Gadling

What fun is travel without a little excitement? Rest and relaxation is a given, but excitement? That you have to look for, and it appears excitement for many is found in drugs. I came across an article yesterday that made me cringe. The world's ...

Next time you visit Madrid or Barcelona, breathe deeply. Along with the car exhaust, you'll be getting a whiff of cocaine, according to a recent study. The Superior Council of Scientific Investigations tested the air in various barrios in the two ...

Bolivia, the world's third largest cocaine producer, has escaped US drug sanctions because it met the counter-narcotics commitment of eradicating at least 5,000 hectares (12,360 acres) of coca crop. According to Reuters, cocaine seizures were up 17 ...

Someone needs to tell Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (a.k.a. Coolio) that the workers at the airport checkpoint are on the lookout for more than just guns, bombs and terrorists. When they go through your stuff and discover crack cocaine, the will haul you off ...

Cocaine shark? Has a new meaning. There's a new way to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. from Mexico: put it in a dead shark. I have to give them credit. It's a brilliant scheme. You could be all like "oh gosh, officer, I don't know why the shark did so ...

I know what you are thinking, but no. The British woman in question is not Amy Winehouse. Although, I always wondered what the eccentric English singer keeps stuffed in that hairdo. An average-size cat was my guess. It honestly never even dawned on ...

Traveling often sucks - but a sure way to make the end of your trip even worse, is to get one of those cryptic red messages scribbled all over your customs form when you pass through the immigration line. I've been selected for a closer look at my ...

Money is probably the most contaminated thing you come in contact with on a daily basis, just because of the sheer number of people whose hands it goes through every day. It carries virus's and diseases, and even traces of drugs. Spain is known to ...

4 luggage handlers at Madrid Barajas Airport have been arrested for smuggling cocaine into Spain by taking advantage of their position and access to luggage that is unloaded off air crafts. A bag with over 17 kilograms(!) of cocaine was loaded onto ...

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that a Southwest Airlines employee has been smuggling cocaine onto flights between Houston and Baltimore. The employee, Carthon Lee Merrick, who lives in the greater Houston area, is a baggage handler for the ...

22 people were arrested Tuesday amidst allegations of smuggling drugs from Puerto Rico into the US on American Airlines planes. Nine of the people arrested were employees of the airline, who allegedly sent over 9,000 kilograms - almost 20,000 pounds ...

If you're having trouble staying awake or just like to party, book your next flight on South African Airways. The UK Border Agency arrested 15 SAA crew members – nine men and six women – at Heathrow Airport. Why are they now guests of the ...

Look, we all know the economy is a little sour at the moment, so what do creative people do? They try and make a little extra cash on the side! That is what entrepreneur Timothy Monroe did when his job as a TSA checkpoint agent didn't pay enough. ...

I just finished listening to some short clips from the audio book version of the Onion's new atlas of planet earth, aptly titled Our Dumb World. After a short introduction, it begins: "Here are audio clips from some of the countries that matter - ...

Bluefield, Nicaragua isn't in any travel guides. After all, the bars and beaches aren't anything you couldn't find in more American-friendly outlets like neighboring Cancun. Which is why you're really missing. You see, even though 85% of the 50,000 ...