The virtual world of online gaming seems like the perfect place to hide. There is plenty of anonymity, and it’s almost impossible for someone to trace activity back to its source, right? Wrong.

In this case, online gamers were playing alongside Alfred Hightower, a man wanted on charges of dealing in a schedule III controlled substance and dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, and two charges of dealing in marijuana. A warrant was issued for his arrest in 2007.

kokomoperspective.com

Venezuela reported on Saturday 60 metric tons of drugs were confiscated in 2009, an 11 percent bigger haul than the previous year, and said anti-narcotics efforts had improved since it ended cooperation with the United States.

reuters.com

Ihr Sohn war in Nürnberg ein stadtbekannter Junkie und Drogendealer. Als er ins Gefängnis wanderte, übernahm Christa K. seinen Rauschgifthandel und erwirtschaftete innerhalb von drei Monaten einen Umsatz von 16.400 Euro. Jetzt wurde die im Rollstuhl sitzende 82-Jährige verurteilt.

spiegel.de

Hundreds of pounds of pot, totaling nearly $2 million, were recovered in a big drug bust Wednesday, according to Chicago police.

Investigators were tipped-off that José Bazaldua was a drug smuggler and after a two day surveillance, police allegedly spotted him accepting large bales of cellophane wrapped packages.

wgntv.com

Neunkirchen am Sand: Zoll und Polizei stellten 500 Cannabispflanzen, 65 Kilo getrocknete Blätter und 1,8 Kilo Marihuana sicher

abendzeitung.de

A British prisoner convinced guards his marijuana plants were tomato plants -- and they even allowed him to decorate one as a Christmas tree, a source said.

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metro.co.uk
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The identity of those arrested has not yet been released

Police in Madrid have arrested two people who were found to have 76 kilos of hashish hidden in the airbag of their car.

typicallyspanish.com

Deputies found more than 700 pounds of marijuana in the back of a truck after a Sunday night traffic stop.

Sgt. Robert Harvey noticed the Ford 4-by-4 speeding down State Highway 35, then turn onto State Highway 185 at 9:45 p.m.

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