U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Lewiston Bridge port of entry in New York intercepted 450 pounds of cocaine worth $6 million hidden in a modified tractor-trailer floor. A heroic K-9 unit cracked the case, exposing 174 vacuum-sealed packages bound for Canada in one of the most significant outbound cocaine busts at the US-Canada border in recent memory.
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Federal and local agents seized over 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million from a Queens self-storage facility in the largest NYPD cocaine bust in a decade. The DEA-led operation tracked suspect Nelson Salcedo over two weeks of surveillance before moving in on August 26, 2026. The drugs were destined for Manhattan and New Jersey distribution networks, and investigators say the criminal organization behind the shipment remains active.
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Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission has arrested three suspects tied to the wanted Dutch drug lord Jos Leijdekkers after a record-breaking €225 million cocaine seizure in France. The 4,000kg shipment, intercepted at the port of Dunkirk, originated in West Africa and was destined for Belgium. This high-profile operation reinforces Ghana’s stance against international drug cartels and highlights the ongoing global crackdown on major narcotics trafficking networks moving massive quantities across international borders.
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The US Coast Guard has recorded its biggest cocaine bust at sea in 18 years, seizing 22,052 pounds of cocaine worth over $250 million from a single vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Six suspected drug smugglers were arrested after a dramatic high-speed pursuit ended with a Coast Guard helicopter disabling the fleeing vessel’s engine with gunfire. The record-breaking seizure forms part of Operation Pacific Viper, America’s largest maritime counter-narcotics campaign.
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