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A former Rhode Island resident was convicted in federal court for attempting to traffic more than 400 pounds of illegal narcotics into Canada via an inflatable raft, but beachgoers found his stash and alerted authorities.

Police across Europe, South America, and Africa detained over 200 individuals and seized US$1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals during a two-month anti-narcotics operation, Interpol announced on Tuesday.

In August 2018, Daniel Sánchez, a Mexican investigative journalist, started receiving unusual calls and texts concerning a recent article he had published. The messages, which Sánchez noted were coming weekly, were from individuals claiming to be lawyers who asked him to take down his article.