Plane with 1,400 kg of cocaine seized in Honduras

September 21st, 2009 Ousted President Zelaya says he's back in HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya says he has come home to Honduras to reclaim his presidency, appearing on local television to rally supporters. Zelaya tells local TV Channel 36 he cannot give details of his return, "but I'm here," Zelaya was forced out of the country at gunpoint on June 28.

July 22nd, 2009 Coast Guard: 1,600 pounds of cocaine seizedMIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week.

July 16th, 2009 Sessions to do that 'crack cocaine' thing?WASHINGTON — It's pretty certain that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., didn't mean what he said.

July 16th, 2009 Sessions' 'crack cocaine' comment cracks up crowdWASHINGTON — Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' comment on crack cocaine cracked up the crowd.

July 13th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - Ten police officers were arrested on drug charges in the Caribbean region of Honduras and 142 kg of cocaine was seized from them, prosecutors said. The officers belong to the National Criminal Investigation Agency (DNIC), and were based in Tegucigalpa.

July 5th, 2009 UN official to accompany Honduran president homeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' ousted President Manuel is getting on a flight to Tegucigalpa accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a pack of journalists.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - The Mexican Navy has seized over a ton of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks by smugglers. Military pressure is forcing drug gangs to go to greater lengths to conceal narcotics bound for the United States, SKY News reports.

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.

May 8th, 2009 53 pounds of packed cocaine found on Texas beachSABINE PASS, Texas — Beachcombers found more than seashells while strolling on a Texas beach: two dozen neatly wrapped packages of cocaine. Jefferson County Sheriff's Lt.

April 10th, 2009 BOGOTA - An illegal laboratory having the capacity to produce about two tons of cocaine a month was destroyed by the police in Colombia's Antioquia province, authorities said. Officers Thursday found nearly 11 kilos of cocaine, more than 16 tonnes of chemical substances and some 7,000 litres of liquids used to produce the illegal drug.

March 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - Police in the central Colombia have found and seized a mobile cocaine laboratory and arrested two suspects, EFE reported. The lab, which was seized Saturday in Cundinamarca province, had the capacity to produce 'between 50 and 100 kg of cocaine weekly,' provincial police chief Colonel Fabio Castaneda said.

February 27th, 2009 MADRID - Two football agents and three current or former players with Spanish clubs are being investigated on charges of cocaine trafficking, police said. Police detained 11 people in Madrid, Valencia and Alicante after seizing 600 kilograms of cocaine.

February 15th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The US Coast Guard and Mexican Navy seized seven tonnes of cocaine on the high seas off Mexico's Pacific Coast, officials said Sunday. Investigators found the drugs in a fishing trawler near the coast off the southern Mexican province of Oaxaca.

February 8th, 2009 BOGOTA - Nearly seven tonnes of cocaine were seized in Colombia from a truck that was apparently bound for a Mexican drug cartel. Two people were arrested, the police said.

January 12th, 2009 MADRID - Spanish police have intercepted a ship carrying more than four tonnes of cocaine, authorities said. The ship was located Monday in the province of Galicia in northwest Spain.