Officials at US-Mexico border seize $10.3m in meth hidden in lettuce shipment pred 23 urami in 19 minutami CBP press release calls seized drugs and lettuce ‘a salad unfit for this year’s Thanksgiving table’Officials at Texas’s border with Mexico seized roughly $10.3m worth of methamphetamine hidden in a lettuce shipment on Friday, according to US Customs and Border Protection.A press release from CBP officials called the seized drugs and lettuce “a salad unfit for this year’s Thanksgiving table”, adding that the 500 packages of meth in question weighed about 1,153lbs. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US brokers Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi as Trump tries to push through deal pred 23 urami in 26 minutami Spokesperson for US army secretary says discussions with officials from Kyiv and Moscow are going wellEurope live – latest updatesDiscussions involving US, Russian and Ukrainian officials are taking place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s attempts to push through a peace deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.The US army secretary, Dan Driscoll, met a Russian delegation on Monday night in the Gulf emirate, and talks continued into Tuesday. “The talks are going well and we remain optimistic. Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronised with the White House ... as these talks progress,” his spokesperson told Reuters. Continue reading...(The Guardian)