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130 Pounds Of Ketamine Worth $1.8M Bound For Florida Stopped At Area Port: CBP 130 Pounds Of Ketamine Worth $1.8M Bound For Florida Stopped At Area Port: CBP
130 Pounds Of Ketamine Worth $1.8M Bound For Florida Stopped At Area Port: CBP Customs officers in Philadelphia just stopped another massive shipment of ketamine — just weeks after intercepting a $1.5 million load hidden in toys, picture frames, and fishing rods. The latest bust came in two separate seizures in early July at the Port of Philadelphia, the agency announced Thursday, July 17. On July 5, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said officers inspected a shipment from France labeled as an “industrial air filter HEPA air filter.”  Inside, they found more than 46 pounds of ketamine, concealed in hidden packaging. Just days later on July 9, off…

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$1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Area Port $1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Area Port
$1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Area Port Customs officers in Philadelphia just reeled in a whopper — but it wasn’t fish. US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 57 pounds of ketamine hydrochloride, a dangerous anesthetic often abused at raves and by sexual predators, during multiple parcel inspections in late June, the agency announced on Thursday, July 3. The drugs, which had a street value of about $1.5 million, were being smuggled from Europe to South Florida, hidden inside fishing rods, toys, picture frames, and other everyday items. CBP officers weren't playing around after they found nine pounds of keta…

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Ongoing Dispute Ends In Murder: Fort Washington Man Charged After Florida Arrest, Police Say Ongoing Dispute Ends In Murder: Fort Washington Man Charged After Florida Arrest, Police Say
Ongoing Dispute Ends In Murder: Fort Washington Man Charged After Florida Arrest, Police Say A Maryland man accused of killing a 21-year-old during an ongoing dispute was charged in Florida with murder, police announced. Tafari Ron Clauzel, 23, of Fort Washington, has been charged for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Glenarden resident Corenlius Wilson, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. On Monday, May 19, officers were called around 12:20 a.m. to the 2800 block of Wood Hollow Terrace for a reported shooting, where they found Wilson outside suffering fro multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say th…

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Philly Woman Stole $184K In COVID Relief Money For Butt Lift: Warrant Philly Woman Stole $184K In COVID Relief Money For Butt Lift: Warrant
Philly Woman Stole $184K In COVID Relief Money For Butt Lift: Warrant A Philadelphia woman is accused of fraudulently cashing a COVID-19 relief check and spending the money on plastic surgery.  In an arrest warrant obtained by Local10.com, authorities said 30-year-old Ashley Stibbins-Parker made a bank account for a Georgia entity called "City of Weston LLC.''  Investigators believe she used the account to collect $184,838.72 in federal CARES Act funding meant for the real City of Weston in Florida.  Broward County commissioners sent the money to Weston City Hall via check in February 2021, but by the next month, it had been deposited into Sti…

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by Mac Bullock