Dissociation & Fragmented personality disorders

Thai dancer arrested for drug smuggling at airport The Jakarta Post: "Customs and Excise officers have arrested a Thai dancer for allegedly attempting to smuggle 2.3 kilograms of heroin worth Rp 4.6 billion (US$515,695) into the country from Bangkok at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The head of customs at the airport, Bahaduri Wijayanta, identified the suspect as Jenni Ponsai, 25, a strip dancer at a night club in Bangkok. He said Ponsai had flown from Bangkok to Jakarta on Garuda Indonesia flight GA-867 on Friday. Customs officers found the drugs in her luggage. “The drugs were wrapped in large envelopes inside a plastic bag hidden in the suitcase’s lining,” Bahaduri said."

 "detainee is Raul Gordon Zacharias. In his home they found two 12-gauge shotgun, two 9mm pistols, two grenades, two radio bases, three chargers for portable radios and two radios. Furthermore, in a box were three gun barrels, hoppers 11 pistol, about 100 different caliber ammunition. It was also found marijuana. The operations in the sector continue to find more weapons"

Sky News: Two men remanded over cocaine bust: "Two foreign-born men accused of being involved in importing almost half a tonne of cocaine worth about $160 million into Australia have been remanded in custody. Colombian-born Gilberto Aristizabal Serna, 40, and German-born Holger Sander, 35, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday morning (AEST) on charges that on or about October 12 they aided and abetted the importation of cocaine. Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Customs officers on Thursday confiscated 464 kilograms of cocaine from a yacht docked at Scarborough Marina at Redcliffe, north of Brisbane. Twelve properties in NSW and Queensland were searched, allegedly uncovering a clandestine drug lab in Eden, near the Victorian border. 'It's the third-largest haul in Australia's history,' AFP Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin told reporters in Brisbane on Thursday. 'That's 500,000 drug hits. 'The cocaine could have potentially earned more t...

Queensland yacht raid nets near-record 464kg cocaine haul The Australian: "ALMOST half a tonne of cocaine has been seized on a yacht near Brisbane in one of the biggest drug busts in Australian history. Three New South Wales men have appeared in Queensland Magistrates Court and were remanded over the haul. The seizure followed a tip-off from US authorities, which federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said showed how important 'good, working relationships'' with overseas counterparts were to tackle the 'transnational challenge'' of crime. An estimated 464kg of cocaine - worth about $160 million - was allegedly discovered on the yacht, moored at the Scarborough Marina, about 40km north of Brisbane. Australian Federal Police and Customs raided the yacht, which was allegedly delivered the drugs from a 'mother ship'' that was sitting 800km off the Queensland coast and is now being towed to Brisbane."

Aussie using cocaine 'since 1996': "Angus McCaskill, 57, was arrested at a supermarket in Bali's Kuta tourist area on June 30 with five plastic pouches containing 3.58 grams of cocaine, police say. He has been charged with three offences, the most serious of which carries a maximum 12 year sentence. Advertisement: Story continues below His trial began in the Denpasar District Court on Thursday. 'The defendant has been consuming cocaine since 1996 in Australia and the last time the defendant used cocaine was just before his arrest,' prosecutor Ida Ayu Ketut Retnasari Kusuma Dewi said. After his arrest, McCaskill admitted the drugs were his and said he'd made a 'silly mistake'. 'I'm very, very sorry,' he said at the time."

Ten Most Dangerous Drugs: "ten most dangerous substances were deemed to be: Heroin - popular street names include smack, skag, and junk. Cocaine - often referred to as snow, flake, coke, and blow. Barbiturates - popular slang names include yellow jackets, reds, blues, Amy's, and rainbows. Street Methadone Alcohol Ketamine - a powerful hallucinogen, often referred to as Special K. Benzodiazepines - a family of sedative drugs. Amphetamines - known as greenies among baseball players. Tobacco Buprenorphine - also called bupe or subbies. The remaining drugs that were assessed in this study ranked as follows: Cannabis - includes marijuana. Solvents - volatile substances that can be inhaled, such as glue, nail polish remover, paints, hair spray, and lighter fuel (gas). 4-MTA - is a derivative of amphetamine and has similar effects to ecstasy. LSD Methylphenidate - central nervous system stimulant, commonly sold as ritalin. Anabolic steroids GHB - short for Gamma hyd...

Officers attached to the Organised Crime Group, UDYCO, the Judicial Police Provincial Brigade of the Police Headquarters in the Balearic Islands have arrested three men and one woman, all Nigerian nationals, confiscate after 2.6 kilos of cocaine and 18,000 disarticulating euros and an organized group, part itself of an organization dedicated to international drug trafficking, responsible for the introduction and distribution of major items of cocaine in Mallorca.Map data © 2010 Tele Atlas - Terms of Use Map PALMA DE MALLORCA, 14 (EUROPA PRESS) Officers attached to the Organised Crime Group, UDYCO, the Judicial Police Provincial Brigade of the Police Headquarters in the Balearic Islands have arrested three men and one woman, all Nigerian nationals, confiscate after 2.6 kilos of cocaine and 18,000 disarticulating euros and an organized group, part itself of an organization dedicated to international drug trafficking, responsible for the introduction and distribution of major ite...

Mexican investigator in Falcon Lake case beheaded, Texas lawmaker says - CNN.com: "severed head of the lead Mexican investigator in the Falcon Lake case, Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, was delivered Tuesday in a suitcase to the Mexican military, Texas Rep. Aaron Pena told CNN. But a spokesman for the attorney general of Tamaulipas state in Mexico said he had not heard the report. 'We have nothing official,' said Ruben Dario-Rios, the spokesman. 'We have not heard any report about one of our investigators being killed. We have over 1,000 investigators working for the state.'"

Omar Castaneda, a gang member from Pomona with ties to the Mexican Tijuana drug cartels, officials said. Castaneda, 36, after his arrest he was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court on charges of possession of cocaine for sale. He is suspected of being a major link between drugs flowing into California from Tijuana and sales at SDSU and other California campuses. The violent Tijuana drug cartel also known as the Arellano-Felix organization (AFO) has a firm and deadly hold on all drug trafficking activities in Baja and San Diego California. Their reach controls drug smuggling in Sinaloa, Jalisco, Michoacan, Chiapas and Baja, and has strong links to San Diego, California. The AFO dispenses an estimated million weekly in bribes to Mexican officials, police and Mexican army officers and maintains its own-well armed, trained, paramilitary security force. The DEA considers the AFO the most violent and aggressive of the Mexican border cartels. Here is the DEA’s background profile on the ...

The Associated Press: Search for man missing on lake thwarted by gangs: "U.S. officials say the search for an American tourist reportedly shot dead on a border lake by Mexican pirates has been hampered by threats of an ambush from drug gangs. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas said the search for David Hartley was temporarily halted Wednesday evening as Mexican officials 'worried about being ambushed.' He said the search resumed Thursday morning, but Mexican searchers are 'doing this under threat of their lives.' Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez says the area where the shooting allegedly happened while Hartley and his wife explored the lake on Jet Skies is a stronghold of the Zeta drug gang. Gonzalez says he's sent word to Zetas that he wants the body returned and has no plans to prosecute. Cuellar and two other area congressmen say Mexico is 'doing the best that they can.'"

Gambia introduces death penalty for drug smuggling Top News Reuters: "Drug smugglers in Gambia will face the death penalty after a law passed late on Tuesday toughened sentences for narcotics offences in the West African nation.Gambia, like other countries in the region lacking the resources to properly police borders, has been targeted by South American drug traffickers who use West Africa as a stopoff point on the way to Europe, law enforcement officials say. Gambia has seen increasing evidence of drug smugglers at work in the country, said Justice Minister Edward Anthony Gomez, who introduced the measure to parliament. Under the new law, anyone convicted of possessing more than 250 g of cocaine or heroin could be sentenced to death, a punishment which must be ratified by President Yahya Jammeh. The previous penalty for possession of that amount was a jail sentence of 30-40 years."

Organized Crime Arrests: County, Federal Authorities Arrest Five People In Organized Crime Ring In Madison, Jefferson & Etowah Counties - WHNT: "llowing men have been arrested in the case: Antwain Lashon Harvey, 31 years old, 417 Old Farm Dr., Birmingham, was charged with one count of trafficking in marijuana Vincent 'Vinnie' Harrell, 38 years old, 100 Horse Tree Pl., Madison, was charged with one count of trafficking in cocaine, one count of trafficking in crack cocaine, one count of a felon in possession of a firearm and a felony probation violation Anthony Harvey, 56 years old, 114 Park St., Gadsden, was charged with one count of trafficking in marijuana and one count of trafficking in crack cocaine Eroma McCurdy, 48 years old, 116 Park St., Gadsden, was charged with one count of trafficking in crack cocaine Eugene Harrell, 73 years old, 711 Henry St., Gadsden, was charged with one count of trafficking in cocaine 'This was a lengthy and thorough investig...

Organized Crime Arrests: County, Federal Authorities Arrest Five People In Organized Crime Ring In Madison, Jefferson & Etowah Counties - WHNT: "Five men face a variety of drug and weapons charges after being arrested in connection to organized drug crimes in Madison, Etowah and Jefferson counties. Law enforcement officials announced the arrests Wednesday morning in Gadsden. Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said five search warrants were executed Tuesday at 6 a.m. in the three counties, by local and federal agencies. The arrests are the result of a 14-month investigation."

FBI: Puerto Rico cops protected cocaine dealers - CNN.com: "Operation Guard Shack was also described as unprecedented because 750 FBI personnel were flown to the island to carry out the raids and make arrests, Attorney General Eric Holder said. In total, he said, more than 1,000 FBI personnel participated. The investigation began when an undercover FBI agent posed as a dealer selling multiple kilograms of cocaine and 'put the word out that he needed security during drug deals,' the FBI said on its website. 'Many of those who responded were cops. They actively took part in the transactions by carrying weapons and patting down the drug buyers -- who were actually FBI informants.'"

Anyone caught smuggling more than five grams of methamphetamine faces the death penalty and Mr Sacatides was allegedly caught with 1.7 kilograms of the drug. detained at Bali's international airport with four bags of methamphetamine could face the death penalty if convicted of drug smuggling. He says he knew nothing about the drugs until they were discovered as the case passed through the baggage screening machines at Bali's international airport. The officers became suspicious when they saw a plastic bag in his luggage as it passed through the X-ray machine. The head of the investigation has told the ABC when they opened the bag they found the drugs in four plastic bags concealed in the panels of his suitcase. But Mr Sacatides says he knew nothing about the drugs and borrowed the suitcase from an Indian man in Bangkok, where he has been living for a year and a half, working as a boxing instructor. "No I didn't bring any drugs - this is news to me," he is heard s...