SASKATOON, Saskatchewan—A man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others died from a cocaine overdose after he was taken into police custody, a pathologist told a coroner’s inquest in Canada on Tuesday. Myles Sanderson, 32, had been on the run for several days in the province of Saskatchewan when police caught up to him […]
Attorneys for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, have accused “reckless” federal prosecutors of tarnishing their client’s reputation by publicly releasing a photograph showing lines of sawdust that they misrepresented as cocaine. Mr. Biden’s attorneys, Abbe Lowell and Bartholomew Dalton, made the allegation that prosecutors were misrepresenting evidence in a Feb. 20 court filing in […]
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has called for the regulation of the sale and use of cocaine to undermine organized criminal enterprises. “Let us conclude that hundreds of years of discouragement and repression have achieved very little,” Ms. Halsema said in an interview with Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), calling the war on drugs “perverse […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The U.S. Coast Guard said a person from the Dominican Republic died after it fired at a fleeing boat in the Caribbean Sea that was smuggling an estimated $11 million worth of cocaine. The agency said Thursday that Coast Guard officials aboard a U.S. Navy ship fired “warning shots and disabling fire” […]
The Mexican navy seized 4.4 metric tonnes (4,400 kilograms) of cocaine during two high-speed chases on Aug. 22 and 23 in the Pacific Ocean, authorities reported on Aug. 28. The navy also found 5,200 liters of fuel and detained 11 people. The detainees have been handed over to the prosecutor’s office.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A mistake made by a hot air balloon pilot who had drugs including cocaine in his system caused a crash in 2021 in New Mexico that killed all five people on board, investigators have determined. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in its final report released this week that pilot Nicholas Meleski did […]
Netherlands customs agents in the port of Rotterdam recently seized some 17,778 pounds of cocaine in a single shipment, in what Dutch authorities have said was the largest-ever haul in the nation’s history. Trained sniffer dogs detected the drugs, which were hidden in 12 pallets of bananas. A subsequent search revealed 8,064 one-kilo packages of […]
When customs officials encountered a pickup truck transporting four large wheels of cheese from Mexico into the Presidio Port of entry in Texas Thursday, they had a hunch something was off. An X-ray scan of the cheese revealed “anomalies,” which upon further inspection turned out to be 17.8 pounds of cocaine concealed inside the wheels, […]
ROME—Italian authorities have seized a record 5.3 tonne cocaine haul being transferred between ships off the southern coast of Sicily, police said on Friday. The consignment had an estimated value of 850 million euros ($946 million) and five people have been arrested, the Guardia di Finanza said in a statement. Police had been tracking a […]
White House advisor John Kirby said that the investigation into the cocaine found in the West Wing was handled correctly, even though no suspects have been identified. Kirby, who serves as National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, made the remarks in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” while responding to a question about the probe, […]
The Secret Service has wrapped up its investigation into the recent cocaine discovery at the White House due to a lack of evidence, and no suspect was identified. President Joe Biden is sounding bullish on Ukraine’s chances of beating back Russia. What did he say in Finland as he concluded his trip to Europe? Regarding […]
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on July 13 said that the U.S. Secret Service told them in a closed-door briefing that the investigation into cocaine found at the White House has concluded and no suspect has been identified. The Russian war against Ukraine is all but over, President Joe Biden asserted on July 13, saying: “Putin […]
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have said that the U.S. Secret Service told them in a closed-door briefing that the investigation into cocaine found at the White House has concluded and no suspect has been identified. While the Secret Service has not yet officially confirmed the conclusion of the investigation, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told reporters on […]
The U.S. Secret Service has refused to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records relating to the cocaine that was recently found in the White House, citing the potential for interference in an ongoing investigation. In a letter dated July 11, the Secret Service told Bloomberg Business investigative reporter Jason Leopold that […]
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is now probing the cocaine found at the White House. We have updates about the investigation and the latest White House response. The Biden administration is taking aim at non-Obamacare insurance options. What did President Joe Biden announce, and how could it affect Americans? A new social media platform by Mark […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has requested a briefing over cocaine found at the White House. In a July 7 letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Mr. Comer said the committee is looking into the matter. “This alarming development requires the committee to assess White House security practices and determine whose failures led […]
A senator is pressing for more information about how cocaine found its way into the White House. We have details from the Secret Service. The presidential battle is heating up. President Joe Biden is now trying to sell his “Bidenomics” agenda to red-state voters. New Jersey is set to get its first offshore wind farm. […]
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Wednesday pressed the U.S. Secret Service for details regarding its ongoing investigation into the discovery of cocaine at the White House. The Secret Service confirmed that cocaine was found in the West Wing of the White House on Sunday, believed to have been brought in by someone who works there […]
The Secret Service is investigating the cocaine found in the White House, checking visitor logs and cameras. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday reiterated that the Biden family was away on a trip when the cocaine was found. The suspect in a Philadelphia shooting that left five people dead was charged with murder […]
