Man tried to smuggle bags of cocaine under "narco wig," Colombian police say

Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee.

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Man Caught Trying to Smuggle $10,000 Worth of Cocaine onto a Plane Under His Wig: Police

Yahoo News - 2d
Man caught hiding bags of cocaine under his wig at Colombia airport

A man headed to Amsterdam from Cartagena, Colombia, was arrested after police say they discovered around $10,000 worth of cocaine under his wig.
CBS News - 1d
WATCH: Suspect caught smuggling cocaine under toupee, police say

Police in Colombia say they busted a drug smuggling suspect who was attempting to board a flight to Amsterdam with more than 200 grams of cocaine hidden under his toupee.
ABC News - 3d
Man arrested trying to smuggle cocaine under toupee

Suspect tried to smuggle more than €10,000 of cocaine from Cartagena to Amsterdam, Colombian authorities said.
BBC News - 3d
Man killed intervening in knife attack on French police officers

Macron says knife attack is ‘without any doubt an act of Islamist terrorism’. A 69-year-old man who intervened when a suspected terrorist attacked police officers with a knife shouting “Allahu ...
The Guardian - 5d
WATCH: The Florida Man Games return with beer, police officers

The winning team in the Sunshine state will walk away with a $5,000 cash prize, bragging rights and a gator-skin belt.
ABC News - 1d
‘Religious Motivation’ Possible in Berlin Stabbing, Police Say

The suspect, a Syrian refugee, told the police that a plan had come into his mind to kill Jews. The attack raises tensions just before an election in which immigration is a big issue.
The New York Times - 5d
Police could search homes for stolen phones without warrant under new law

The Crime and Policing Bill will give officers powers to make Britain's cities safer, the home secretary says.
BBC News - 2d
Mom of Sam Nordquist, transgender man tortured and killed in New York, slams police response

The mother of a Minnesota transgender man who was tortured and killed in upstate New York suggested that his death was preventable if local authorities had "done their jobs."
NBC News - Feb. 20
Preparations under way for meeting between Trump and Putin, Russia says

Russian and US leaders will meet face to face in move towards normalising relations, deputy foreign minister says. Preparations for a face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ...
The Guardian - 5d
Three buses explode in Israel in 'suspected terror attack', police say

The vehicles blew up in parking lots in the city of Bat Yam, though without causing casualties.
BBC News - 6d
Police Officer Killed in Hospital Shooting in York County, Pa., Officials Say

Officials said the gunman was fatally shot by the police and that two officers and three staff members at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, Pa., were wounded but were in stable condition.
The New York Times - 5d
Over 1,000 women "lured to Spain" and sexually exploited, police say

The victims were also only allowed to go out for two hours per day and otherwise kept under video surveillance, police said.
CBS News - 3d
Missing Australian fisherman dragged overboard by shark, police say

Paul Barning went missing Sunday after falling overboard his boat during a fishing competition in New South Wales, Australia.
CBS News - 3d
Death of Hackman and wife 'suspicious enough' for investigation, police say

Authorities say there was no sign the couple had sustained any injuries, but no cause of death has been given.
BBC News - 6h
Organizmo! The Colombian architects overturning colonialist ‘sustainability’ ideas

A 30-acre construction lab is helping reshape Colombia’s architecture with ancestral knowledge and direct ecological action. We head inside their smoking doughnut. A curious doughnut-shaped ...
The Guardian - 6d
DNA leads to arrest, confession in 1997 killing of Florida man, authorities say

The word "Greed" was written on the victim's bedroom wall in blood in the 1997 murder, Florida officials said.
CBS News - 1d
Nonprofit replaces foster kids' trash bags with luggage

Comfort Cases has provided more than 250,000 packs to children across the U.S.
CBS News - 4h
Shannon Sharpe says 2000 Ravens would beat the 2024 Eagles, hold Saquon Barkley to under 40 rushing yards

Sharpe wants his old team to get more respect
CBS Sports - 6d
Giants will 'look under every rock' to address QB for 2025 season, GM Joe Schoen says

Including potentially adding multiple big names
CBS Sports - 2d
A soccer ball, a T-shirt: teachers scramble to say goodbye to students fleeing under Trump

As families move away to avoid deportation, excruciating goodbyes leave teachers feeling ‘completely empty’. A soccer ball covered in signatures from classmates. A handwritten letter telling a ...
The Guardian - 1d
Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says

Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centres. Tens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have ...
The Guardian - Feb. 21
3 American women found dead in a Belize hotel may have overdosed on drugs, police say

Officials say three American women have been found dead over the weekend in a beach resort in Belize
ABC News - 3d
New Hampshire woman contaminated grocery store items with urine for years, police say

A New Hampshire woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly contaminating items at a grocery store with her urine over the course of several years and posting videos of it online, police said.
NBC News - 2d
Super Bowl reporter found dead had sedative in his system, police say

Adan Manzano, an anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead in his room during Super Bowl week.
CBS News - 16h
Chicago teen went on serial killing spree of 6 people in city's southwest side in 2020, police say

A 21-year-old man was charged in six murders throughout 2020, when he was only 17, as prosecutors allege he went on a serial killing spree through the Chicago's southwest side.
NBC News - 11h
Former foster child forced to use a trash bag now works to give real bags to thousands

Rob Scheer had to carry his belongings in a trash bag as a foster child, and was shocked to see his own children, who also came from the foster care system, face a similar ordeal decades later. ...
CBS News - 4h
The border where Starmer is targeting people-smuggling gangs

UK government boosts resources at key entry point on Sofia’s border with Turkey amid wider EU ‘reset’
Financial Times - 4d
Colombian city faces worst violence in decades as armed groups wreak havoc

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Colombian city faces worst violence in decades as armed groups wreak havoc

Cúcuta imposes curfew as National Liberation Army (ELN) clashes with army in province bordering Venezuela. Residents of a violence-torn province in northern Colombia are bracing for further ...
The Guardian - 4d
Remains of U.K. man missing for more than 2 years found in Georgia woods, FBI says

The remains of a United Kingdom man missing for nearly two-and-a-half years have been found in a privately owned wooded area near Kingsland, Georgia, the FBI said.
NBC News - 3d
Woman accused of testing cocaine quality faces charges in U.S.

Irma Elvira Cruz, a 60-year-old woman known as "Madre," has been extradited from Mexico to face federal charges, according to the Justice Department.
CBS News - 14h
The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia

The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the world. In September 2020, the Australian Border Force intercepted 552kg of cocaine ...
The Guardian - 7h
In Private Remarks on Russia, Rubio Tries to Reassure Europeans

European officials were not sure what to make of the secretary of state’s measured assessment of Washington’s apparent pivot toward Moscow.
The New York Times - 6d
Arizona governor signs order 'to combat the cartels' and 'stop drug smuggling'

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has signed an order “to combat the cartels, stop drug smuggling, and secure Arizona’s border,” the governor said in a Tuesday news release. The executive order requires ...
The Hill - 2d
One Nation, Under God

Americans have stopped leaving Christianity. And the country is overwhelmingly spiritual, a new report found.
The New York Times - 1d
‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientists. As an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are ...
The Guardian - 5d
Saldaña squished and Chalamet chafing as Ariana and Cynthia bag the best seats: the 2025 Oscars class photo

The Academy Award nominees assembled for their annual group portrait, but who scooped the prize for looking the most bored?. Every year during Oscars week, it has become tradition for all the ...
The Guardian - 1d
Before Going to Tokyo, I Tried Learning Japanese With ChatGPT

WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.
Wired - Feb. 19