Chemistry

Huge drug bust in NYC

More than 70 kg of heroin and 2 million USD in cash was discovered by the New York DEA, making this drug bust the biggest in the history of the city.

 

The massive operation in the northern part of the Bronx was the fourth largest heroin op in US history.

 

Only last month, authorities in New York JFK seized heroin transported on two jets.

 

 

Parents want part of Thomas Cook’s compensation for their kids’ monoxide poisoning on Corfu

An inquest by Wakefield Coroner’s Court into the deaths of Bobby and Christi Sheherd, aged six and seven when they died while on a holiday to Corfu, found that tour operators Thomas Cook “breached their duty of care.” The children died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty boiler while on holiday in 2006.

Bulgarian Customs Seize 2.7 kg Cocaine from Venezuelan Citizen

Bulgarian customs officers have seized 2.7 kg of cocaine at Sofia International Airport being smuggled by a female citizen of Venezuela, the National Customs Agency (NCA) announced on Thursday.

The drug was discovered in the luggage of the traveller who had arrived on a flight from Brazil via Doha, Qatar.

European Commission Urges Southeastern Europe to Build More LNG Terminals

The European Commission has recommended that Southeastern European countries strive to build LNG terminals to avoid gas supply disruptions and to boost energy security.

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic announced a comprehensive plan for SEE countries aimed at guaranteeing access to at least three sources of gas, according to reports of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

Fertilizer suited for bombs flows to ISIL territory from Turkey: Report

The New York Times reports that the fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, which has also been used by terrorists, crosses the border between Turkey and Syria, raising eyebrows. The laborers work all day, piling bags of fertilizer onto carts and wheeling them through the crossing that connects this southern border town to Syria.

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