WHILE some Australians welcomed news of the executions of the Bali bombers, among those who didn't were the Bali Nine heroin traffickers on death row in an Indonesian prison.

A veteran customs inspector recently arrested in Texas on drug charges helped traffickers smuggle about 3,000 pounds of cocaine into the country over five years, according to a court document filed last week.

A Taiwanese drug trafficker was arrested at a Thai beach resort with 229 pounds of heroin worth millions of dollars in a joint operation by American, Taiwanese and Thai drug enforcement authorities, officials said Monday.

Ending a three-month joint investigation, Thai police arrested Kuo Te-tsai, 42, in the southern beach town of Phuket on Sunday, said Lt. Gen. Priewphan Damaphong, Thailand's deputy national police chief. Police also arrested a Thai accomplice, Phongthat Pongsathirsakul, he said.

A large quantity of drugs and cash were seized by Murfreesboro Police Department's Vice Unit following a traffic stop on South Rutherford Boulevard, according to police.

An 18-year-old Bellingham woman has been arrested for investigation of obstructing a law enforcement officer after she grabbed two glass bongs off the back of a police car and smashed them in front of an ...