
Texas K-9 sniffs out $1.7M worth of marijuana, mushroom-laced candy bars
The driver and his grandmother were both arrested on multiple charges.
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The driver and his grandmother were both arrested on multiple charges.
Agents confiscated more than 100 pounds of precursor chemicals, with some coming from China, during an early morning raid in Tucson, Arizona.
Prosecutors allege that Goran Gogic and others used "meticulous planning" to transport cocaine from Colombia to Europe through U.S. ports.
Two men were arrested after police found a huge stash of fentanyl worth an estimated $9 million. Police say they found about 300,000 "rainbow fentanyl" pills and another 20 pounds of fentanyl in powdered form inside an apartment in the Bronx.
Approximately 15,000 candy-colored pills were seized in Manhattan, according to the DEA.
Authorities in Arizona seized nearly 1 million fentanyl pills this week, while Colorado officials arrested a man after discovering 90,000 fentanyl pills in his car. Danya Bacchus has the latest on the nation's opioid crisis.
In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, at least seven students have overdosed on possible fentanyl-laced pills in just the past month.
Border officials in Laredo, Texas, are reporting their largest cocaine bust in 20 years. Nearly 2,000 packages of cocaine with a street value of almost $12 million were seized last week from a tractor-trailer. Smugglers labeled the shipment "baby wipes," but that didn't fool the Border Patrol's drug-sniffing dogs.
Border patrol officers in Laredo, Texas, said the discovery marked their largest drug seizure in 20 years.
It marks the biggest seizure of fentanyl pills in California history, authorities said.
Special agents are continuing to investigate the seizure.
"This monumental seizure represents another win against drug cartels that fuel addiction in the United States," a DEA official said.
The massive bust comes a month after the Gulf Clan's alleged boss was extradited from Colombia to the U.S.
The secret passage from Tijuana to San Diego featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls, authorities said.
The drugs have an estimated street value of $20 million AUD, according to officials.
The 33-count indictment includes charges for two murders, six attempted murders, drug and gun related charges as well as racketeering offenses.
The amount of the synthetic opioid seized is equivalent to 42 kilograms.
European leaders will join Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his crucial meeting with President Trump in Washington on Monday.
Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to deny a quorum are making their way back, each on their own timeline, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Protesters in Israel escalated their ongoing campaign on Sunday to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
The strike, which began on Saturday morning, stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season.
The shark attack happened near Big Grand Cay on the island of Abaco, Bahamas, on Sunday, police said.