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Mexican prison director removed after allowing Botox injection on high-profile inmate


February 3rd, 2011 - 2:13 am ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- The director of a Mexico City's prison on Tuesday was removed from her post after allowing the application of a Botox injection on a high-profile female inmate.On ... Read more...

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Mexican federal police arrest drug kingpin Edgar Valdez Villareal


August 31st, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Mexican federal police on Monday afternoon arrested an alleged Texas-born drug gang kingpin who faces drug-trafficking charges in the United States, and that was known for ... Read more...

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‘Winnie the Pooh’ leads to Italy’s most wanted mafia gangster’s arrest


August 7th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 07 (ANI): Vittorio Pirozzi, who was on Italy's 100 most wanted mafia gangsters list, has been arrested after seven years on the run after police traced him to his wife's ... Read more...

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Three Indians freed of drug charge in Malaysia


July 30th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 30 (IANS) Three people of Indian origin - two of them brothers - have been acquitted by a high court in Malaysia of drug trafficking charges. Judicial commissioner Ahmad Nasfy ... Read more...

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Jamaican Police Asserts That The Alleged Drug Lord Of Jamaica, Christopher Coke, Is Still In Jamaica


May 31st, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 31, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Jamaican police personnel and its military have liquidated 73 individuals in the past 10 days in their search for the alleged drug lord, Christopher ... Read more...

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Jamaican Drug Lord Believed To Be Somwhere In The Island


May 31st, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey West Kingston, Jamaica, May 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The furor over the alleged Jamaican drug lord, Christopher Dudus Coke, has not yet died down in the West Kingston area, as can ... Read more...

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Deadly clashes in Jamaica kill at least 67, including brother of former minister


May 28th, 2010 - 2:19 am ICT by BNO News
KINGSTON, JAMAICA (BNO NEWS) – The death toll continues to rise after deadly uprisings in Jamaica began Sunday, as media reports are now saying that at least 67 have died. the Jamaican ... Read more...

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Jamaica death toll: At least 44 people killed


May 26th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by BNO News
KINGSTON, JAMAICA (BNO NEWS) – The number of civilian casualties in West Kingston has reached 44, and the Jamaican Government said the police has over 500 people, mostly males, in custody, after ... Read more...

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India native sentenced in California for international drug conspiracy


March 31st, 2010 - 2:56 am ICT by BNO News
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – A Bakersfield, California resident and Canada national was sentenced to 23 and a half years in prison for drug trafficking charges, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.Harjeet Mann, 51, ... Read more...

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Aurora, CO man sentenced for possession of a firearm


March 17th, 2010 - 1:31 am ICT by BNO News
DENVER, COLORADO (BNO NEWS) – A resident of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 60 months (5 years) of imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office ... Read more...

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Two U.S. fugitives detained in Baja California, Mexico


March 13th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by BNO News
BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) – Two U.S. fugitives were detained in Mexico, local authorities said Friday.Jason Douglas Wallace and Viviana Magana, both U.S. nationals, ages 27 and 35, respectively, were located ... Read more...

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Salina, KS man sentenced for guns and drug trafficking


March 12th, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by BNO News
TOPEKA, KANSAS (BNO NEWS) – A Salina, Kansas man was sentenced to 78 months of imprisonment on firearms and drug trafficking charges, prosecutors announced on Thursday.Carlos Maldonado Aguilar, 42, pleaded guilty to ... Read more...

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Court permits Rahul Mahajan to visit Maldives


March 9th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A city court Tuesday allowed Rahul Mahajan to leave the country to go on a honeymoon with his newly wedded wife. Special judge J.P.S. Malik granted ... Read more...

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Court to rule Tuesday on Rahul Mahajan’s plea


March 8th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A city court Monday adjourned the hearing for a day on Rahul Mahajan's application for release of his passport to enable him to go on a ... Read more...

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Rahul Mahajan moves court for release of passport for honeymoon


March 5th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Rahul Mahajan is putting final touches to his plans to get married on a reality show. On Friday, he moved a court to get his passport ... Read more...

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Pak exchanges Al-Qaeda commanders for detained family with Saudi Arabia


September 29th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Sep.29 (ANI): Pakistan has reportedly swapped two Al-Qaeda members with Saudi Arabia in exchange for five of its citizens who were detained in Riyadh over drug-trafficking charges.According to a private television ... Read more...

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Drug Peddlar Samantha Orobator Returns To Britain


August 7th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by GD
Samantha Orobator has arrived home; but it is only because she will be serving her prison term at the prison in Britain, her homeland. It is for this reason that the British ... Read more...

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Seven years on, family of Indian jailed in Sri Lanka finds hope


July 26th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), July 26 (IANS) For the first time in many years, 40-year-old Najma has renewed faith that her husband Nasir Abdul Aziz, in a Sri Lankan jail on drug trafficking charges ... Read more...

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Government moves to bring back Indian prisoners in Sri Lanka


July 25th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has asked the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka to take necessary steps to bring back the Indians languishing in ... Read more...

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ABC’s Delhi correspondent arrested for drug offences in Singapore


July 18th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 18 (IANS) Peter Lloyd, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) South Asia correspondent based in New Delhi, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges in Singapore. If found guilty, he ... Read more...

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Colombia extradites 14 paramilitary commanders to US


May 14th, 2008 - 5:36 am ICT by admin
DPA Bogota, May 14 (DPA) Colombia extradited 14 commanders of a right-wing paramilitary group to the US Tuesday to face drug trafficking charges. The extraditions took place after Colombian President Alvaro Uribe removed ... Read more...

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Indian prisoners in Sri Lanka’s jails appeal for relief


April 30th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by admin
By Papri Sri Raman Chennai, April 30 (IANS) Forty-three Indians languishing in Sri Lankan jails have approached an Indian human rights body to help them return to this country, but the Indian government ... Read more...

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