SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nine employees of American Airlines have been charged with participating in a smuggling ring that shipped cocaine from Puerto Rico's main airport aboard flights to the U.S. mainland, officials said Tuesday. ...more

September 15, 2009

Police say a 71-year-old Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges after customs officials found 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) of marijuana hidden in her luggage at a Jamaican airport. ...more

April 1, 2009

The owner of three fishing boats that were seized after authorities found them smuggling cocaine from Colombia pleaded guilty this morning to a federal drug offense. ...more

February 2, 2009

A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to life in prison today, the culmination of an investigation by a multiagency task force created to stop the flow of cocaine from South America to the United States, federal prosecutors say. ...more

January 12, 2009

A Bahamian national convicted of drug smuggling was sentenced today in a Tampa federal courtroom to 14 years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office said. ...more

August 26, 2008

A photo of the chin-length red hair and bushy beard Michael George had as a narcotics detective inspires a smile beneath his trim salt-and-pepper moustache. ...more

June 6, 2008

Michael George, 50, retires Friday after 29 years with the Tampa Police Department, finishing his career as one of two assistant chiefs. ...more

June 5, 2008

When Larry Peters sold the 30-year-old twin engine plane back in August 2006, he thought it was just another deal by his small St. Petersburg-based aircraft sales company, according to his lawyer. ...more

February 9, 2008

An airplane sold by a St. Petersburg company in August 2006 is now part of an FBI investigation into international money laundering and drug smuggling, according to an FBI affidavit. ...more

February 5, 2008

A rookie with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is credited with capturing a U.S. fugitive killer and three-time escapee who has spent two decades dodging and taunting law enforcement. ...more

October 27, 2007