Big Cocaine Drug Bust on New York Thruway

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com One moment you’re driving down a New York state Thruway and the next you’re in prison facing drug charges in connection with violent Mexican drug cartel. Texas residents Ruby Irene Maxwell, Mary Ann Selgado and Matthew Octavious Sandoval were arrested after their vehicle was searched on a state thruway and police…

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Hell’s Lovers Arrested, Appear in Court

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com If prison is hell, some Denver gang members may have found their soul mates. Members of the motorcycle gang Hell’s Lovers were arrested this weekend and made their first court appearance on Monday afternoon, reports 9news.com. There wasn’t enough room for all 19 defendants in the jury box, 9news reports, so…

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Drug Smugglers Try Wigs, Secret Pockets

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Suspected drug couriers from the east coast and Panama apparently used some innovation, smuggling cocaine and heroin in small pockets sewn into Lycra shorts and in their hair weaves and wigs, according to the website Government News Service. GNS reports that 12 individuals were charged in a 20-count indictment, the results…

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Venezuela Drug Lord Extradited to US

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com   One of Venezuela’s most-wanted drug traffickers was  extradited to the United States on Thursday, reports Reuters.  Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, also known as Valenciano, had a $5 million bounty on his head. He was captured in the city of Valencia, in central Venezuela last month. Orozco is accused of shipping tons…

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Lebanese Man Charged With Supplying Mexican Cartel in U.S.; Allegedly Has Ties to Hezbollah

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Lebanese man indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. in November was charged on Tuesday with coordinating a multi-ton shipment of cocaine to the Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel in the United States, along with laundering hundreds of millions of dollars back to Colombian suppliers, reports local NBC affiliate KETK….

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