Guinea-Bissau: Africa's 'narco-state'

The head of Guinea-Bissau’s migration agency has been arrested for involvement in cocaine trafficking. Colonel Alassana Diallo was taken into custody. Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have often opposed efforts by the police to crack down on smuggling and have intervened to free traffickers.

The loot seized in Guinea-Bissau's largest ever drug bust last September included more than 20 vehicles, $3m, $90k worth of wine and porridge found in a warehouse, and 1.8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in sacks of rice. Operation Navara culminated in 12 men being arrested. They were sentenced to between 4 and 16 years in prison last month. The US, along with the UN, labelled the former Portuguese colony along the Atlantic Ocean a narco-state a decade ago. Former navy chief Bubo Na Tchuto is one high-profile official to have been convicted of drug trafficking. Involved in several failed coup attempts, he was designated a "drug kingpin" and was arrested in a sting in 2013. The military has been influential in Guinea-Bissau since independence from Portugal in 1974. It has staged at least nine coups. This has made the country a fertile ground for drug barons.

Braima Seidi Ba has evaded capture.

Ricardo Ariza Monje is thought to have returned to Latin America.

Drug traffickers are entrenched in the country. Newly installed President Embaló replaced the policing chief, but after concerns about the nominee he gave the post to a respected former deputy attorney general, Teresa Alexandrina da Silva. Drugs remain a "pernicious injection" into Guinea-Bissau's domestic politics.

Bob Green killer Jason Francis Wallace denied parole

A gangster who shot and killed prominent Hells Angel Bob Green during an all-night, drug fueled party in 2016 has been denied parole. The Parole Board ruled that Jason Francis Wallace’s release from prison would leave the community at risk. Wallace pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2017 and was sentenced to just under seven years in prison. Wallace said he doesn’t think the Hells Angels will come after him because they know the shooting of Green was accidental.

Green was shot and killed at 11:39 a.m after an all night party.

That may not be wise thinking as Shaun Clary, who brought the gun Wallace fired to the party, was found dismembered in a Surrey ditch 10 days later.

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Drug dealing Gangster Granny busted in Wales

Angela Collingbourne, 52, was ‘second-in command’ of a 16-strong drug gang headed by her sons. The cocaine dealer was jailed for six years after being found guilty of drugs offences on the streets of Newport in Wales. Collingbourne ran a mobile telephone trading line with 4,000 customers. She kept the operation going when both of her sons were in prison. Collingbourne’s sons were also jailed – Jerome Nunes, 28, for 12 years and Blaine Nunes, 26, for 14.

The judge had harsh words for Collingbourne. ‘You took no responsibility for your actions or those of your criminal family. ‘During your trial you portrayed yourself as a victim, fighting bigotry and injustice – but the jury saw through you. You dismissed your crimes as evidence of your own victimhood. ‘You were counting and banking the vast profits from this operation. You knew many of those involved and the scale of the it. You began to believe that you were unstoppable.’

12 years for HA drug dealer Danny Smith

On February 26, 2020, Danny Smith, 47 of Allardville, N.B. plead guilty to conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, trafficking in cocaine, laundering proceeds of crime and possession of the proceeds of crime. Smith was sentenced to nine years for the drug offences, and three years for the proceeds of crime offences. Cocaine was peddled on the Acadian Peninsula and in Restigouche, Madawaska and Victoria counties. Cops seized $900k in cash and 5.5 kg of cocaine. The cocaine was linked to the Hells Angels in Québec. The bust lassoed members and prospects of the Red Devils and the HA. 9 were arrested in total.

Marcel Friolet was among those busted.

Balkan Cartel loses 980 kg of cocaine

60% of the narcotics market in Europe is run by criminal structures from the Balkans. The Balkans Cartel specializes in drug-smuggling on various yachts and sailboats. The African smuggling route, south of the Canary Islands and towards the shores of West Africa is used often. That's where 980 one kilo packages of high-purity cocaine was intercepted. In 2019 cops from across the globe teamed up against a Balkan organized crime network using private planes for large-scale cocaine trafficking.

Meth courier who smashed into cops with 273kg goes away

An Oz drug courier who crashed a van packed with meth into two marked police cars has been jailed. Simon Tu, 27, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison in a New South Wales district court. The Toyota HiAce van yielded 273 kg of meth.

Simon Tu

The incident unfolded in 2019, when the van hit vehicles belonging to the New South Wales Police right in front of the Eastwood Police Station.

Polish Truck driver clueless about 80kg cocaine

Wisniewski had started his journey from Poland and told cops that he didn’t know how the drugs got in his truck.

Marek Wisniewski, 45, was sentenced to 8 years after he tried to smuggle cocaine worth over £8m into the UK in a van delivering toy bricks.

Daniel Tiessen had friends with HA

Daniel Tiessen, 52, is charged with four counts of conspiring with others to commit an indictable offence, as well as threatening death or bodily harm. Drug dealer Tiessen lined up outlaw bikers to scoop up Devin Alderton and then have everything from his legs broken to screws drilled into his head. Other ideas included syringes filled with bleach. This was related to efforts to recover monies owed. As cops listened in Tiessen spoke in graphic terms of how he and his associates would deal with their target. “I want this fucking done clean and professional,” Tiessen said in one police intercept.

The muscle hired to carry out the kidnapping was expected to be the HA, “they’re one-percenters — they mean fucking business,” said Tiessen. One of the meetings referred to was with a Hells Angels vice-president. As the plot moved closer to fruition the cops swooped in.

Bonehead Bikie Geppert busted again

Ben 'Notorious' Geppert, 28, was arrested in Kingscliff for offences relating to extortion, robbery and a serious assault. He led cops on a chase over fences, rooftops and through backyards before being caught like a dog. He was taken into custody before being refused bail.

Geppert is already serving a three-year suspended prison sentence following a dust-up outside a KFC restaurant on the Gold Coast. He was released on bail for a spate of violent incidents before taking to social media to swear his life as a gangster was behind him. Geppert and his heavily tattooed girlfriend, Allaina Vader, host a huge number of Instagram fans.

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RCMP seize pot, 3m cigarettes, $500k

The RCMP organized crime unit in Saskatchewan seized 69.3 pounds of pot, 5,152 grams of shatter, $573,735 and 2,856,500 cigarettes. B.C. pot came east and was exchanged for bootleg cigarettes coming from reserves.