‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG

NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profitable drugs as methamphetamine and fentanyl.

One of the main suppliers that shut down is in Wuhan, the epicenter of the global outbreak.

Associated Press interviews with nearly two dozen law enforcement officials and trafficking experts found Mexican and Colombian cartels are still plying their trade as evidenced by recent drug seizures but the lockdowns that have turned cities into ghost towns are disrupting everything from production to transport to sales.

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Police officer dead, another injured in Canada shooting

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ENFIELD, Nova Scotia (AP) — A Canadian police officer is dead and another injured after a shooting rampage Sunday in Nova Scotia, a senior police official said.

Brian Sauvé, President of National Police Federation, confirmed the death the injured officer.

The suspect in the active shooter investigation was arrested Sunday at a gas station in Nova Scotia after shootings rampage left “multiple victims,” police said. At least one person was killed, according to witnesses.

A man identified by police as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the Enfield, Nova Scotia, gas station, northwest of downtown Halifax.

By late morning, there were half a dozen police vehicles at the scene. Yellow police tape surrounded the gas pumps, and a large silver-colored SUV was being investigated by police.

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>>8746625 (pb)

>Patriots: be cautious in your interpretations of info posted. False expectations [& push] based on 'speculation' will only weaponize those who attack us [MSM].

>Why does [MSM] expend resources [daily] attempting to discredit?

>Do you provide the playbook to the enemy w: specific dates?

>Logical thinking.

>FISA INDICTMENTS = START (public_justice)