Tourist Andrei Zhestkov tried to take a stupefied orangutan packed in a suitcase home to Russia from Denpasar airport (Bali, Indonesia). Zhestkov reportedly planned to keep the animal as a pet. Zhestkov was arrested at the airport on March 22 in the evening when he was going through a security check ...
The son and brother of the billionaire and philanthropist Lev Leviev was detained in Israel on suspicion of smuggling diamonds into the country. This was reported on November 5 by the Times Of Israel. The publication says that Leviev himself is also wanted to be interrogated, but he refuses to return ...
Ukrainian, 32-year-old Vladimir Nevidomy from Haldaleil Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 26 months in prison and three years probation after conspiring to illegally export military equipment to Russia. This is stated on the website of the US Department of Justice. According to the information contained in the court documents, ...
59 illegal immigrants were found in the cargo hold of a truck trying to cross the Mexican-American border at a checkpoint in Texas. It was possible to find illegal immigrants thanks to the work of a border dog, writes the Daily Mail. The illegal immigrants in the trailer are citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras and Peru, ...
In the US state of Virginia, the police stopped the smuggling of weapons into Russia. Natives of Chechnya, Tengiz Sydykov and Eldar Rezvanov, have been arrested and face up to 20 years in prison. Two residents of Alexandria (Virginia) Tengiz Sydykov and Eldar Rezvanov were arrested on charges ...
US Border Patrol officials discovered a tunnel near the Mexican border near San Diego that customs and border guards say was being used to smuggle people into the country. This discovery was made after border patrol agents arrested 30 near this place ...
Customs officials in Chicago seized more than 16 contraband hoverboards worth about $6 million. The smuggling came from China already marked ULb, which gives a “false sense of security.” Some hoverboards had fake Samsung logos plastered on them. William Ferrara, Operations Manager...
An Uzbek citizen tried to smuggle 169 containers of heroin in his stomach. This was announced by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The drug courier arrived in Russia from the Uzbek city of Termez and was detained at the capital's Domodedovo airport. X-rays showed that there were many containers in the detainee's intestines ...
The United States government has returned to French authorities Pablo Picasso's painting "The Hairdresser," which was discovered by U.S. customs officials in New York during a smuggling attempt in December 2014. The transfer of the painting, which was considered missing for the last 14 years and is estimated at $15 million, took place at the French Embassy...
Colombian police arrested a female smuggler at Bogotá airport. As reported, on Wednesday, August 5, 39 thousand US dollars in cash was found in the stomach of a 38,5-year-old lady-designer. The woman swallowed all this wealth. Authorities said the smuggler was arrested on Wednesday. She came from Mexico. ...