A U.K.-based artisan cheese distributor, wholesaler, and retailer says it’s been “the victim of a sophisticated fraud” after con artists posing as a French wholesale distributor made off with more than £300,000, or more than $ 540,000 Cdn, in clothbound, award-winning cheddar. CBC | World News
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Massive Russian ship packed with 20,000 tonnes of deadly explosive cargo runs aground
The huge vessel is still showing as being in Norwegian waters carrying its highly volatile cargo. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »200 tonnes of aid is headed to Gaza by sea — with no port to unload it
A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea route to deliver supplies to a population aid agencies say is on the brink of famine. CBC | World News
Read More »UK’S biggest ever cocaine seizure – 5.7 tonnes worth £450m found in bananas at Southampton
The National Crime Agency and Border Force made the huge discovery of around 5.7 tonnes of cocaine – believed to be the biggest ever seizure of class A drugs in the UK. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Over 600 tonnes of spilled oil collected from Brazil’s northeastern coast
Brazil has collected more than 600 tonnes of oil from its northeastern beaches since Sept. 12, the country’s government said. That’s more than double an estimate of oil and sand collected by state-run oil company Petrobras. CBC | World News
Read More »Police find 50 tonnes of cocaine, heroine and cannabis in UK’s ‘biggest drugs conspiracy’
POLICE investigating the country’s “biggest ever conspiracy” have found 50 tonnes of cocaine, heroin and cannabis hidden on a vegetable delivery lorry travelling from the Netherlands. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Colombia seizes 11 tonnes of cocaine, its biggest haul ever
Police seized about 11 tonnes of cocaine from Colombia’s top crime gang on Wednesday, the biggest haul ever in the nation’s long-running fight against drug trafficking, President Juan Manuel Santos said. CBC | World News
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