a large amount of luxury jewellery.

Patrick English, 39, David Bergman, 48, Ali Baek, 52, and Ardeshir Omanian, 57 face drug charges. The high level traffickers used land border crossings and were linked to the Sinaloa cartel.