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A Florida officer who pleaded guilty to stealing seized DEA drugs gets 17 years in prison
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida police officer has been sentenced to more than 17 years behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing drugs, cash and firearms from federal investigations and admitting that he once went so far as to swap cocaine seized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with a...
Man killed, 2 officers wounded in shootout at Connecticut apartment complex during search for drugs
Connecticut police killed a man and two officers were wounded in a shootout Wednesday morning as authorities tried to execute a search warrant for drugs at an apartment building in New Haven, police said. The two West Haven officers suffered leg injuries and were later discharged...
Colombian customs official pleads guilty in money laundering case tied to DEA misconduct
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A Colombian customs worker admitted his role Tuesday in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a case that threatened to expose dirty dealings between U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and their informants. Omar...
Leader of Japanese crime syndicate pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
NEW YORK (AP) — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the...
