3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (358+ words) A cartel network involving truckers sent cash loads carrying at least $1 million apiece back into Mexico. Its cocaine operation supplied Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, Tennessee, and other U.S. cities. Weekly shipments totaled up to 300 kilograms. Roberto Lopez managed logistics, including driver payments....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (572+ words) An Indiana trucker told police he was transporting an empty trailer from Memphis to Indianapolis. A commercial vehicle inspection uncovered 126 kilograms, or about 277 pounds, of cocaine. Police found the drugs inside the tractor’s sleeper compartment, not inside the trailer. Indiana…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (432+ words) Federal prosecutors charged a California restaurant operator after agents seized more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine. Investigators found the drugs inside his residence and Hyundai Sonata, according to a federal affidavit. Searches also uncovered three firearms, a digital scale and $11,800 in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (648+ words) The FBI is examining a dark-web service that claimed access to 153 million driver’s license records. The Nexus collection covered people across the United States and Canada. Some entries carried labels reading “CDL” or “ECDL.” Researchers warn that stolen credentials could…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (299+ words) Los Angeles County investigators seized counterfeit merchandise worth an estimated $10 million from a California warehouse. The Aug. 25 search uncovered 25,898 items bearing Nike, Adidas and other trademarks. Deputies targeted a commercial property within Arcadia’s 11600 block of Goldring Road. No arrests followed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (618+ words) Texas authorities placed nearly half of the commercial vehicles inspected during a recent enforcement operation in the Permian Basin out of service, part of a series of truck-safety initiatives conducted across six states. The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) A tractor-trailer arriving from Reynosa, Mexico, carried a shipment declared as leeks into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped the vehicle at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas. Officers discovered 395 packages of suspected methamphetamine inside…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Federal transportation officials are removing more than 110 commercial driver training schools from a federal registry and targeting another 160-plus schools for removal as part of a sweeping new crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) A stolen-load alert in northern Arizona led investigators to roughly $400,000 in recovered cargo across two interstates. Detective Curtis Peery of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received notice that a stolen shipment was traveling through the region. He began searching Interstate…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Canadian border officers seized about 385 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck at Blue Water Bridge. The discovery occurred Aug. 13 in Point Edward, Ontario. Authorities announced the case Aug. 25, nearly two weeks later. The drugs weighed almost 849 pounds. Canada…...