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Andrew Chang breaks down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s investigation of a nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel — complete with ventilation, lighting and an electric rail system — which allegedly carried millions of dollars’ worth of drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to a San Diego, Calif., Buy4Less storefront. (Photo credits: The Canadian …
Read More »Over 100,000 illegal cockroaches confiscated in Australia bug bust
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder …
Read More »How a $500M Cape Breton drug bust helped inspire the film Little Lorraine
In late July 1990, in the waters off Nova Scotia and at a tiny Cape Breton wharf in Baleine, smugglers looked to offload roughly two-dozen tonnes of hash worth up to $500 million. They didn’t know the RCMP, the coast guard and the military were watching. A judge later called …
Read More »‘Never seen it to this scale’: What an RCMP alcohol bust says about NSLC theft
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. In 21 years of policing, RCMP Sgt. Serge Landry says he’d never seen anything like what …
Read More »Craft beer in Canada is losing its fizz, as sales dry up and more breweries go bust
After years of seemingly unlimited growth for the craft beer industry, the party is winding down. Beer sales are down across the board and the number of breweries in Canada has started to decline, a shift driven by a mix of cost pressures and changing consumer tastes and social habits. …
Read More »2036 or bust: India is building an ambitious Olympics bid
At an early morning training session at the Olympic-standard shooting range in Pune, in Maharashtra state, the facility was abuzz with the idea that India is determined to land the Summer Games in 2036. “Getting the Olympics, it’s a massive stage. There’s nothing beyond it,” said Shahu Mane, a former …
Read More »Why it’s time to bust ‘the good mother myth’
Day 613:39Why it’s time to bust ‘the good mother myth’ Nancy Reddy expected to excel at new motherhood. The graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison had completed the coursework for her PhD in two years instead of the expected three, and she was accustomed to feeling like a person …
Read More »Former Canadian Olympian charged in connection with cocaine bust, alleged murders
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking operation that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve the group’s goals, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. U.S officials said 43-year-old Ryan …
Read More »Winnipeg police talk cocaine bust, 3D-printed gun arrests – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg police organized crime division’s Insp. Elton Hall spoke to media Tuesday about a drug trafficking investigation from this past spring, as well as Project Gauge — an investigation into firearms trafficking involving 3D-printed guns. The drug investigation, police said, involved …
Read More »Boissonnault’s former business partner linked to woman detained in Dominican Republic cocaine bust
Liberal Cabinet Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former partner in a medical supply company has ties to an Edmonton woman who was detained in a massive cocaine bust in the Dominican Republic in April 2022. Federal incorporation documents show Stephen Anderson, chief operating officer of Global Health Imports (GHI), created a numbered …
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