Crystal meth, cocaine, ammunition discovered during traffic stop | stop, ammunition, traffic - Top Story - Brownsville Herald

18:32 Authorities also confiscated 46.23 pounds of cocaine. 0 Comments

Crystal meth, cocaine, ammunition discovered during traffic stop | stop, ammunition, traffic - Top Story - Brownsville Herald: "nervousness that Hector Castillo, 21, of Brownsville, and Fernando Gonzalez Alvarez, 31, of Matamoros, displayed indicated to the officers that this was not going to be any routine traffic stop for a mere traffic violation, said Brownsville police spokesman Eddie Garcia on Tuesday.
The traffic stop happened at 6:30 p.m. at the 400 block of FM 802 on Monday.
“The individuals were very nervous and that was very suspicious as far as their actions. The investigation lead to the discovery of cocaine inside,” Garcia said. “It was luck that the officer came across this.”
A search of the 2007 Nissan Altima lead to the confiscation of a powerful drug – nearly 26 pound of crystal meth - that is not commonly found in Brownsville, police said.
Authorities also confiscated 46.23 pounds of cocaine. Police later went to a nearby storage shed where they seized some 584 assault rifle magazines and more than 300 rounds of ammunition."

George Clooney galpal caught in cocaine scandal? - BostonHerald.com

18:29 Elisabetta Canalis , has been implicated in a cocaine scandal , the Italian model who has been dating Hollywood hunk George Clooney for the past year 0 Comments

George Clooney galpal caught in cocaine scandal? - BostonHerald.com: "Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian model who has been dating Hollywood hunk George Clooney for the past year, has been implicated in a cocaine scandal that led to the arrest of five people in her home country.
According to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, two years ago, authorities began investigating two Milan nightclubs that were allegedly running an escort-and-prostitution ring fueled by alcohol and cocaine. The clubs, Hollywood and The Club, were regularly frequented by celebrities.
French model Karima Menad, 26, has testified that she “had done cocaine” with Canalis in both Milan hot spots."

three fatal drug overdoses were reported within 24 hours.

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West Australian police fear a lethal batch of heroin may have hit Perth's streets after three fatal drug overdoses were reported within 24 hours.

Since 4pm (WST) on Thursday, three men have died due to heroin overdoses, including a 54-year-old businessman who was found dead at his West Perth office, police said.

A 40-year-old was found dead on a freeway overpass in the Perth CBD at about 9pm, while a 31-year-old overdosed in his home at about 10am (WST) on Friday in the northeast Perth suburb of Ashfield.

Police are carrying out toxicology tests as part of the post mortems to determine whether the deaths resulted from a bad batch of heroin cut with other substances to bulk up the quantity, Detective Inspector Alan Morton said.

The heroin could also have been of a much higher purity than usual, he said.

Det Insp Morton said the men did not know each other, and each death was a separate case.

Drug users should be cautioned, he said.

"There's nothing significant about the three of these that set it apart from any other heroin users, so if drug users are thinking they can outsmart or use safely, they can think again," he said on Friday.

"They are playing Russian roulette with their lives."

Det Insp Morton said there was nothing to suggest an increase in heroin use or a spike in the amount of the opiate hitting Perth streets.

Last year police attended 30 suspected deaths due to drug overdoses.

So far this year police have attended 15 deaths.

Eric Dillon from the Drug and Alcohol Office said many users had no idea what was in the heroin they were buying, and the deaths overnight highlighted just how deadly the drug was.

"The reality is that people just don't know what they are getting," he said.

"If people do get into difficulty, they should call an ambulance without delay."

WOMAN charged with trying to extort almost $800,000 from John Stamos says she had a photo of the actor snorting cocaine

11:39 000 from John Stamos says she had a photo of the actor snorting cocaine , WOMAN charged with trying to extort almost $800 0 Comments

WOMAN charged with trying to extort almost $800,000 from John Stamos says she had a photo of the actor snorting cocaine in 2004 in Florida, where he was unwinding after a separation from his supermodel wife.

Allison Coss, 24, testified in the Federal Court in Michigan yesterday, where she and co-defendant Scott Sippola, 31, are accused of demanding money from Stamos and threatening to sell photos to magazines of him with strippers and cocaine.

Defence lawyers have argued it isn't a crime to make a business deal, but prosecutors say it's a ruse and the photos don't exist.

Coss admitted she lied in emails to Stamos to try to get him to pay.

new legal highs had flooded the market

11:25 new legal highs had flooded the market 0 Comments

new legal highs had flooded the market since mephedrone and naphyrone were banned this year.Chairman Professor Les Iverson said it was difficult for these to be policed.
Naphyrone, which is sold as NRG1, was legal until being reclassified as a Class B drug after research from the ACMD showed it could be 10 times more potent than cocaine.Responding to the BBC investigation into the online mephedrone trade, Professor Iverson said: "At the moment we're floundering. We haven't got adequate mechanisms to combat the internet crime. And it is internet crime if you're selling a banned substance."

Experts say it is now impossible to know what you are taking because as soon as one compound is outlawed, another slightly different one takes its place.

The ACMD has suggested a blanket ban on all chemicals similar to mephedrone and naphyrone.

Bob Probert, Renowed Hockey Brawler, Dies at 45 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

10:18 Bob Probert , Dies at 45 , Renowed Hockey Brawler 0 Comments

Bob Probert, Renowed Hockey Brawler, Dies at 45 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Bob Probert, a strapping forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks who became one of hockey’s most accomplished brawlers but struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, died Monday in Windsor, Ontario. He was 45."

‘Prisons are awash with drugs’ - Inside Time Newspaper

10:15 £100 million worth of drugs are smuggled into prisons every year 0 Comments

‘Prisons are awash with drugs’ - Inside Time Newspaper: "£100 million worth of drugs are smuggled into prisons every year but there is a worrying lack of knowledge about how they get there

It is an open secret that our prisons are awash with drugs. The evidence points to the fact that the bulk of drug dealing, as well as the smuggling of mobile phones, into prisons is highly organised and involves the collusion of around 1000 corrupt members of prison staff – an average of seven for every prison in England and Wales."

Australian arrested in Bali over cocaine

01:32 Police said they caught Mr McCaskill with six packets of cocaine in his wallet after they watched him walk into a supermarket in Tuban 0 Comments

Australian arrested in Bali over cocaine: "Angus McCaskill, 57, a New Zealand-born Melbourne investment adviser, at a news conference yesterday, during which he covered his head to hide his face.
Mr McCaskill had been living in Seminyak, an upmarket district north of Kuta Beach, when police arrested him last Wednesday after allegedly receiving information from a local.
As he was led into the conference, Mr McCaskill told reporters he had made a ''silly mistake'' and told police he had used the drug for the first time the day before he was arrested.
''I'm very, very sorry,'' he said.
He told reporters he had been watching the World Cup and had drunk a lot. ''I was very, very drunk.'
Police said they caught Mr McCaskill with six packets of cocaine in his wallet after they watched him walk into a supermarket in Tuban, near the international airport at the southern end of the island.
Police said they then took sniffer dogs to his villa but did not find any more drugs. They said a urine test confirmed that he had been using the drug.
Police said Mr McCaskill had been living on a tourist visa for several months at Bobo Villa, near the resort area Ku De Ta.
But the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said he was a long-term resident of Bali. It said it was providing consular assistance to Mr McCaskill and his family, who live in New Zealand."