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Palm Bay councilman Pete Filiberto accused of DUI, carrying cocaine in shoe
Read full article: Palm Bay councilman Pete Filiberto accused of DUI, carrying cocaine in shoePalm Bay City Council Member Pete Filiberto was arrested on charges of riding his motorcycle while impaired and carrying 10 grams of cocaine in his shoe, court records show.
13 arrested in drug trafficking investigation of fentanyl, cocaine distribution
Read full article: 13 arrested in drug trafficking investigation of fentanyl, cocaine distributionThirteen people were arrested as suspects of a drug trafficking organization that distributes fentanyl and cocaine, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Operation Snow Melt: Police incinerate cocaine worth over $300 million
Read full article: Operation Snow Melt: Police incinerate cocaine worth over $300 millionPolice in Germany’s Bavaria region say they have destroyed some 1.5 metric tons (1.65 U.S. tons) of cocaine with a street value of about 270 million euros ($304 million) — their biggest such operation yet.
$1.2 million worth of cocaine thrown in garbage bins
Read full article: $1.2 million worth of cocaine thrown in garbage binsStaff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to $1.2 million in the trash, not realizing that the packages they’d found inside banana crates were drugs.
Florida man says wind blew cocaine into his car
Read full article: Florida man says wind blew cocaine into his carFORT PIERCE, Fla. – That darn wind is always causing trouble, especially for "Florida Man." A man pulled over by police in Fort Pierce last month claimed the cocaine residue found inside a Budweiser can along with a crack pipe was blown there by the wind, according to News 6 sister station WPLG. Police noticed Joseph Zak, 37, appeared to be trying to discard an item when he was stopped for failing to pause at a stop sign, The Smoking Gun reports. When cops asked Zak about the white residue inside the can which eventually tested positive for crack cocaine, he told them "the police or the wind must have placed it there." Zak was arrested and jailed.