http://www.mail.com/subjects/3136-drug-related-crime.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3136-drug-related-crime.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861714-eating-champ-el-wingador-indicted-drug-charge.html WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A five-time wing-eating champion known as "El Wingador" has been indicted in New Jersey on cocaine distribution charges. William Simmons is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and one count of manufacturing or distribution of more than a half ounce of cocaine in June. The South Jersey Times (htt... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861714-eating-champ-el-wingador-indicted-drug-charge.html 2013-02-01T12:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859572-feds-136m-phony-sports-goods-confiscated.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, a federal law-enforcement official said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said authorities also have shut down more than ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859572-feds-136m-phony-sports-goods-confiscated.html 2013-01-31T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859662-kofi-annan-tackles-drug-trafficking-west-africa.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly becomes a stopover point for cocaine and marijuana shipments from the Americas to Europe. "The massive surge in drug trafficking over the last decade presents a serious and growing threa... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859662-kofi-annan-tackles-drug-trafficking-west-africa.html 2013-01-31T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858756-dozens-interested-wash-pot-consultant-job.html TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The job description requests an unlikely mix of skills: five years of regulatory experience, with a law degree preferred, and extensive knowledge of all things marijuana. But that didn't stop dozens of people from turning out Wednesday — in flannel and suits, ponytails and hemp necklaces — to find out more about becoming Washington st... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858756-dozens-interested-wash-pot-consultant-job.html 2013-01-31T08:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1857848-latest-a-rod-troubles-team-frustrated.html NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was speaking on a conference call. "A huge debacle," he said. "Distasteful." That was on Dec. 13, 2007, when he re-signed with the New York Yankees and was discussing his decision 1½ months earlier to become a free agent. Now those words describe how some in the team's front office feel about A-Rod's $275 million, 10-year co... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1857848-latest-a-rod-troubles-team-frustrated.html 2013-01-31T02:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855778-green-thumb-wash-pot-consultant.html TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Wanted: A green thumb with extensive knowledge of the black, or at least gray, market. As Washington state tries to figure out how to regulate its newly legal marijuana, officials are hiring an adviser on all things weed: how it's best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged and cooked into brownies. Sporting a mix... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855778-green-thumb-wash-pot-consultant.html 2013-01-30T22:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1857628-seattle-lb-leroy-hill-arrested-assault-charges.html ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will. According to a release from the Issaquah Police Department on Wednesday morning, Hill was arrested on investigation of unlawful imprisonment-domestic violence and third-degree assault-domestic v... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1857628-seattle-lb-leroy-hill-arrested-assault-charges.html 2013-01-30T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856632-russia-scraps-anti-crime-deal-with-us.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia pulled out of an anti-crime accord with the United States on Wednesday in a move the U.S. called "self-defeating," the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order to scrap the 10-year-old agreement "because it was no longer relevant," his office said. The agreement cover... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856632-russia-scraps-anti-crime-deal-with-us.html 2013-01-30T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1857028-pipe-theft-report-leads-lincoln-police-to-pot-bust.html LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they discovered a budding marijuana-growing operation after residents of a Lincoln house called police to report the theft of marijuana pipes. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/TBcgDU ) that officers were called to the house Saturday morning. Residents had reported that two people, one of them armed with ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1857028-pipe-theft-report-leads-lincoln-police-to-pot-bust.html 2013-01-30T17:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1853850-a-rod-implicated-ped-use-mlb-probes.html NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez is in the middle of Major League Baseball's latest doping investigation after an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's highest-paid star was among the big leaguers listed in the records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs. The Miami New Times said Tuesday that the three-time AL MVP ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1853850-a-rod-implicated-ped-use-mlb-probes.html 2013-01-30T11:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels continue unabated. Only the government's talk about them has dropped. Eighteen members of a band and its retinue were kidnapped and apparently slain over the weekend in the northern border state of Nu... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html 2013-01-29T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853100-british-man-6-years-bali-drug-trial.html BALI, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court sentenced a Briton to six years in prison Tuesday for his role in a cocaine-smuggling case that led to a death sentence last week for a British grandmother. Julian Anthony Ponder, 43, was convicted of receiving cocaine from 56-year-old Lindsay June Sandiford, who was found guilty of smuggling $2.5 million worth o... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853100-british-man-6-years-bali-drug-trial.html 2013-01-29T10:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and several crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said the survivor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html 2013-01-29T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847904-feds-monsignor-meth-dealt-drug-bought-sex-shop.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — To onlookers, Monsignor Kevin Wallin's fall from grace at his Connecticut parish was like something out of "Breaking Bad," the television series about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a methamphetamine lord. The suspended Roman Catholic priest was arrested on federal drug charges this month for allegedly having methamphet... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847904-feds-monsignor-meth-dealt-drug-bought-sex-shop.html 2013-01-26T15:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842852-irishwoman-center-ira-tapes-fight-dead.html DUBLIN (AP) — An Irish Republican Army veteran who accused Sinn Fein party chief Gerry Adams of involvement in IRA killings and bombings has been found dead in her home, police and politicians said Thursday. Dolours Price, 61, was a member of the Provisional IRA unit that launched the very first car-bomb attacks on London in 1973. She became one of Irish ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842852-irishwoman-center-ira-tapes-fight-dead.html 2013-01-24T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842716-coast-guardsman-faces-investigation.html HONOLULU (AP) — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is spending time in the brig while the service investigates his three-month disappearance as it was preparing to discharge him for illegally using marijuana. The Coast Guard on Wednesday launched a weeklong review of Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews' case, spokesman Chief Warrant Officer Gene Maestas sa... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842716-coast-guardsman-faces-investigation.html 2013-01-24T10:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian rights group on Tuesday accused the country's police of "acting like a gang," torturing detainees and continuing to use violence to impose control while the country's president flounders at efforts to reform the powerful security apparatus. The report released by The Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights documented 16 cases of p... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837908-rights-group-egypt-police-behaves-gang.html 2013-01-22T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836782-indonesia-sentences-uk-woman-to-death-drugs.html BALI, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court sentenced a British grandmother to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence. Lindsay June Sandiford, 56, wept when judges handed down the sentence and declined to speak to reporters on her ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836782-indonesia-sentences-uk-woman-to-death-drugs.html 2013-01-22T12:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html AYUTLA, Mexico (AP) — The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were shod in the muddy, broken boots of a farmer. Haltingly, he told how his cousin's body was found in a mass grave with about 40 other victims of a drug gang. Apparently, the cousin had c... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html 2013-01-21T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according to documents and interviews with multiple U.S. officials. Such assistance could help newly elected Mexi... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html 2013-01-17T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1828060-ryan-leaf-kicked-drug-treatment-center.html GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a central Montana drug treatment center to the state prison in Deer Lodge. Regional probation and parole administrator Dawn Handa told the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/S9tNVc ) on Thursday that Leaf was terminated from the Nexus Treatment Center in Lewistown after vio... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1828060-ryan-leaf-kicked-drug-treatment-center.html 2013-01-17T19:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827352-qa-russian-crowned-thieves.html MOSCOW (AP) — The contract-style killing of Russian mobster Aslan Usoyan, also known as Grandpa Khasan, on Wednesday drew renewed attention to the extensive and elaborate culture of the country's underworld figures who call themselves "crowned thieves" and "thieves in law." Questions and answers about this shadowy world: WHO WAS USOYAN? The 75-year-old et... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827352-qa-russian-crowned-thieves.html 2013-01-17T14:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1825248-lawyer-questions-memory-philadelphia-accuser.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A longtime heroin addict whose complaint helped imprison a Philadelphia archdiocese official came under attack Wednesday, as jurors in a priest-abuse trial learned that he had given three different locations for one alleged rape. Defense lawyers questioning the gaunt, 24-year-old policeman's son poked several holes in his accounts, som... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1825248-lawyer-questions-memory-philadelphia-accuser.html 2013-01-16T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824398-romania-wants-2-drug-trafficker-suspects-arrested.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors want to arrest two Bulgarians suspected of running one of Europe's largest cocaine trafficking rings from Colombia to Europe. The prosecutor's office said Wednesday that Banev Evelin Nikolov and Radoslav Georgiev Atanasov, currently detained in Italy on other drugs' trafficking charges, were allegedly involv... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824398-romania-wants-2-drug-trafficker-suspects-arrested.html 2013-01-16T13:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824022-zimbabwe-police-seize-4-tons-marijuana-leaf.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Police in Zimbabwe say they have seized about four tons of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighboring country of Malawi, their biggest haul on record. Police officials said Wednesday the truck was intercepted when it was being suspiciously "escorted" by a minibus and a taxi to a parking lot in western Harare that appeared... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1824022-zimbabwe-police-seize-4-tons-marijuana-leaf.html 2013-01-16T09:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821898-egyptian-lawyer-sentenced-drug-smuggling.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian human rights lawyer was convicted Tuesday by a Saudi court for smuggling drugs into the kingdom and sentenced to five years in prison and 300 lashes, Egypt's state news agency reported. The case of Ahmed el-Gezawi caused an outcry in Egypt where his relatives and human rights groups claimed he was detained for allegedly insulting ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821898-egyptian-lawyer-sentenced-drug-smuggling.html 2013-01-15T16:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1820336-jpmorgan-told-to-oversight-tied-to-6b-loss.html WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been ordered to take steps to correct poor risk management that led to a surprise trading loss last year of more than $6 billion. Federal regulators also on Monday cited the bank for lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering. JPMorgan, the nation's largest bank by assets, will ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1820336-jpmorgan-told-to-oversight-tied-to-6b-loss.html 2013-01-14T23:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1817698-priest-ex-teacher-face-sex-trial-philadelphia.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A troubled policeman's son who accuses two Roman Catholic priests and a teacher of raping him during boyhood is set to testify at a Philadelphia trial this week — and have his startling claims challenged for the first time. The young man, identified by the pseudonym Billy in a 2011 grand jury report, testified in a landmark priest-abus... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1817698-priest-ex-teacher-face-sex-trial-philadelphia.html 2013-01-13T17:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817346-rio-slums-no-go-to-must-buy.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro's "favela" hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and outsiders set foot at their peril. But since 2011, police have seized control of dozens of favelas from drug gangs, and things have changed so dramatically that some of the slums are n... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817346-rio-slums-no-go-to-must-buy.html 2013-01-13T13:51:00Z