The tally of cocaine seized by federal officials from a ship at the Philadelphia port has now ballooned to more than 35,000lbs, making it the largest cocaine haul in the history of US Customs. Authorities said on Friday the street value of the drugs was $1.1billion. Laid end to end, the 15,000 bricks of cocaine would stretch about 2-and-a-half miles, said Casey Durst, director of field operations in the US Customs and Border Protection Baltimore field office. The investigation has now resulted in the arrests of six crew members, all of whom are due in federal court on Monday. None of the accused are US citizens. They have all been charged with conspiracy to possess cocaine aboard a ship, and each has been appointed a federal public defender. 👮🏻♂️ #WOW
Russian coal billionaire’s $500 million super yacht which is 468 ft long and comes with its own swimming pool and helicopter pad dwarfs the competition in sunny Monaco harbour. Modestly named 'Sailing Yacht A' the super duper yacht dwarfed all competition in the bay, belittling the boats of the mere millionaires surrounding it. It is owned by Russian billionaire industrialist Andrey Melnichenko, 47, who made his $15bn fortune manufacturing and trading in fertiliser and coal. The magnificent vessel spans 468ft in length and has three masts taller than London's Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, at 328ft. 🚢 much #WOW
Scientists say a massive freshwater aquifer discovered off the coast of the US could help mitigate water crises in North America and abroad. In a study spearheaded by scientists at Columbia University, the researchers say the gargantuan subterranean aquifer spans at least from New Jersey to Massachusetts and sprawls outward into the ocean, reaching the edge of the continental shelf. Scientists say if the water contained in the aquifer were a surface-level lake, it would cover about 15,000 square miles. 💧 #science
Two policemen in Rio de Janeiro were shot by criminals while inside there vehicle. Nobody was arrested so far, Brazil. 😱😢
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Road accident in China 😱
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'Let's Make Iran Great Again': Trump appeals to Tehran to come to the table but vows to stop the mullahs obtaining a nuclear weapon and warns the country faces total 'obliteration' if conflict break out.
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Rookie cop, 26, dies after being shot by gunman who stopped her colleagues reaching her by opening fire on them and who is still holed up in a Sacramento house. Police say officer Tara O'Sullivan (left), 26, was helping a woman gather her belongings to move…
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The Sacramento Police Department has released a segment of body worn camera which shows officers being attacked by a gunman when they responded to a call from the home where their trainee was shot dead on Wednesday. Police believe 45-year-old Adel Sambrano Ramos was watching them from security cameras around the property where two assault rifles, one shotgun and one handgun were strategically placed and his front door was barricaded. Video shows an officer who was nearby Tara O'Sullivan, 26, when she was killed, call: 'Police Department. If you're in here let me know. You're not in trouble, dude.' But then the father-of-two - and a grandfather with a long history of violence against women - begins incessantly firing in what cops say was an ambush that strung out for four hours. 👮🏻♂️ #shooting
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Seven motorcyclists are left dead and three injured in a 'devastating crash' after a Dodge pickup truck plows into their procession along a rural stretch of highway in New Hampshire 🔥😱
Seven motorcyclists are dead and three more are injured following a devastating crash on a New Hampshire highway that left bodies strewn across the tarmac. The tragic incident occurred on Route 2 near the town of Randolph shortly before 6.30pm Friday after a Dodge pick-up truck plowed into the procession of bikes. Witnesses described a 'devastating' scene as bystanders tried to help riders that were peppered along the highway as emergency services rushed to help. Along with the seven dead, state police said two additional people were transported to the Androscoggin Valley Hospital and one was airlifted to Maine Medical.
Protesters in Hong Kong have ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully. By daybreak, police had cleared the streets of barriers set up by protesters to snarl traffic in the Asian financial centre, and only a few groups in the mostly youthful crowd remained. Many slept outside the legislature. Traffic was again smooth on a major thoroughfare through the government's central complex as the protest movement regrouped to consider next moves. Police said nine female and four male staffers were taken to hospital 'with considerable delay' during the blockade. #retract