German cops and UK customs officials have smashed a major drug trafficking ring after a one-year investigation that resulted in tons of drugs and weapons being seized. The operation, which resulted in the biggest ever drug seize in Hamburg, involved around 500 police and customs officials and concluded yesterday with…
Astonished customs officers found this car driven by a British family stuffed with over 100,000 GBP in cash hidden in bundles that had been stashed in crisp packets, sanitary pads and even nappies. They even found bundles of cash hidden in boxes of white powder laundry detergent, prompting online commentators…
Celebrity chef Salt Bae has told fans to “never give up” after revealing that he had applications for US visas rejected nine times but he now says he gets “personally escorted by CIA and FBI agents” through customs. Salt Bae, 36, real name Nusret Gokce, told Turkish media: “My application…
Picture Credit: AsiaWire Chinese customs officials have seized nearly a tonne of smuggled scales from critically endangered pangolins being smuggled despite a police crackdown over COVID-19 fears. Nine suspected wildlife traffickers were reportedly arrested in the southern Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi and the eastern province of Anhui, according to the…
Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Customs officials who put this suitcase through an X-ray machine was stunned to discover it contained socks stuffed with almost 100 moving snakes and other rare reptiles. The items were in the luggage of a man from Austria who lives in the Philippines, was travelling to a…
