Month: July 2018
Columbia Drug Gang puts out Hit Contract on Sniffer Dog
Colombian sniffer dog moved after threats by drug gang
Her handler says Sombra is friendly to children but unforgiving in her search for drugs
A dog in Colombia which has sniffed out a record amount of drugs in her career with the counter-narcotics police force has been moved to ensure her safety.
Intelligence sources said the Urabeños drugs gang had put a 200m-peso ($70,000; £53,000) price on the German shepherd’s head after she found almost 10 tonnes of the gang’s cocaine.
The Urabeños is considered Colombia’s most powerful criminal organisation.
Sombra (Shadow) was moved from the gang’s heartland to Bogotá airport.
Drug traffickers’ scourge
Six-year-old Sombra had been deployed in ports on the Atlantic coast including Turbo, a town from which tonnes of cocaine are shipped by speedboat and sometimes by submarine to Central American and on to the United States.
Sombra sniffed out 5.3 tonnes of cocaine in Turbo and recently found another four tonnes stashed in car parts meant for export.
Sombra has taken part in more than 300 operations with the counter-narcotics police
Much of the drug trafficking is controlled by the Urabeños, a gang which is also known as the Úsuga clan or Gulf clan.
The gang’s boss, Dairo Antonio Úsuga also known as Otoniel, is one of Colombia’s most wanted men.
It is not unusual for the Urabeños to offer money to get rid of those standing in their way.
In 2012, police found leaflets signed by the gang offering $500 (£380) to anyone who killed a police officer.
The vastly bigger sum the Urabeños are offering for the killing of Shadow is indicative of the financial losses her sensitive nose has caused them.
Counter-narcotics police officers said Shadow was being well guarded by her handler and other officers, but that for the time being she would be safer on duty at El Dorado airport in the capital.
Sombra has been with the counter-narcotics police force since she was a puppy and is credited with sniffing out drugs leading to the arrest of 245 suspects.
BBC
Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame star destroyed in Hollywood
A suspect has been arrested after the president’s star, the target of previous attacks, was demolished with a pickaxe.
Donald Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood has been destroyed.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the LAPD received a call from the man who allegedly took a pickaxe to the president’s spot on the strip in Los Angeles. Reports claim the suspect arrived with a guitar case before taking out the implement to destroy the star.
While he had fled the scene by the time officers arrived, he has since turned himself in and remains in police custody. A source claimed he would probably be charged with felony vandalism.
While there is private security in the area, they struggled to intervene as they do not possess the same powers as law enforcement officers.
It’s not the first time the star has been the target of an attack, with multiple incidents of vandalism. In 2016, James Lambert Otis, 53, was recorded using a jackhammer and a pick.axe to remove Trump’s name. He said he was motivated by the infamous Access Hollywood video in which the future president used lewd terminology to describe infidelity.
Otis was sentenced to three years’ probation, 20 days of community service and paid $4,400 for the damage.
The star has also been the subject of protest art, with a wall erected around it in 2016 to symbolize the president’s policy on immigration.
The strip in Hollywood features multiple stars dedicated to celebrities, with 2018 honorees including Jeff Goldblum, Jack Black, Kirsten Dunst and Zoe Saldana. Recipients are selected by a committee that considers applications throughout the year and stars are purchased for $30,000.
A quick fix was promptly carried out.
Some comedy group brought in Russian Cossack guards to protect the sort of fixed star.
As a side note. Trump is in a major trade war with China. But it didn’t stop him from getting Trump 2020 flags made in the communist nation.
Trump always liked using cheap labor.
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