Traffickers pose as parents, drug children to ‘avoid detection’ while smuggling minors into US: Border Patrol
Customs and Border Protection officials reported two recent cases of children being rescued who had been given drugs by traffickers attempting to smuggle them into the United States. Diane Sabatino, executive assistant director for the Office of Field Operations, posted a video to social media on Thursday announcing that Border Patrol agents in San Luis, […]
Former American Airlines mechanic sentenced to prison for smuggling cocaine in compartment under cockpit: feds
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Netanyahu says security in Gaza is critical to stop Hamas smuggling hostages into Iran: ‘lost forever’
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American Airlines ex-mechanic Paul Belloisi gets 9 years prison for smuggling cocaine hidden under cockpit of JFK-bound flight
A former American Airlines aircraft mechanic was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine by hiding it under the cockpit of a plane bound for New York from Jamaica. Paul Beloisi, 56, of Smithtown, New York, was convicted in May 2023 of conspiracy to possess cocaine, conspiracy […]
Israel accuses Iran of smuggling weapons into Jordan, West Bank
As the world braced for a retaliatory Iranian strike, Israel on Monday accused Tehran and its proxy, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, of smuggling weapons into Jordan and the West Bank, undermining stability in the region. Israeli Foreign Minister Katz said on Monday that a “grave and dangerous situation is unfolding in Iran.” Katz alleged […]
Texas Cop Gets Prison Time for Smuggling Drugs in Police Vehicle
A former Texas police officer faces more than 10 years in prison for using his job to smuggle drugs and launder money after federal prosecutors say he tried to claim he was operating undercover and used a police vehicle to transport drugs across state lines. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal recently sentenced 50-year-old Mohammed “Alex” […]
Haitian National Previously Convicted in Deadly Smuggling Scheme Arrested after Returning to Florida
Federal authorities arrested a Haitian man in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who had previously been convicted of felony human smuggling and deported from the United States in a smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 10 migrants more than a decade ago. Jimmy Metellus, an illegal immigrant from Haiti, recently completed a 14-year federal prison […]
Mississippi attorney manic, wet after he’s arrested for smuggling phones, drugs into prison
A Mississippi lawyer appeared manic and wet in a mugshot after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling contraband into a prison. Daniel Sidney Dale allegedly posed as an attorney for Hinds County detainees and smuggled in cellphones and other illegal items. According to the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. Dale was arrested Thursday while visiting an […]
Human Smuggler Pleads Guilty in Texas, Continues Smuggling While on Bond
A federal judge sentenced a 27-year-old Pharr, Texas, man to eight years in federal prison for his role in a migrant smuggling operation that authorities suspect moved thousands of migrants from the border into the U.S. interior. Alamdar S. Hamdani, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, announced the sentence on Wednesday for […]
Border smuggling booms despite drop in migrant crossings
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Tyler Crump’s ranch on the Arizona border has become a major highway for people crossing the border illegally from Mexico, and the evidence is everywhere. On a recent tour of the grounds, The Post saw discarded water bottles, backpacks, “carpet shoes” (footwear covered with carpet to prevent footprints in the sand) and […]