Cocaine worth $285 million found hidden in banana shipment
Some 1,700 pounds of cocaine was concealed in a refrigerated container from Ecuador among dozens of pallets of bananas, police said.
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Some 1,700 pounds of cocaine was concealed in a refrigerated container from Ecuador among dozens of pallets of bananas, police said.
Four people were arrested and charged with trafficking more than $45 million in cocaine through the 2,000-foot-long tunnel complete with reinforced walls, ventilation and a rail system.
A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
Researchers studied how the drug affected the movements of wild fish in their natural habitats.
Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic said they have confiscated cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy.
Thirteen sharks tested for cocaine and benzoylecgonine were found to have the illicit drug in their muscles and livers.
The discovery on Dauphin Island came just one day after divers found 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine off Key West.
Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, officials said,
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The cocaine was first discovered at the White House on July 2.
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The amount of cocaine seized in the U.K. increased by 68% over the last 12 months, setting a new record of 18.8 tons, data shows.
Each package was marked with a different design, including one that appeared to mimic the Chanel logo.
Officers seized pure cocaine, hashish and marijuana worth about $215,000 from a warehouse in Marsala, Sicily, Carabinieri police said.
Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.
Authorities said that they apprehended about 6,000 lethal doses of cocaine from the woman's wheelchair.
Denver health officials are reminding the community that mosquitoes remain active after confirming the city's first case of West Nile virus this year.
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A recent video from Castle Rock shows a Colorado black bear escaping from a waste management truck.
Loveland police responded to reports of a crash just after midnight Monday, but when officers arrived on scene, they discovered two people inside the vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said the arrests happened following a stabbing that began with a road rage incident in a school drop-off line.
Denver health officials are reminding the community that mosquitoes remain active after confirming the city's first case of West Nile virus this year.
A recent video from Castle Rock shows a Colorado black bear escaping from a waste management truck.
Loveland police responded to reports of a crash just after midnight Monday, but when officers arrived on scene, they discovered two people inside the vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said the arrests happened following a stabbing that began with a road rage incident in a school drop-off line.
Denver residents at an apartment complex, Vesty Park, haven't had their mail delivered in months - instead, they must drive to the post office to pick it up.
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Loveland police responded to reports of a crash just after midnight Monday, but when officers arrived on scene, they discovered two people inside the vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds.
The person who took the video said the bear was inside the trash container when it was emptied into the Waste Management truck in Castle Rock.
Fergie L. Philippe took the field to perform the National Anthem before transforming into the "Beast" onstage at the DCPA in Denver.
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Colorado State issued an apology to BYU on Saturday night for derogatory chants aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints coming from the stands.
Betting platforms FanDuel and DraftKings say tools are there to help addicted gamblers slow down.
Former Colorado Rockies First Baseman Todd Helton is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove Award Winner. Now, he has been memorialized in a statue that baseball fans can enjoy for years to come.
Paramount's agreement with 12 state attorneys general paves the way for the company to complete its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
"Most of society is still not aware of how quickly it's moving," Gates said of the latest advances in artificial intelligence.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
The scale and duration of Iran's response appeared to take the U.S. goverenment by surprise, three sources who were in Bahrain at the time told CBS News, in part because families hadn't yet been required to evacuate.
The three news organizations, which were banned from White House grounds by President Trump, are arguing that the ban is unconstitutional.
The scale and duration of Iran's response appeared to take the U.S. goverenment by surprise, three sources who were in Bahrain at the time told CBS News, in part because families hadn't yet been required to evacuate.
The three news organizations, which were banned from White House grounds by President Trump, are arguing that the ban is unconstitutional.
In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around artificial intelligence possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax.
President Trump said Friday that three outlets would be banned from the White House, "effective immediately."
President Trump said he struck a deal to give the U.S. "permanent control over security" in Greenland following a push by the president to boost U.S. influence over the island — or take it over.
Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an alert about a possible measles exposure after a confirmed case with an unvaccinated out-of-state visitor earlier this week.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A long-running lawsuit challenging what it means to be an employee and therefore have access to work-based health plans is being closely watched by health policy analysts.
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Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Paramount's agreement with 12 state attorneys general paves the way for the company to complete its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
"Most of society is still not aware of how quickly it's moving," Gates said of the latest advances in artificial intelligence.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Predictions that AI could destroy humanity in a few years are irresponsible and not based on science, Nvidia's co-founder told CBS News.
With diesel prices nearly doubling, businesses that rely on diesel are hurting.
Denver Health ambulances took more than nine minutes to arrive after being assigned to an emergency call 7,865 times during the first seven months of 2026, according to an analysis of ambulance response records obtained by CBS Colorado.
A series of internal emails and text messages obtained by CBS Colorado appears to show the Denver city attorney pushing to get her former law firm hired for legal work involving Denver International Airport — even after the airport's insurance company initially rejected the firm.
A Denver man is the latest consumer to raise concerns about the technology being used to pay for and enforce parking downtown.
Evergreen High has two new members of its community -- two dogs whose presence has become part of the daily rhythm of the school, offering students and staff something they desperately needed after a shooting shattered their sense of safety.
Denver's Board of Ethics voted unanimously to investigate two complaints against City Attorney Miko Brown.