Drug Smuggling

The U.S. Navy says it has rescued five Iranians suspected of smuggling drugs after they apparently set fire to their stash on board a traditional sailing vessel off the coast of Oman

The U.S. Navy released video on Thursday showing the moment a drug smuggling boat burst into flames off the coast of Oman.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a woman accused of smuggling more than five kilos of cocaine in her checked bag on a flight to Connecticut was detained. Hecmarieliz Cruz-Acevedo, 22, flew from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Bradley International Airport on May 9. Officials said she had a checked bag that contained five rectangular-sharped objects consistent with narcotics…

U.S. authorities allege that Mexico’s former defense secretary helped smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin and other drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes

Authorities arrested four men suspected in an operation to use an ultralight to fly nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of methamphetamine into Southern California from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The arrests before dawn Friday came after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detected the glider-like aircraft crossing into the U.S. from Calexico, Mexico, according to a...

President Donald Trump flatly contradicted his officials Friday on how illicit drugs get into the U.S. and made a fanciful case that Mexico, without putting up a peso, is somehow paying for his proposed border wall.

Three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle $143,000 worth of Fentanyl, a powerful opioid, over the U.S.-Mexico border.

The son of a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has been indicted on U.S. drug smuggling charges.

Authorities say two security screeners at San Francisco International Airport have been charged with allowing methamphetamine to be smuggled through carry-on luggage at an airport checkpoint in exchange for money.