drug smuggling

U.S. prosecutors say they'll seek to compel Edgar Veytia to forfeit some $250 million if he's convicted. The attorney general of Nayarit state was arrested this week in San Diego.

The billion-dollar figure (in Australian currency) has drawn scrutiny from critics who say the police are valuing the drugs at a much higher rate than normal.

A Bellingham man has been sentenced to prison for trying to sell a map showing the location of surveillance cameras along the U.S./Canada border.According…