The August issue of Texas Monthly carries an ultimately amusing feature about the Sierra Blanca inspection station, an infamous U.S. Customs and Border Protection road stop that's ensnared a number of high-profile musicians, including Willie Nelson, Fiona Apple, Nelly, and Snoop Dogg. The Hollywood Reporter once referred to it as “the checkpoint of no return.”

Cops in upstate New York seized $10 million in pot crops from a hydroponic grow house that supplied the metro area. Sixteen people—mostly illegal immigrants—were arrested. Illegal aliens distributing drugs? That's like Glenn Beck's biggest nightmare!

Italian police have seized 2,200 pounds of coke entering the country in a shipping container. The smugglers should have considered using a jet, since that's the hot new trend in drug smuggling. And we thought Italians were so fashionable!