2 women arrested with 40 pounds of cocaine in hidden van compartment on I-20, investigators say

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March 27, 2023

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HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies seized 16 bricks of cocaine out of a van’s hidden compartment in the largest cocaine bust in Haralson County.

Early Friday morning, a Haralson County deputy pulled the women’s van over on I-20 for having illegally tinted windows, but the stop quickly turned into a major bust.

“While they were starting the traffic stop, the K-9 got to go around for a free air sniff and he hit on the vehicle,” Sgt. Heather Mecillas said.

Inside a hidden compartment, they found bricks upon bricks of cocaine with a street value of about $1.3 million.

“To my knowledge, this is the largest bust we have ever had,” Mecillas said. “I don’t recall one being quite this large. This is a huge amount.”

Susana Cisneros, 38, and Juaquina Del Carmen Recinos, 29, were both arrested. One of the women is pregnant and in her third trimester.

The woman wouldn’t talk to police.

Investigators said the cocaine was to be sold across west Georgia and they are happy it never made its destination.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/2-carroll-county-women-arrested-with-more-than-40-pounds-cocaine-hidden-van-compartment/SSR4APB6IZHONIN32TLR7KNVTU/

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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UK: Drug dealer caught with imitation gun and cocaine after swearing at passing police car

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October 19, 2024

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Miguel Mota, 18, was stopped by neighbourhood police officers after he shouted abuse at them and then tried to run. In the video above, the officer can be heard saying “You’re bringing attention to yourself by saying ‘f**k you’ as we drive past you”.

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Dad of Brit facing 60yrs in US prison for ‘trying to smuggle £3.5m in cocaine’ insists she is ‘only guilty of stupidity’

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October 15, 2024

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THE DAD of a Brit beautician facing up to 60 years in jail in the US after allegedly smuggling £3.5million worth of cocaine has insisted she is “only guilty of stupidity”.

John Hall, 59, defended his daughter Kim, 28, after she was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she was waiting for her connecting flight to Manchester.

The dad said she was offered the free holiday by people she met on an earlier trip to Portugal.

And he insisted all she is guilty of is “stupidity and naivety” as they desperately wait for news.

John said that she is “petrified” – and that at first she could barely speak to her family through floods of tears after the arrest.

The dad is convinced that Kim would have been “forced” to carry the drugs “without a shadow of a doubt”.

John told The Sun: “She’s not a drug smuggler.

“She was told that it would be money she was carrying. They got her phone and threatened her family and that’s why she did it.

“She’d been to Portugal with a friend and met people over there who contacted her when she was back saying they were into real estate in Mexico and she could go for a free holiday.

“Her friend declined but she said she would go.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31038866/dad-brit-drug-mule-cocaine-prison/

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