(Bloomberg) — Indian authorities have so far seized 88.9 billion rupees ($1.1 billion) worth of illicit money, drugs and other goods in its crackdown on illegal vote inducements in India’s six-week election, the country’s Election Commission said Saturday. Most Read from Bloomberg The haul exceeds the entirety seized during the last general election in 2019, […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three men face drug-trafficking charges after police said they found hundreds of thousands of illicit fentanyl pills during a planned handoff in a casino parking lot, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted Jesus Aguayo, David Estrada and Ulyses Lopez-Vazquez on a superseding indictment on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when they seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the property belongs to so-called innocent owners. By a 6-3 vote, the justices rejected the claims of two Alabama women who had to […]
Law enforcement officials have seized several pounds of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in a drug raid at a house in South Austin, according to a federal criminal complaint. Joshua James Calvo of Austin was charged with possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin, the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Recent traffic stops on Interstate 40 in Arkansas led to major hauls of illegal narcotics by state police. Arkansas State Police officials said their Interstate Criminal Patrol (ICP) has seized 886 pounds of illegal marijuana as well as one handgun in the past 10 days from I-40 traffic stops. Arkansas State […]
A European court has upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J Paul Getty Museum in California, rejecting the museum’s appeal and ruling Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage. The European Court of Human Rights determined that Italy’s years-long efforts to recover the […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Law enforcement agencies across the valley, along with the U.S. Secret Service, seized skimming devices from ATMs and point-of-sale machines across the Las Vegas valley as part of a two-day operation. The U.S. Secret Service said they have seen a large increase in skimming crimes in the last 18 months across the country. […]
Polk County deputies have seized 14 kilograms of fentanyl, worth approximately $3.5 million, as part of a multi-agency investigation into a drug trafficking organization. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Friday morning that members of the county’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, or HIDTA, had arrested four individuals as part of a drug […]
German law enforcement seized four special edition Bugatti Veyron hypercars from a private storage facility in Munich, Germany this week. The cars are reportedly linked to a massive corruption scandal out of Malaysia. The news was initially reported by the German publication Bild, which notes that the cars were found inside the parking structure of […]
Apr. 25—Reading police confiscated two dirt bikes and arrested a pair of riders after separate vehicle pursuits on consecutive days this week. The arrests are the latest in the crackdown on illegal off-road vehicles, which lack headlights, turn signals and other safety features and are often driven recklessly by unlicensed riders. Over the past few […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The big U.S. aid package for Ukraine and other allies that President Joe Biden signed Wednesday also allows the administration to seize Russian state assets located in the U.S. and use them for the benefit of Kyiv. That could mean another $5 billion in assistance for Ukraine, coming from Russian Central Bank […]