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The FBI's 'Operation Dead Hand' exposes a drug ring involving Mexican cartels, Canadian truckers, and cross-border smuggling.
In the FBI's "Operation Dead Hand," 19 men were indicted in a cross-border drug ring involving the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The operation revealed a complex network of drug suppliers connected to Mexican cartels, Canadian truck drivers, and associates of the Italian Mafia in Montreal.
Source: FreightWaves
Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
Federal prosecutors revealed how cartel-linked drug trafficking networks used U.S. trucking to move narcotics and launder millions
Authorities intercepted 156 pounds of fentanyl and 44 pounds of meth in a tractor trailer, the largest fentanyl seizure in South Carolina history.
Federal agents seized 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a semi truck of cucumbers at a Georgia warehouse; two individuals face federal drug charges.
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