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Aeromexico flight from France to Mexico was diverted to Montreal, Canada, Sunday because a "person of interest" was on board

Aeromexico flight from France to Mexico was diverted to Montreal, Canada, Sunday because a "person of interest" was on board, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said. Law enforcement officers removed the passenger from the flight after it landed at the Montreal airport, and arrested the individual on an outstanding warrant, TSA spokesman Sterling Payne said. All other passengers were rescreened before the flight continued to its destination of Mexico City, Mexico, he said. The Boeing 767 originated in Paris, France. Payne said TSA would continue to monitor the flight.

20 to 25 Bodies Found in Mexico Mine - NYTimes.com

20 to 25 Bodies Found in Mexico Mine - NYTimes.com : "bodies of 20 to 25 people, apparently victims of drug gang violence, were recovered from an abandoned silver mine in an area of southern Mexico popular with international tourists, a federal police official said Sunday. The bodies appear to have been tossed over time down about 300 feet into the abandoned mine, which is near Taxco, a city in the state of Guerrero that is known for its silver jewelry and other items. The area, dotted by hundreds of mines, is popular with tourists from the United States and elsewhere."

Heroin kings crowned, mules executed - The West Australian

Heroin kings crowned, mules executed - The West Australian : Glenys Bennett and she would become one of his drug mules. On her first trip to Malaysia, in May that year to pick up 2kg of heroin, she was accompanied by the middleman who connected Musarri with the Golden Triangle. Girolamo 'Gerry' Maio made millions out of those connections until he was finally jailed for 18 years in Melbourne after being nabbed with two Malaysian men and $9.7 million worth of heroin. In August 1983, Bennett took her second trip to Malaysia, this time accompanied by Giovanni Garoffolo, whose pockets were stuffed with $30,000 in cash. At the Rasa Sayang Hotel on Penang's Batu Ferringhi strip, they met a man named 'Charlie' and handed over the money. In return, he gave them a 2.4kg package. But this trip would turn sour. On their arrival back in Perth, Bennett and Garoffolo were allowed straight through Customs. Bennett went home and unstrapped the heroin from her chest. Later that ni...

BBC News - Ex-police chief's Pc son jailed for dealing cocaine

BBC News - Ex-police chief's Pc son jailed for dealing cocaine : "Craig Flowers supplied cocaine to his friends in Glasgow and Lanarkshire over a two-year period, while serving as an officer with Strathclyde Police. He was caught after being placed under surveillance by the force's counter corruption unit. The 33-year-old's father is Norrie Flowers, chairman of the SPF in 2002. Sentencing the former police officer at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff Joanna Johnston said: 'You have accepted your involvement in the supply of a class A drug over a lengthy period. 'Given that you were a serving police officer at the time with a duty to uphold, it is particularly concerning that the acted in such a fashion.'"

Three €600,000 drug mules nabbed at VIA - General News - Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper

Three €600,000 drug mules nabbed at VIA - General News - Austrian Times Online News - English Newspaper : "Vienna International Airport (VIA) custom officers arrested three drug couriers trying to smuggle illegal substances worth more than half a million Euros inside their bodies. VIA authorities said today (Fri) the suspects – a 35-year-old Spanish woman, a 25-year-old Spaniard and a 31-year-old man from the USA – arrived individually at VIA on a flight from Spain. They added the drugs they carried inside their bodies – around 1.7 kilograms of cocaine and 500 grams of heroin – were worth around 600,000 Euros."

UK 'Gangsters' Arrested On Costa Del Sol - News - Heart East Midlands

UK 'Gangsters' Arrested On Costa Del Sol - News - Heart East Midlands : "Christopher 'Christy' Kinahan, 53, is said to be the network's boss. He was arrested on the coast at Estepona at the £10m villa he has lived in for the past few years. Kinahan is thought to have been behind a bet-to-lose horse-racing scam in the UK in 2004, in which top jockey Kieren Fallon and others were eventually acquitted when an Old Bailey trial collapsed. His sons Christy Junior and Daniel have also been arrested in an operation involving armed police. The crime gang is suspected of major drug trafficking into the UK and the rest of Europe, gun supply to inner city gangs in Britain and several underworld murders. The network is also accused of offering rival villains a money-laundering service to disguise their crime profits, much of it ploughed into building projects. Several Spanish lawyers are under arrest on suspicion of their part in the money-laundering side of the gang...

Jamaica Violence | Kingston | 26 Killed | Jamaica Capital - Oneindia News

Jamaica Violence Kingston 26 Killed Jamaica Capital - Oneindia News : "26 civilians were killed in Jamaica, when police stormed a drug gangster's mainstay and the outrage spread to the outlying areas. The incident happened at Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. The deceased include three members of the security forces, after the clashes began over the weekend. Another 25 have been injured and around 200, arrested. The violence started when the military and police officials tried to arrest Christopher Dudus Coke, the drug kingpin suspect who is wanted in US for criminal charges. Christopher is suspected to be hiding in the Tivoli Gardens neighbourhood of Kingston, where the clashes occured. The violence broke out on Sunday, after Jamaican PM Bruce Golding declared to banish Coke to United States. Heavy clouds of smoke rose from the area as several explosions were heard near the quarter in the Capital, said the media reports. Police stations were blasted and police officials were ...