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Pot farms getting closer to tourist spots

Sep. 3, 2009
Drug traffickers are planting millions of marijuana plants on U.S. public lands ever closer to tourist sites, guarding their plots with heavy weaponry, federal authorities say.
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Karzai pardoning drug traffickers

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 4 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pardoned at least 10 convicted drug traffickers recently, officials say.

Spanish police arrest fake cops

MADRID, June 25 (UPI) -- Seven men suspected of masquerading as police officers to rob drug traffickers have been arrested in Spain, authorities say.
Bush, Colom talk trade, drug trafficking

Bush, Colom talk trade, drug trafficking

WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush and Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros discussed a wide variety of issues Monday, especially trade and drug trafficking.

Brazil: Police crack down on drug traffic

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian authorities arrested six major drug traffickers ahead of an alleged planned attack against a rival gang in a Rio de Janeiro slum.

Traffickers switch to euros

MADRID, May 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. anti-drug official said in Madrid that Latin American drug traffickers are increasingly using the euro as currency.

Feds find drug tunnel on U.S. border

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials said they discovered a tunnel running 400 feet along the U.S.-Mexican border used by traffickers to smuggle drugs. The tunnel, about 20 feet underground, reportedly was outfitted with lights and had a concrete floor,

Two tons of hashish seized in east Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 1 (UPI) -- Security forces seized two tons of hashish in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley after clashing with drug traffickers, security sources said Friday.

Drug traffickers beheaded in Saudi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia Monday beheaded two foreign drug traffickers in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.

24 drug traffickers killed in Iran

TEHRAN, April 22 (UPI) -- Iranian police killed 24 drug traffickers during a crackdown on gangs in the eastern part of the country, the official Iranian News Agency reported Thursday.

Drug smuggling operation aborted in Saudi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Saudi police foiled an attempt to smuggle illicit drugs through the southern border with Yemen.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler