Corrupt law enforcement officers uncovered in FBI investigation

Corrupt law enforcement officers uncovered in FBI investigation

After rumors of corruption in the Northampton County Sheriffs Office in eastern North Carolina, the FBI opened an undercover investigation in April 2013 that had agents posing as drug traffickers looking for law enforcement officers who could act as armed guards for drugs and drug money. As deputies, correction officers and a policeman joined the conspiracy, the FBI began flying in to the Northampton regional airport large amounts of what their undercover agents pretended were cocaine and heroin. Jun 21, 2017
Spanish police seize £12m worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas

Spanish police seize £12m worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas

Spain’s Civil Guard said, on 26 March, that it had seized a shipment of cocaine hidden in fake bananas. Some 7kg (15lb) of the drug was found in 57 fake resin bananas; a further 10kg were found hidden among real bananas. The military force charged with police duties said a Spanish man and an Italian man had been arrested and that a second Italian national was being questioned. Mar 28, 2017