Day: August 26, 2024

United States border agents pulled over a produce-laden tractor-trailer only to find out that the watermelons loaded on it were actually bundles of methamphetamine worth $5 million worth wrapped in coloured paper.  Smugglers disguised more than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug as melons, hid them amongst other cargo and tried to truck them across the border from Mexico.  The paper used to package meth was painted to look like the juicy fruit.  Border agents pulled over the produce-laden tractor-trailer at Otay Mesa in California on Friday and got…

KURRAM: Terrorists on Sunday attacked a police checkpost in Central Kurram, leaving one policeman martyred and injuring another, police told Geo News. The terrorist, according to  District Police Officer Ahmed Khan, set fire to the checkpost after the gun attack. The martyred policeman was identified as Qoowat Khan, while Constable Shahzad has been injured in the attack. He has been shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Sadda in Central Kurram for treatment. Funeral prayer of the martyred policeman has been offered in the wake of the attack. The region has witnessed multiple…