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173 kilogrammes de kif traité, en provenance du Maroc, ont été saisis lors de deux opérations distinctes menées la semaine dernière par la Direction centrale de lutte contre le trafic illicite de stupéfiants (SCLTIS) et son antenne régionale à Béchar.

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Le 8 juillet dernier, sur le port de Papeete, cinq conteneurs ont été déchargés pour des investigations douanières approfondies. L’un de ces conteneurs, en provenance des Caraïbes, a révélé la présence de trois sacs disposés sur la cargaison du conteneur.

Ces sacs contenaient 80 pains de cocaïne, conditionnés dans des paquets rectangulaires cellophanés. Les tests ont confirmé la présence de cocaïne. La pesée a révélé un poids total brut de 89,7 kg exactement,

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BOSTON – A Saugus man was charged in an eight-count indictment for his alleged role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl.

George Krabey, 46, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, involving 500 grams or more of methamphetamine; three counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine; one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; and one count of distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Krabey was initially arrested and charged by criminal complaint in May 2025.

According to charging documents, between December 2024 and April 2025, Krabey repeatedly met with a cooperating source working with law enforcement and sold the source thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. On April 22, 2025, Krabey was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by law enforcement in Danvers. It is alleged that the Krabey was enroute to Salisbury to sell the cooperating source 4,000 counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine. During a search of the vehicle, a shoebox was located in the back seat area that contained 5,296 pills containing methamphetamine with a weight of approximately two kilograms.

The charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances involving 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, each provide for a sentence of at least 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. The charges of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine each provide for a sentence of at least five years and up to 40 years in prison, at least four years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $5 million. The charge of distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $1 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Jared A. Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police and the Revere, Saugus and Peabody Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel R. Feldman of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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The UK head of the notorious Kinahan crime group has been ordered to pay more than £1.1 million following a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) investigation led by the National Crime Agency.

Thomas Kavanagh, 57, will have three months to pay the sum, or face another 12 years in prison.

He was jailed for 21 years in March 2022 for orchestrating the importation of multi-million-pound drug shipments worth around £30million at UK street value. He also admitted being involved in the illegal trafficking of firearms and money laundering.

Another high-ranking gang member, Gary Vickery, 43, was arrested in October 2017 after NCA officers seized 15 kilos of cocaine and more than 220 kilos of cannabis which was found inside a six-tonne industrial tarmac removal machine in Dover.

Subsequent investigations showed Kavanagh was heading up the criminal enterprise, and he was arrested at Birmingham airport as he returned from holiday in January 2019.

Following his sentencing, NCA investigators began looking into the gang’s finances and assets for seizure under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Officers estimated that Kavanagh’s criminal profits were in the region £12.2m, but recoverable assets amounted to £1,123,096.84.

This includes his 50% share of his fortified family mansion in Tamworth, Staffordshire, money from the sale of various other properties in the UK and a villa in Spain, and approximately £150,000 of high-end bags, clothes and accessories which were discovered when Kavanagh’s house was searched following his initial arrest in 2019.

Vickery was also subject to the POCA hearing and has been ordered to pay back £109,312.90 within three months or face another two years in prison.

At previous hearings orders were made to forfeit an Audemars Piguet watch worth £75,000, as well as just over 100,000 euros that was seized from a hotel room when Vickery was arrested.

In October 2024, Thomas Kavanagh admitted additional firearms offences and perverting the course of justice, after NCA officers uncovered an elaborate plan that Kavanagh hoped would significantly reduce his prison sentence.

Kavanagh directed his trusted associates Shaun Kent and Liam Byrne to purchase firearms and ammunition and bury them so he could reveal their whereabouts to NCA investigators. All three were jailed for a total of 17 years, with Kavanagh’s six years to be served on top of his 21-year sentence.

Kay Mellor, Head of Operations HQ at the National Crime Agency, said:

“Thomas Kavanagh was the head of the UK’s arm of the Kinahan organised crime group, responsible for the importation and distribution of drugs and firearms, making millions of pounds in the process.

“He and his gang believed they were untouchable, but that proved to be their downfall. Kavanagh and Vickery will be behind bars for many years to come and now have to pay back more than £1 million to the state.

“We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to target, disrupt and dismantle organised crime groups, deprive them of their assets and ensure they face justice”.

Adrian Foster, Chief Crown Prosecutor, said:

“Thomas Kavanagh and Gary Vickery are dangerous criminals in the organised gang world, importing millions of pounds worth of dangerous drugs on an industrial scale to the UK.

“This successful £1 million Confiscation Order demonstrates the prosecution team’s commitment to work across borders to strip organised criminals of their illegal gains.

“We continue to pursue the proceeds of crime robustly and will return them back to court to serve an additional sentence of imprisonment if they fail to pay their orders.

“In the last five years, over £478 million has been recovered from CPS obtained Confiscation Orders, ensuring that thousands of convicted criminals cannot benefit from their offending. £95 million of that amount has been returned to victims of crime, by way of compensation.”

25 July 2025

Une fouille de l’établissement à permis de trouver un labo où « 9 kilos de marijuana étaient stockés et modifiés à l’aide de produits chimiques ».

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Communiqué de Soizic Guillaume, procureure de la République du Havre

Elle a précisé que la victime avait été amenée à l’hôpital du Havre par deux personnes qui se sont ensuite rendues au commissariat de Rennes, où elles ont été placées en garde à vue.

Quatre autres individus interpellés

« Quatre autres individus, des hommes résidant au Havre et âgés de 22 à 47 ans, dont le mis en cause suspecté d’être à l’origine de ce tir mortel », a indiqué la procureure, « ont été interpellées, déférées et mises en examen notamment des chefs d’homicide volontaire en bande organisée, trafic de stupéfiants, et association de malfaiteurs en vue de commettre des faits de trafic de stupéfiants. Ils ont été placés en détention provisoire« .

L’enquête a permis d’établir que la victime s’était rendue au Havre dans le cadre d’un trafic de cocaïne, « et que plusieurs auteurs pouvaient être mis en cause pour avoir participé de manière organisée à ce crime », a-t-elle affirmé.

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A man trusted to broker multi-million pound drug deals for organised criminals has been jailed for more than 10 years after a team of specialist investigators identified him from messages about his musician father.

An associate sent Thomas Hooton, 30, a picture of his father Peter – lead singer with The Farm – and made comments that linked Thomas to his father.

Hooton, of Victoria Road West, Crosby, Liverpool, used the handle ‘Ownraptor’ on the encrypted messaging service EncroChat to deal drugs with a wholesale value of around £1.3m.

Officers from Merseyside’s Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) arrested Hooton in April this year and he subsequently pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to conspiring to supply heroin, cocaine, cannabis and ketamine.

He was sentenced to 10 years and eight months imprisonment at the same court today, Friday, 25 July.

Officers pieced together Hooton’s identity from clues contained in Ownraptor’s messages.

They included a picture he sent of his father with the Champions League trophy.

Ownraptor also spoke in the messages about driving a Black Audi A3 and that his “arl fella’” arranged his insurance for him. Official checks showed Peter Hooton insured a black Audi A3 for his son Thomas.

Hooton had 41 different handle names in his EncroChat contacts, and he had a County Lines drug supply to criminals in Scotland, the north east and the south of England.

At the very minimum, Hooton was involved in the supply of 42.5kg of cannabis, 3.25kg of heroin, 10 kg of cocaine and 1kg of ketamine. His messages said he was in possession of around £400,000 and owed £258,000. The offending was committed between 26 March and 4 June 2020.

The Merseyside OCP is made up of officers from the National Crime Agency and Merseyside Police.

Detective Chief Inspector Lynsay Armbruster said: “It’s clear Hooton was involved in organised crime for a long time before he was charged.

“His criminal and geographical reach will have taken considerable time to establish. His drug supply operations were on an almost daily basis, they were sustained and spanned the UK working with high level criminals.”

EncroChat was infiltrated and taken down in 2020 by a European taskforce. The NCA leads Operation Venetic – the UK’s response to the takedown.

Merseyside OCP officers are committed to protecting the public by stopping the flow of firearms and drugs into Merseyside’s criminal markets and county lines networks.

25 July 2025

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Trafic de stupéfiants, extorsion et violences : plus de 270 kilos de stups et des biens d’une valeur de 1,3 million d’euros saisis.

Les responsables de la tentative d’assassinat d’un agent de la « Pescara Flying Squad » ont également été arrêtés.

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Entre mai et juin 2025, plus de 1.500 kilos de stupéfiants ont été interceptés, notamment 770 kilos d’héroïne et de méthamphétamine au large du Sri Lanka, ainsi que 310 kilos dans les eaux du Mozambique.

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L’Agence américaine des douanes et de la protection des frontières (CBP) a annoncé avoir intercepté 146 kilos de méthamphétamine cachés dans une cargaison de panneaux solaires à l’aéroport international de Los Angeles (LAX).

La cargaison de méthamphétamine était planquée à l’intérieur de panneaux récemment arrivés.

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