51.   He repeated his denial of taking payoffs to ease drug shipments.

52.   He said Nicaragua is also working with the U.S. government to detect drug shipments passing along the Atlantic coast from Colombia.

53.   In early December, an El Paso immigration inspector was arrested for allegedly coordinating drug shipments across the Rio Grande.

54.   It said police acted after receiving a tip about the drug shipment, which apparently originated in western Darfur state.

55.   Jose Luis Zevadua Salazar, second in charge of the national police in Antigua, was arrested on charges of protecting drug shipments.

56.   Mexican Attorney General Rafael Macedo said the two countries need to improve their investigation of the origins of drug shipments, rather than just seizing them.

57.   National Police Narcotics Group chief Reynaldo Acop said Chinese drug lords are shifting production to the Philippines to escape police who have been able to intercept illegal drug shipments.

58.   National Security Minister Peter Phillips said investigations by the police and army hierarchy revealed no evidence linking army personnel to the drug shipment.

59.   Netherlands officials have also seized numerous drug shipments smuggled onto flights from Suriname.

60.   New York long has been the first destination for drug shipments entering the United States.