Feds bust AFRICOM drug-trafficking ring, run by Fort Bragg soldiers moving 60 lbs of ketamine from base in Cameroon to Fort Bragg (hexbear.net)

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Archive (DoJ site): https://web.archive.org/web/20240127203355/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/former-soldier-receives-15-years-federal-prison-drug-trafficking-ketamine-and

Archive (The Intercept, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20231103135331/https://theintercept.com/2016/02/25/us-extends-drone-war-deeper-into-africa-with-secretive-base/

🎖️ ~~This is wild.~~ ❌❎ The feds busted an AFRICOM drug-trafficking ring, run by Fort Bragg soldiers, that was moving enough ketamine from Cameroon to Fort Bragg to send tens of millions of people down a K-hole. Jan 26, 2024 · 10:01 PM UTC

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

Fort Bragg is the one they're renaming because of all the um... 💁‍♂️ drugs and human trafficking, right?

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

It's named after a confederate general, but yeah, probably a little A, a little B

[-] casskaydee@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

Renaming it to Fort Humblebragg

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 21 points 9 months ago

Holy fuck, so he was a US soldier with access to US AFRICOM bases and aircraft and he Fucking Smuggled It Through Civilian Traffic In Paris! Too dumb to live!