Daily Dispatch Online: "BRAZILIAN police officer yesterday told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that Tessa Beetge was not surprised when he ordered her to accompany him to an interrogation room after finding cocaine in her suitcase at a Sao Paolo airport in 2008.Jean Carlos de Bortole was one of three Brazilian Federal Police officials who are in South Africa to testify against alleged drug traffickers Cheryl Cwele – wife of Minister of State Security Siyabonga Cwele – and Nigerian Frank Nabolisa.Bortole was the officer who had arrested Beetge after finding a cocaine stash in a smaller bag, two sweet packets and four coffee bags."

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N.J. woman charged in 2 heroin overdose deaths... - NorthJersey.com: "20-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with selling heroin to two people who died after overdosing on the drug.
The Union County Prosecutor's Office said Monday that Megan Plank of Bridgewater was arrested last week. She's charged with two counts of first-degree drug-induced death and one count of distribution of heroin.
Twenty-year-old Christopher Coppola of Bridgewater and 18-year-old Sara Malaker of Springfield were found dead in Malaker's Springfield home on Nov. 13, 2009. Autopsies showed both died of acute heroin intoxication.
Plank is being held at the Union County Jail on $200,000 bail. The prosecutor's office did not know if Plank was retained an attorney."

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Caught with 1.5kg of heroin at Sydney Airport: police: "46-year-old Canley Vale man was stopped by Customs for baggage examination after he landed at Sydney Airport yesterday.
During the search, officers allegedly found a white powder substance concealed in the sides of the suitcase.
Advertisement: Story continues below Initial testing indicated the presence of heroin, the Australian Federal Police and Customs said in a joint statement today.
The man was charged with importing a marketable quantity of a border controlled drug, namely heroin.
Further forensic testing will be undertaken to confirm the exact weight and purity of the substance.
The man will appear in Sydney Central Local Court today, the statement said.
The maximum penalty for his charge is 25 years' imprisonment and/or a $550,000 fine."

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