$41 million worth of cocaine found on "suspicious" boat in Colombia
The boat was manned by three people and had over one ton of cocaine on board.
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The boat was manned by three people and had over one ton of cocaine on board.
The drugs were shipped from Ecuador via Panama to Rotterdam and are worth around $660 million, Rotterdam's public prosecutor's office said in a news statement.
While on a fishing trip in the Florida Keys with her family earlier this summer, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor reeled in an unexpected catch: 70 pounds of cocaine, estimated to be worth more than $1 million. Castor, who previously served as Tampa's police chief, said the drug bale appeared to have been floating in the water for a while when she found it, CBS affiliate WTSP reported.
The mayor and her family lifted the drug bale, estimated to be worth more than $1 million, into their boat before turning it over to authorities.
Large amounts of cocaine, often brought to the U.S. on boats, wash up on U.S. coasts annually. Researchers went to the Florida Keys to see how sharks might react.
President Biden has returned to the White House after days of talks in Europe at the NATO summit. Meanwhile, the Secret Service has closed its investigation into the cocaine found in the White House without a conclusion on who was responsible for the drug. CBS News' Christina Ruffini has more.
The cocaine was first discovered at the White House on July 2.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer is requesting a staff-level briefing by July 14.
The White House responded to the discovery of cocaine in the building in a press briefing Wednesday, but President Biden didn't answer shouted questions about it during a photo-op with Sweden's prime minister. There are still lingering questions over how the drug got there. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns is at the White House with the latest on the investigation.
Officials have confirmed a small bag of cocaine was found Sunday on the ground floor of the West Wing in the White House, in the area where visitors taking tours are directed to leave their phones. The Secret Service investigation into who it belongs to and how it entered the White House is ongoing. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Washington.
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Testing has confirmed the powdery substance found Sunday at the White House was cocaine. Secret Service officers found it on the ground floor of the West Wing, in the area where visitors taking tours are directed to leave their phones. CBS News' Weijia Jiang and Nikole Killion report.
The Secret Service is investigating a bag of suspicious white powder, believed to be cocaine, found Sunday evening at the White House in an area accessible to tour groups. The president and his family were out of town. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports.
Secret Service agents discovered a bag of what is believed to be cocaine in the West Wing of the White House Sunday, in an area accessible to tour groups. An investigation into how it got there is underway.
"Narco subs," which are commonly used by traffickers in Central and South America, move low in the water to escape detection.
The pilot of the small aircraft allegedly panicked and threw out more than a dozen bags of suspected drugs.
In recent months, drug traffickers have attempted to conceal narcotics in unusual containers to evade detection.
Coast Guard helicopters and ships as well as Customs and Border Protection air and sea assets took part in the seizures and arrests.
Court records show she was arrested on June 10 at an inland security checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, after an X-ray inspection of her SUV .
The capture of the narcotics came after cooperative efforts by anti-drug police in Uruguay, Spain, Portugal and Italy, the officials said.
Officials said the crew tried to open valves and sink the vessel along with its drug-laden cargo. It didn't work.
Most of the drug trade in Italy, and much of Europe, is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta crime group, a highly sophisticated global network dealing in international narcotics that operates in 40 countries.
The largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean, with 3 tons of cocaine found on board, authorities say.
The Colombian navy has seized 228 such drug-laden semi-submersibles, which are used by traffickers to elude detection.
Police said they first saw a red flag when the man and woman in the car "gave conflicting information about her 'due date.'"