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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bombshell sex-trafficking trial was derailed Wednesday because of a sick juror — as the rapper’s alleged “drug mule” had been poised to begin testifying. Manhattan federal Judge Arun Subramanian informed Combs, his lawyers and prosecutors just after 9:00 a.m. that a juror had been experiencing “vertigo symptoms.” “I don’t see how we can proceed today,” the judge added. Brendan Paul, a former college basketball player who allegedly supplied Combs with drugs — arrived in court Wednesday morning as he was slated to begin testifying as the last major witness in the prosecution’s case against the hip-hop mogul.

A cat carrying a massive amount of crack cocaine and marijuana into a jail in Costa Rica was taken into custody by prison guards with the stash tied to its back, according to authorities. The black-and-white kitty was used as a drug mule and loaded up with over 230 grams of marijuana and 67 grams of crack cocaine that was meant for prisoners of the Pococi prison, Costa Rica’s justice ministry said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Thanks to the quick actions of acting officers, the cat was able to be caught… thus preventing them from reaching their final...

"Paraguay: Alleged Hezbollah financier detained Wassim el Abd Fadel, a Lebanese with Paraguayan citizenship, faces human trafficking and narco-terrorism charges."  SNIPPET: "ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Wassim el Abd Fadel is behind bars inside Tacumbú prison in Asunción, Paraguay, as he awaits trial on human trafficking, money laundering and narco-trafficking charges. But Paraguayan authorities suspect the Lebanese with Paraguayan citizenship’s involvement in crime is much greater, which is why he’s being investigated for financing the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Fadel, 31, was arrested on Dec. 21 in Ciudad del Este, which is on the border shared by Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina, about...