NJ police: Dad tells 4-year-old son cocaine is candy, boy shares drug with friends at day careSeptember 19th, 2009 NJ police: Dad tells 4-year-old cocaine is candyNEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey police say a 4-year-old boy shared cocaine with his friends at day care because his father told him it was candy.
Eucadorean police seize half-ton of processed cocaine marked as fertilizer; 2 arrestedSeptember 8th, 2009 Ecuador police bust half-ton of processed cocaineQUITO, Ecuador — Police in Ecuador say they have seized a half-ton of processed cocaine disguised as a shipment of fertilizer. The nation's anti-drug chief, Col.
US transfers $750,000 to Peru after investigation into former Peruvian general's accountsSeptember 8th, 2009 US gives ex-general's money back to PeruMIAMI — The U.S. has returned more than $750,000 to Peru in funds confiscated from the accounts of an ex-Peruvian general convicted of embezzlement and other crimes.
Judge OKs Pa. man's extradition to Peru to stand trial on charges he killed his wifeJuly 15th, 2009 Pa. man to be extradited to Peru in wife's slayingHARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man is being extradited to Peru to stand trial for the murder of a 21-year-old woman he married there.
5.3 magnitute quake hits southern Peru; no immediate reports of damage, injuryJuly 12th, 2009 Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southern PeruLIMA, Peru — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck southern Peru. The country's seismic institute says there are no immediate reports of damage or injury.
Police say bus crash kills 23 in head-on collision near Lake Titicaca in PeruJuly 3rd, 2009 Peru bus collision kills 23 near Lake TiticacaLIMA, Peru — Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said. The morning crash occurred in the Santa Lucia district, about an hour's drive from Lake Titicaca high in the Andes, a Puno state highway police officer told The Associated Press by phone.
Man using drive-through at bank deposits $200 and small bag with pot and cocaine, police sayJune 26th, 2009 Cops: Man deposits $200 with pot, cocaine at bankTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Authorities said a man using the drive-through at a Tallahassee bank deposited $200 and a small bag containing marijuana and cocaine.
UN: Colombia coca crop down sharply; Peru and Bolivia crops increaseJune 19th, 2009 UN: Colombia coca crop down; Peru and Bolivia upBOGOTA — Colombia's coca crop shrank by nearly a fifth last year while cultivation of the bush that is the basis of cocaine rose for a third straight year in Peru and Bolivia, the world's two other coca-producing nations, the United Nations said Friday. The U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime said the 18 percent reduction in Colombia, the world's top cocaine producer, from 2007 owed in part to record manual eradication — as opposed to aerial herbicide spraying — of 96,100 hectares (371 square miles) of the crop.
In the belly of the beast: Mexico finds nearly 1 ton of cocaine hidden inside shark carcassesJune 18th, 2009 Mexico: almost 1 ton of cocaine found in sharksMEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffed in the bellies of dozens of dead sharks seized in the Gulf port of Progreso contained 1,965 pounds (893 kilograms) of cocaine.
Mexico cocaine 'hidden in sharks'June 17th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks, BBC reported Wednesday. Armed officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than 20 sharks aboard a freight ship in the Gulf coast port of Progreso in Yucatan state.
12 self-immolate in bizarre ritual in PeruJune 6th, 2009 LIMA - Twelve members of a Christian sect in Peru were killed after they reportedly set themselves on fire in a bizarre religious ritual, EFE news agency reported Saturday. The gruesome ritual of the Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) community was discovered by police in Amazonas province following a complaint from the provincial governor, Wilder Rojas, who accused the Adventist congregation of trying to kidnap him.
Cocaine production polluting Peru rivers, says governmentJune 5th, 2009 LIMA - Peruvian drug syndicates dump nearly 15 million litres of harmful chemicals into the rivers in the Amazon region annually, causing large-scale destruction of the fragile ecosystem, an official said. Over two-dozen chemicals, including solvents and acids, are dumped into the rivers after use by the cocaine production laboratories, causing widespread pollution, Lucio Batallanos of the counter-narcotics department said Thursday.
Chilean police say woman found with suitcases made of cocaineJune 2nd, 2009 Chile police find suitcases made of cocaineSANTIAGO, Chile — Police say two suitcases carried by a woman who was about to fly from Chile to Spain were made of cocaine. Detective Leandro Morales at the Santiago airport says the drug "was not hidden in the luggage.
Venezuela seizes 2 tons of cocaine, defends anti-drug effortsMay 11th, 2009 Venezuela seizes 2 tons of cocaine, arrest 3CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities have seized nearly two tons of cocaine and arrested three suspects in their largest drug bust in months, the country's top counter-drug official said Monday. Police and soldiers discovered 4,370 pounds (1,983 kilograms) of cocaine during a raid on a ranch in central Miranda state on Saturday, said National Anti-Drug Agency director Nestor Reverol.
Drug trade destroying forests in Peru: ministerDecember 28th, 2008 LIMA - Drug traffickers have destroyed nearly two million hectares of forests in Peru in order to grow coca, the raw material for cocaine, EFE news agency reported Monday, quoting the country's Environment Minister Antonio Brack. 'The traffickers invaded protected areas and cleared forests for land to grow coca,' the minister said, adding that this activity has destroyed 'nearly two million hectares of forest' in the country.
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