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Drugs Smuggled Where Controls, Wires Are Kept Put Airplanes at Risk
Drug smugglers are putting passenger jets at risk, as federal investigators in recent weeks have uncovered cocaine shipments hidden in secure electronics bays of some planes — key electronics areas critical to helping pilots control the planes.
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I-Team: Drug Smugglers Putting Passenger Jetliners At Risk
Investigators have found drugs hidden in electronic bays that help pilots maintain control of the plane. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports on the attempts to stop the dangerous smuggling schemes.
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Ex-Inmate Admits Role in NJ Federal Prison Drug Smuggling Drone Scheme
Another former inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey has admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband to inmates into the facility. Johansel Moronta, 29, of Linden, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing and obtaining contraband while in prison and violating his federal parole. He faces more than a year in prison…
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More US Citizens Apprehended for Moving Drugs Over Border
An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Relics Seized from NY-Based Arts Dealer and Prolific Smuggler to Be Returned to Afghanistan
A collection of 33 artifacts seized from a New York-based art dealer who authorities say was one of the world’s most prolific smugglers of antiquities was turned over by the U.S. to the government of Afghanistan this week
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Brooklyn Man Accused of Smuggling Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK
A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday for allegedly smuggling hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through JFK International Airport earlier this year. The United States Attorney’s Office says Ashraf Omar Eldarir arrived at the airport on Jan. 22 with three suitcases of what he claimed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as goods valued at about $300. But when agents opened…
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Man Accused of Smuggling Hundreds of Ancient Artifacts Through JFK
The Department of Homeland Security says a man tried to bring hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through customs at JFK International Airport back in January.
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Endangered Pangolin a Possible Link in Spread of COVID-19
The pangolin – an unusual bug-hunting endangered mammal with a long tongue and scales all over its body – has now entered the COVID-19 scientific journals because it carries a coronavirus that looks strikingly similar to the virus that has swept the world.
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NJ Man Gets $350K Fine After Admitting to Smuggling More Than 1,000 Turtles
The man admitted in a plea deal that he bought three-toed and western box turtles from people in Oklahoma, then sold them for a profit
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling More Than 1,000 Box Turtles From Oklahoma
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 1,000 box turtles that were illegally collected in Oklahoma.
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Video Shows Mom Smuggling Contraband Into Rikers Inside Baby's Diaper
A woman smuggled contraband into Rikers by hiding them inside her baby’s diaper during a visit to the baby’s father. Surveillance video taken in April and released Wednesday shows the mother pass the baby to her father, an inmate at the infamous jail, during a visitation. The head of the city’s union representing correction officers on Wednesday told NBC 4...
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Hundreds of Thousands of Fake Nike Air Jordans Smuggled Into New York, New Jersey: Prosecutors
A group that allegedly smuggled more than 300,000 pairs of fake Nike Air Jordan sneakers into New York and New Jersey was broken up Tuesday by Homeland Security Investigations and NYPD detectives.
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Monterey Park Man Arrested for Smuggling Snakes from Hong Kong in Chip Canister
A Monterey Park man was arrested today on federal smuggling charges stemming from the seizure of a package that contained three king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters.
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6 Tons of Marijuana Seized From 2 Panga Boats
The U.S. Coast Guard discovered six tons of marijuana and four suspected smugglers floating in two panga boats south of San Diego this week.