Argentina customs confiscates over 4 tons of methamphetamine ingredients: No arrests made

October 2nd, 2009 Mexico reports record drug seizureMEXICO CITY — Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office says authorities have has seized the largest quantity of precursor chemicals for methamphetamine in the country's history. It says 20 tons of chemicals were seized at Manzanillo port in the Pacific coast state of Colima and 17 tons were found by customs agents in Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas.

October 2nd, 2009 Mexico reports record seizures of drug precursorMEXICO CITY — Two raids by security forces netted the largest seizures of methamphetamine precursor chemicals in Mexico's history, federal officials announced Friday. Agents seized 20 tons of chemicals used to produce methamphetamine at Manzanillo port in the Pacific coast state of Colima and 17 tons in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office said in a news release.

September 9th, 2009 Colombia seizes $11M cash from shipping containerBOGOTA — Colombian customs agents say they seized $11.3 million in cash from a shipping container in the nation's largest cargo port. National customs director Nestor Diaz says it is the most cash ever seized by police at a port in Colombia, which is a major source of cocaine trafficking.

September 8th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's customs service seized a number of fossils from a US researcher who was attempting to take them out of the country, authorities have said. The confiscated material, a total of 45 rocks containing fossil remains, were about to be taken "illegally from the country by a US citizen with a scientific research group from the University of California", the customs service said in a communique.

August 27th, 2009 Myanmar police arrest 6 suspects after drug bustYANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar arrested six people after a recent drug bust that officials said Thursday was considerably smaller than initial reports in state media. An anti-drug squad seized nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets and 104 blocks of heroin totaling 80 pounds (36 kilograms) during a raid of two homes in a northeastern border town with Thailand on Monday, according to the Myanma Ahlin newspaper and an official in the Home Ministry's narcotics division.

August 26th, 2009 Myanmar reports major drug bust near Thai borderYANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar seized more than 100 blocks of heroin and nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets near the border with Thailand in one of the military-ruled country's largest drug seizures, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday. An anti-drug squad confiscated two guns and ammunition and arrested four people in the raid Monday on two houses in the northeastern town of Tachileik, the Myanma Ahlin newspaper said.

August 25th, 2009 Argentine police discover 4 tons of ephedrineBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Federal police on Monday uncovered four tons (4,200 kilograms) of ephedrine in oil drums and boxes to be sent to Mexico and the United States. The lead investigator called it the largest illegal shipment of the methamphetamine precursor ever seized in Argentina, worth millions.

August 24th, 2009 41 indicted in $2 million-a-month Denver meth ringDENVER — Colorado authorities say they've broken up a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing more than $2 million worth of methamphetamine in the Denver area each month. State Attorney General John Suthers said Monday 41 people have been indicted.

July 27th, 2009 Crime sweep southeast of Phoenix nets 72 arrestsPHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested 72 people during a three-day crime sweep in Chandler and Queen Creek southeast of Phoenix. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the operation started as an attempt to control illegal immigration, but new federal guidelines prevent deputies from arresting illegal immigrants solely for being in the U.S.

July 21st, 2009 AP IMPACT: Mexican drug cartels expand abroadGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose "Juancho" Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, dozens of attackers ambushed his entourage with grenades and assault rifles, killing Leon and 10 others in a brazen demonstration of power.

July 10th, 2009 Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaineNEW ORLEANS — Customs agents discovered an extra ingredient in a shipment of Colombian coffee: nearly a half-ton of cocaine. U.S. Customs officer Troy Simon said Thursday it was his agency's biggest cocaine find at the Port of New Orleans since more than two tons turned up in a transformer shipment about 10 years ago.

July 10th, 2009 Police: Couple charged with having sex in drug carSAN ANTONIO — The car was a-rockin', so the law went a-knockin'. Bexar County sheriff's deputies drawn by the actions of an amorous couple in a parked car allegedly found more than amour.

June 17th, 2009 Military finds one of Mexico's largest meth labsBADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs ever found in the country, with enough ephedrine to produce more than 40 tons of the drug. The smell of chemical solvents was overwhelming at the remote mountaintop site in the northern state of Sinaloa, where Navy personnel on patrol last week stumbled across an enormous holding tank they initially thought might be used to water a marijuana plantation.

April 30th, 2009 Elderly man arrested in Italy for coke in orangesROME — The elderly man claimed he needed the oranges in his suitcase to keep up his vitamin C level, but Italian police soon realized the "C'' stood for cocaine. Customs officers in Rome on Thursday arrested a 76-year-old Dutch man who tried to smuggle in more than 13 pounds (six kilograms) of cocaine packed into oranges that had been emptied of their pulp.

April 26th, 2009 Nalbandian may need surgery on right hipBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — David Nalbandian may need surgery on his right hip and could miss Argentina's Davis Cup quarterfinal against the Czech Republic in July. Nalbandian withdrew from the Barcelona Open earlier this week, complaining of hip pain.