The two-week operation involved twenty agencies and apprehended trafficking, drugs, and child endangerment suspects. The U.S. Marshals Office for the Central District of Florida and Florida Attorney General…
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Border Patrol Discovers Smuggling Tunnel Under Construction in San Diego
The nearly 3,000-foot tunnel began in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego recently discovered a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling tunnel extending over 1,000 feet into…
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State Department Responds to Report That Afghan Extremists May Have Received Aid
Government watchdog audit finds 2 department bureaus failed to vet funding recipients. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported that the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy,…
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State Department Officials Visit Kosovo, Mongolia, and Indonesia
The U.S. seeks to strengthen partnerships and alliances. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is meeting with Mongolian officials in Ulaanbaatar. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said that…
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White House Seeks Increased Access to Overdose-Reversal Drug
Officials will talk with manufacturers to reduce the cost of naloxone. A spokesperson for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently said that President…
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Treasury Sanctions Members of Mexican Drug Cartel
Co-leaders of a drug smuggling cartel banned from American trade. The Department of the Treasury sanctioned the Mexican drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana last week, blocking its…
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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $29 Million in Narcotics in Oman
Also recently interdicted heroin shipment. The U.S. Coast Guard vessel, Charles Moulthrope recently confiscated approximately $29 million in illegal narcotics in the Gulf of Oman. This happened weeks…
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U.S. Participates in 5th NADD Meeting
State Department and National Drug Control Policy assistant director speak with representatives of Mexico and Canada. Last week, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law…
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CBP Confiscates Record Amounts of Smuggled Narcotics
Border agents and their canine partners successfully interdict shipments of illicit substances. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has continued to protect the American public from illegal drugs…
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California Coast Guard Seizes $156 Million in Drugs
Fishing vessels intercepted carrying 9,000 pounds of cocaine. U.S. Coast Guard crews on two cutters based in Alameda, California, recently intercepted three ships in the eastern Pacific carrying…
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