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  • How did agents uncover a $10 million cocaine stash in Queens?

Also on today's calendar: From Silent Voices to Bestselling Stories: Tiffany Fulton's Pen Continues to Inspire and 15 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• New York: Police Say They Seiozed $USD10m Million Worth of Cocaine (cannabislaw.report) — Federal agents and the NYPD say they intercepted more than $10 million worth of cocaine being loaded into a van at a Queens self‑storage facility, arresting a New Jersey man on drug possession charges. The bust, described by Commissioner Jessica Tisch as an "enormous takedown," underscores ongoing large‑scale narcotics trafficking affecting New York City neighborhoods.
   

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