Criminology and Psychology

A 44-year-old Burlington man has been arrested for allegedly importing 3.5 kilograms of heroin into Canada.The drugs are worth an estimated $1,050,000.Officials said the arrest was made last Wednesday after a joint investigation between Halton police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Greater Toronto Area Drug Section and Canada Border Services Agency.The Greater Toronto Area Drug Section seeks to identify, disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations that are having the most significant impact in Canada. As a result of the investigation, a residence on Glendor Avenue in Burlington was searched. Officials have not released any details of how the drugs were allegedly smuggled into the country.

Four hollowed-out wooden plaques of the Virgin Mary filled with cocaine were seized at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized about five pounds of cocaine after they stopped Victor Hugo Mireles-Andrade, 23, a U.S. citizen from Chicago. The drugs have a street value of almost $147,000.Agents said Mireles-Andrade walked to the pedestrian checkpoint at the bridge and turned over his suitcase to officers for a routine x-ray examination. The x-ray revealed the cocaine inside the hollow wooden plaques. Mireles-Andrade was transfered to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who continue to investigate the smuggling attempt. He remains in federal custody.

Convicted Sarasota businessman Daniel Prewett of federal drug charges of Trafficking In Cocaine and money laundering charges, Prewtt Ran his cocaine operation out of his "front" an accounting firm at 5777 Beneva Rd Sarasota Fl during regular office hours, Prewett was the "main guy" in the Sarasota Cocaine powder Business. A confidential informant (CI) for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recorded video of a meeting with Sarasota businessman Daniel Prewett about laundering $100,000 in supposed drug money. On the video, Prewett tells the confidential informant to write down his full name on a form. “Felipe,” the informant says. “You know, no full names.”Later on the tape, Luciano Angrilli (his pic, he has fled), the manager at Prewett’s two nightclubs (Khrome and Ecstasy), tells the confidential informant (CI) about the benefits of Costa Rica and laundering the money through a loan. The confidential source then has an undercover agent bring in the $100,000...

160 kilograms of cocaine was seized in a joint effort by Hickory Hills and Justice police, authorities said Friday, adding it was worth more than $15 million.On Thursday, more than 100 kilograms of cocaine was found at a residence in the 7800 block of 98th Street in Hickory Hills, police from that community said in a news release. The investigation led authorities to a second location on the 8900 block of 84th Street in Justice, where they found more than 50 kilograms of cocaine.Detectives seized a total of four cars, which "were equipped with hidden compartments used to conceal drugs," the statement said. A stolen .45-caliber handgun also was recovered at the Justice location.Four suspects were taken into custody. Police did not release their identities as charges were pending.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested two suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for allegedly ingesting 147 pieces of substances that tested positive for cocaine. The suspects described as a factory worker in Italy and a trader in Onitsha allegedly swallowed the substance for the sum of 7,300 Euros. One of them was caught on September 17, 2008 at about 8 pm when the result of scanning conducted on him proved positive for drug ingestion. The suspect who claims to live in Padova, Italy was on his way to deliver drugs in Amsterdam when he was arrested at the centre screening point. In his confessional statement said that he ingested 75 wraps of cocaine for a fee of 3500 Euros and that he was compelled to carry drugs because he needed money to bring home the corpse of his elder brother. The second suspect was nabbed on September 15, 2008 at the central screening point at about 1031 pm on his way to Berlin, Germany. The...

car stopped for speeding led to an arrest and the seizure of 55 pounds of cocaine and five pounds of heroin.State police troopers pulled over the car after its driver was speeding on I-94 near M-51 in Van Buren County.During the stop, the troopers found a hidden compartment in the car and 27 kilo-shaped packages. Of those, 25 tested positive for cocaine and the other two tested positive for heroin.The estimated street value of the drugs is $1 million. Though he wasn't involved in this particular bust, Capt. Joseph Taylor of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team said I-94 from Chicago through Detroit is a haven for traffickers, and they're tough to spot."They're very, very skilled," Taylor said. "Hidden compartments in the vehicles are very common, very well done and very difficult to find unless you're an expert in that area."A US Department of Justice drug market analysis of 2008 cites Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids as primary drug markets for a High In...

Three men have been arrested by a strike force investigating the alleged smuggling of cocaine into Sydney from South America.Two Merrylands men were arrested at Moore Park yesterday, while a 31-year-old Colombian man was taken into custody in Sydney's CBD.Police say they also discovered a drug lab in a raid on a Merrylands home, where they found a large amount of cash, a gun and ecstasy tablets with a street value of $12,000.The Colombian man and a 22-year-old Merrylands man have both been charged with offences including conspiracy to import a border controlled drug.The third man arrested was released after questioning.