[NYPOST] Two people were recently accused of trafficking more than 1,500 grams of cocaine through South Carolina after the drugs fell out of a fake pregnancy belly being worn by one of the alleged dealers.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies first pulled over Anthony Miller and Cemeka Mitchem during a “proactive patrol” on Interstate 85.
Police said red flags were then raised when the officers asked about the apparent pregnant woman’s due date and the two suspects provided “conflicting information.”
Deputies said that as they grew more suspicious, Mitchem realized the officers’ weren’t buying their story and immediately took off from the car.
The drugs Mitchem was hiding inside her fake rubber stomach fell out when she sprinted away, with officers catching her and the contraband.
The sheriff’s office estimated that the couple was hiding more than 1,500 grams of cocaine during the traffic stop.
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PAKISTAN ROUNDS UP AFGHANS AT TORKHAM – As many as 22 Afghanistan nationals were reportedly arrested in a security sweep by Pakistani police on Saturday in and around Torkham pass. A Police spokesman cautioned the raids were conducted to break up a reputed criminal network that had been stealing goods from the many transport trucks for many months. The raids were not intended to target legitimate refugees. All 22 of the people arrested reportedly lacked any official documents justifying their presence in Pakistan and will be arraigned today in court on charges of criminality.
AFGHANISTAN DIPLOMATIC WOES IN INDIA – A diplomatic drama is playing out in New Delhi as the Afghan Embassy is dealing with simultaneous charges of corruption and a mutiny among the Embassy staff who refuse to recognize the Taliban’s appointed envoy to the country. The Embassy has been administered by personnel who were appointed prior to the fall of the previous regime. Charges of corruption stem from rumors that the Ambassador and select other senior officers of the diplomatic post have rented facilities to Indian companies in order to line their own pockets. The Taliban have appointed their own envoy (chosen from among the existing staff) and have issued a letter to the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing them of their decision. The staff have expressed reservations about the Taliban’s choice to lead the Embassy and have refused to recognize him as the Charge d’Affaires. The government of India has yet to make an announcement about the situation but is likely to follow the examples of other nations and will recognize the Taliban’s choice. The drama is playing out as the serving Afghan Ambassador is in London.
KHAN STIRS UP TROUBLE WITH SERIES OF TWEETS – The former Prime Minister took to Twitter to claim that a Pakistani Army plot to arrest his wife was in the works and that both he and his wife may soon be arrested again on charges of sedition. He went on to say that he had reliable information suggesting the Pakistani Army intended to ban the PTI soon.
PAKISTAN’S PASHTUNS CONSIDERING OPTION TO PROTEST ARMY OCCUPATION OF THEIR LANDS IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN – The head of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Manzoor Pashteen, has stated that a meeting with heads of Pashtun communities across Western Pakistan has resulted in a plan to launch demonstrations to protest the occupation of their ancestral land. According to a news outlet that reportedly attended the meetings, the Pashtun organization intended to block roads in and around the towns and cities in the Province until their demands for the Pakistani Army to leave the areas are met.
CONFLICT TRACKER Nimroz: A clash took place between Iranian and Taliban border forces that may have involved human smugglers on Sunday. 1 Iranian border guard and 1 adult non-combatant (presumed to be Afghan) were killed and 1 child (also presumed to be Afghan) was injured in the fighting that took place. No additional violence had been reported as of Sunday night.
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PRIME MINISTER KHAN DUE BACK IN COURT – The former PM is due in court in Lahore today and a consortium of political parties led by the Pakistan Democratic Movement announced they would protest outside of the Supreme Court over favoritism shown by the court to the ousted leader. The group represents the largest bloc of coalition partners for the government and many are critical that they will receive similar treatment from the Army and Police as the PTI protestors did last week. The current regime has asked the organizers to choose another venue and is loathe to show support for the protests for fear of being labeled hypocrites. If the former PM and/or his spouse are arrested today, PTI followers may take to the streets again. Based on a discussion with several sources in Islamabad, we do not assess a significant threat of violence from the planned Red Zone protests downtown exists. Regardless, at-risk Afghans should continue to conduct their affairs with the knowledge that the situation could rapidly change.
PRESIDENT HASSAN Sheikh Mohamud commissions the Gantaal Brigade of the national army ahead of the second phase of the operation against Al-Shabaab. The operation will focus on South West and Jubaland states. pic.twitter.com/tK2BPvP3qT
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] As many as 180 Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i citizens, who were stranded in Sudan, have arrived in the Sana’a international airport on Sunday
"This batch is the first and other batches will follow," deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Sana’a government, Hussein al-Ezzi, said on Twitter. "The Sana’a government will continue to follow up until the arrival of all Yemenis stranded in Sudan."
According to observers, the conduct of flights to evacuate Yemenis stranded in Sudan to Sana’a came after Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... announced that the evacuation operations carried out by its royal warships were completed, while about 1,900 Yemenis, including women and kiddies, remained stranded in Port Sudan, and Saudi Arabia had previously refused to evacuate them.
Earlier, the Ministry o foreign affairs had threatened to take action against the diplomatic mission of the pro-coalition government in Sudan for abandoning its role in evacuating the stranded.As many as 180 Yemeni citizens, who were stranded in Sudan, have arrived in the Sana’a international airport on Sunday
"This batch is the first and other batches will follow," deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Sana’a government, Hussein al-Ezzi, said on Twitter. "The Sana’a government will continue to follow up until the arrival of all Yemenis stranded in Sudan."
According to observers, the conduct of flights to evacuate Yemenis stranded in Sudan to Sana’a came after Saudi Arabia announced that the evacuation operations carried out by its royal warships were completed, while about 1,900 Yemenis, including women and kiddies, remained stranded in Port Sudan, and Saudi Arabia had previously refused to evacuate them.
Earlier, the Ministry o foreign affairs had threatened to take action against the diplomatic mission of the pro-coalition government in Sudan for abandoning its role in evacuating the stranded.
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[The Nation (Pak)] Armed attackers killed at least 33 people when they opened fire on vegetable farmers in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... , the governor of the Boucle du Mouhoun region said on Saturday. Much of the country, including parts of western Boucle du Mouhoun region, has been under a state of emergency since March as the government seeks to combat Death Eater attacks.
"On the evening of Thursday, May 11 at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT), the village of Youlou in the department of Cheriba, Mouhoun province suffered a cowardly and barbaric terrorist attack," Governor Babo Pierre Bassinga said in a statement.
"The button men targeted peaceful civilians" who were farming along the river, he said, adding the "provisional corpse count" was 33 people killed. Local sources confirmed the presence of heavily armed assailants on cycle of violences who fired indiscriminately.
The victims were buried on Friday. In Cheriba, people also said three others were maimed in the attack, and that the perpetrators had burned property before shooting.
#3
Not that odd coincidences aren't everywhere these days between Patrick O'Brian, Rantburg, and the world in general, but damned if the last thing I read before coming here didn't involve Our Hero being dragged from a drugged sleep to address a swallowed four-pound round of grape (which, however, came out as it went in).
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Saudi forces’ command directed its affiliated factions on Saturday to surround the most vital installations under the control of the UAE-backed factions in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... Informed sources in the city confirmed that button men from the Saudi-funded "Dera al-Watan" (Shield of the Nation) faction were deployed on board a number of armored vehicles in the vicinity of the container port in al-Mualla area.
The sources indicated that Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... directed its button men to impose their control over the service facilities following the arrival of the Saudi ambassador to the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, Muhammad Al Jaber, to the city at the end of last week, in conjunction with the arrival of military reinforcements to the city, including cycle of violences, coming from the border crossing at al-Wadea.
With this step, Aden has entered a new phase of the struggle over vital facilities between the Saudi and Emirati factions.
It is worth mentioning that Saudi Arabia flew back hundreds of conscripts from Aden last month after they received intensive courses in its camps in the Tabuk region, in the north of the Kingdom, to secure the important vital installations in the city of Aden.
The Dera al-Watan factions tightened their control over the major districts of Aden, "Al-Shaab," after they deployed along the coastal road overlooking Bab al-Mandab, from Madhareba and Ras al-Ara areas in restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement province, all the way to al-Buriqa area in Aden at the end of last December.
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[The Nation (Pak)] The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... arrested four alleged murderous Moslems of banned outfits during intelligence based operations in different areas of the province.
According to a front man, the CTD Punjab conducted 25 intelligence based operations in different districts of the province in which 25 suspects were interrogated and four alleged murderous Moslems were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials.
The accused included Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistan and ISIS members Salman, Malik Israr, Sher Zaman, and Sher Muhammad, he added.
The front man said that explosives 520-grams, one IED bomb, two rocket shells, seven booster shells RPG, four detonators, safety fuse wire 6-feet, two prima cards, one pistol, six rounds, 26 pamphlets, 30 stickers, cell phone and 24,340 rupees were recovered from them.
He said that the murderous Moslems had planned to sabotage across the province and wanted to target important installations and other religious places.
The police had registered four cases against the alleged murderous Moslems in Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sahiwal, DG Khan and Gujranwala, he added.
The front man added that 248 combing operations were also conducted during the current week with the help of police and security agencies in which 11,528 people were checked and 51 suspects were arrested while 39 FIRs were registered and 15 recoveries were made.
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[The Nation (Pak)] A massive crackdown against PTI leaders, workers and supporters was launched across the country yesterday as a large number of the party’s protesters including dozens of leaders were arrested and cases were filed against them for resorting to violent mostly peaceful protests, torching public as well as private properties and vehicles especially Lahore Corp Commander’s house.
According to fresh reports, PTI’s big shots including Mehmood ur Rashid, Senator Saifullah Niazi and Hammad Azhar's secretary Faisal Mehr were arrested during police raids in addition to arrest of hundreds of party workers and supports. Senator Saif Ullah Khan Niazi is considered a close aide of former premier Imran Khan. The PTI leader was arrested under 16 MPO and was moved to an undisclosed location by the police.
Mother's Day being commemorated globally
The crackdown has been launched a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the PTI’s violent mostly peaceful protests across the country against the arrest of their party chairman Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders... from the court premises in the al-Qadir Trust corruption case by Rangers.
PTI’s big shot Mian Mehmood-ul-Rashid was arrested by CIA Iqbal Town from Defence Lahore. PTI leader Hammad Azhar's secretary Faisal Mehr was also arrested from Sabzazar during a raid in the wee hours of Sunday.
The police also took PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi into custody in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . The leader was detained while leading a rally from the Pehlwan Goth area.
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[OneIndia] In its biggest recovery ever, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized drugs worth Rs 15,000 crore in a joint operation with Indian Navy. About 2500 kg of drugs has been seized off India's western coast and a suspected Pak national
Ah hah! But is he a member of one of Pakistan’s pet jihadi or other groups out to pollute India’s youth, or your usual narco-gangster feeding a known market?
apprehended, the NCB said on Saturday, calling it the largest seizure of methamphetamine in the country.
The drug cache had started on a mother ship -- a large vessel that distributes narcotics to various boats during its journey -- from the Makran coast around Pakistain and Iran, it said.
As many as 134 sacks of suspected methamphetamine, a Pak national, the intercepted boat and some other items salvaged from the ship were brought to Mattancherry Wharf in Kochi in Kerala and handed over by the Navy to the Narcotics Control Bureau, it said.
''NCB has initiated the seizure procedures and the primary analysis is that all of the packets contain methamphetamine of high purity.
''As the seizure procedures are still underway, the exact quantity of methamphetamine recovered is not clear yet. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... from the number of packets recovered, we estimate it to be around 2,500 kg,'' the NCB said
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There was a he-whore of Lahore
Their holy men used to adore
Who charged 'em ten million
For [cough] "riding pillion,"
Though now he does not, cuz they're poor.
And he perhaps a bit hoary.
A gun fight was going on between holy warriors and security forces in South Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Anantnag district, police said on Sunday.
"Encounter has started at Andwan Sagam area of #Anantnag. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow, " Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet.
[Shafaq News] Iraqi security forces has captured an physician with ties to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) holy warrior group in the capital city of Baghdad, a security source reported on Sunday.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that "a security force, via a well-orchestrated ambush in Baghdad's al-Waziriyah, managed to arrest a physician who works at the Forensic Medicine Department."
"The arrestee is wanted by the judiciary on charges of belonging to the terrorist organization ISIS," the source explained.
The source said that the apprehended physician had previously resided in the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and was an ISIS member between 2010 and 2014.
"The individual is now facing prosecution in accordance with Article 4/Terrorism," the source concluded.
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[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] I ran-backed militias obtained a new air defense system on Saturday in order to enhance their military capabilities in Jemraya village In the northwestern suburbs of Damascus amid repeated Israeli strikes a well-informed military source told Zaman al-Wasl.
The source revealed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard militia brought yesterday a new air defense system to the vicinity of the scientific research center in Jemraya in the Qudsaya district, indicating that the system was recently brought in from Lebanese territory towards the al-Dimas town, so that the IRG-run militia would transfer it in the morning to the scientific research area.
The source indicated that Iranian and Lebanese military experts supervised the installation and activation of the system and the preparation of its entire program.
He stated that the militia has strengthened its presence inside the scientific research building by establishing a joint operations room with all Iranian and local militias present in the Damascus countryside.
The source confirmed that the move came suddenly without knowing the reasons, as Iranian militias seek to expand their control and influence in the vicinity of the capital, Damascus, especially after the Iranian president's visit to the capital recently.
Jemraya has been subjected to raids by Israeli aircraft several times, as it continues to target sites of Iranian militias in separate areas of Syria.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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