Odd Stories: Go-Kart Used to Smuggle Pot in Arizona Desert

Arizona – Police confinscated a cache of pot that was being transported by someone using a go-kart.

Border Patrol agents noticed the go-kart and trailer as it traveled through the desert and chased it down but not after the driver bailed out the the vehicle and escaped to Mexico, eluding the agents.

When they approached the vehicle they found inside the trailer almost 220 lbs of marijuana. The total amount of the vehicle, trailer, and contents, mostly the contents, is estimated to be around $109,000.

About the find agent Spencer Tippets said :It's not something that we see very often. Smuggling organizations are always trying to adjust and change their tactics.”

Sports Piracy Sites to See Increased Crackdowns

Newark, New Jersey - Hours after famed New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told reporters he watched the Super Bowl on a website that illegally streamed the event, federal authorities said they will crack down on websites which will stream the sports show this year.

Sixteen sites, of which nine were owned by a man in Michigan, were taken down in what's called "Operation Fake Sweep"and the owners are facing charges.  The man, Yonjo Quiroa, is facing charges of copyright infringement and is being held without bail.  He streamed football, basketball, hockey, and wrestling events according to prosecutors.

In a press release U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told sports fans watching the event on pirate sites raises the costs of tickets and harms broadcasters, sports leagues, and hurts other customers overall.  However investigators are not just going after websites that do this.

In Indianapolis, federal authorities also seized almost five-million dollars worth of sportswear and merchandise after what they say was a four-month long investigation.  Stores, flea markets, and street vendors were also targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE

Texas Teen Soon to Return Home

El Paso - Jakadrien Turner, the teenager who was deported to Colombia after giving ICE officials – who never took the time to confirm her identity nor find out she was unable to speak Spanish – a false name, is likely to return to her Texas home soon.

Jakadrien's release comes after the U.S. embassy provided the needed documents to Colombia. It also states she was working in a call center before she American and Colombian officials were alerted about her true citizenship status. Between that time and now Colombia claims she was in a welfare program.

Update: Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin announced Jakadrien Turner is on the way to being returned to the United States.

Holguin said they are looking into how she was deported into Colombia and allowed entry into the country.

Turner is presently five months pregnant.

Update: She is now back with her family.

Lost Girl Pops Up in Colombia Compliments of ICE

Dallas – Somehow an African-American girl who spoke no Spanish at all was deported to Colombia by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, also known as ICE.

Jakadrien Turner, who was missing since April of 2010, was sent to the country after she gave Houston authorities a false name of an acual illegal immigrant who had warrants for her arrest.

According to News 8, ICE took Jakadrien's fingerprints but didn't confirm her idetity for some reason before deporting her to Colombia. Upon arrival the country gave her a work card and released her.

Her grandmother Lorene found out her location thanks to her Facebook messages.

"She talked about how they had her working in this big house cleaning all day, and how tired she was," the elder Turner said.

Jakadrien ran away from home when she felt under too much stress brought on by the death of her other grandmother and her parents' divorce. After making her way to Houston, she was arrested for theft and gave the fake name. Along with the social media site and Dallas police, Lorene foun her grandaughter.

However all is not settled for the Turner family. Along with being pregnant, the Colombian government is refusing to return the girl to her family.

ICE has released a statement:

ICE takes these allegations very seriously. At the direction of [the Department of Homeland Security], ICE is fully and immediately investigating this matter in order to expeditiously determine the facts of this case.

ICE claims it is aware of cases when people claim to be someone else in order to avoid being deported.

Despite it all however Lorene is confident her grandaughter's case will be resolved saying “I feel like she will come home. I just need help. And I need prayer. ”