White line fever: coked-up fish double swim distance Exposure to cocaine and its by-products might be causing fish to swim further, but it's unclear what impact that ecological development will have. AAP · Apr 20
Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite The Guardian - UK · Apr 20
'We are watching': 200kg of cocaine on catamaran A man has been charged after 200kg of cocaine was found on a catamaran sailing into the country amid a probe into a crime syndicate with bikie gang links. AAP · Apr 20
Man arrested on Silom in cocaine ring bust Police have arrested four suspects, including the alleged Nigerian kingpin, in a crackdown on a cocaine network operating in Bangkok’s nightlife districts. Bangkok Post · Apr 20
The Murder Line review – Minnie Driver’s mischievous crime caper is on the edge of excellence Don’t come to this Canadian show looking for prestige drama. But it is a highly entertaining tale featuring numerous holdalls of cocaine – and Driver having loads of fun with English accents The Guardian - UK · Apr 18
Greens more extreme than Reform, says Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay highlighted one Greens candidate calling for the abolition of prisons and plans to ‘effectively’ legalise cocaine and heroin. Evening Standard · Apr 9
Heston Blumenthal: ‘I took cocaine to sleep. I wasn’t being a rock star, it was self-medication’ Heston Blumenthal talks to Josh Barrie about being bipolar and closing his London flagship Evening Standard · Apr 9
'El 85' Pleads Guilty in Washington, CJNG Founder Faces Life Sentence Erick Valencia Salazar, better known as 'El 85,' pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Washington to conspiring to distribute cocaine for unlawful importation into the United States, a major courtroom turn for a man U.S. authorities describe as one of the founders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or… Latin Times · Apr 8
Nine men charged over plot to smuggle 3.5 tonnes of cocaine into Australia by sea Four men also charged in connection with seizure of 30kg of methamphetamine in Perth last August The Independent UK · Apr 4
‘Hit by a flying bag of cocaine’: Florida man literally threw his drugs back at the dealer moments before police moved in. It didn’t help either of them This one really hit the spot… for police We Got This Covered · Mar 31
Suspected drug dealer hit in face with bag of cocaine by panicked customer as police arrive IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 31
Alleged drug dealer hit in the face with flying bag of cocaine thrown by panicked customer as cops move in A suspected drug dealer was hit in the face with a bag of cocaine thrown by a panicked customer as police arrived to intercept a deal. The Independent UK · Mar 31
Moment suspected drug dealer flees court in south London Abu Faye, 26, admitted possessing cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis Evening Standard · Mar 30
Only in a month: Canadian man Guramrit Sidhu tells US court how he trafficked meth, cocaine worth of $17 million from US to Canada 62-year-old Guramrit Sidhu, a Canadian man who was extradited to the US on charges of drug trafficking between the two countries, pleaded guilty to leading a criminal organization that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth up to $17 million. And it took roughly a month for that… The Times of India · Mar 27
The Independent UK · Mar 26 Bulletin world briefing: Russia accused of sending drones to Iran Russia accused of sending drones, medicine, and food to Iran. Woman stabbed to death while working at Pokémon store during children’s spring break. Hand, foot and mouth disease symptoms after three die in Vietnam. Protests at Nicolas Maduro’s court hearing as he and his wife face a judge. Sharks ingesting…
The Independent UK · Mar 26 Sharks ingesting cocaine and painkillers in popular tourist hotspot IN FULL
The Independent UK · Mar 26 Cocaine bear step aside. Enter sharks who are testing positive for illicit drugs in the Caribbean Researchers found changes in metabolic markers in some sharks showing signs of having contaminated blood
The Times of India · Mar 26 Study finds sharks with cocaine, painkillers and caffeine in waters off Bahamas Sharks high on cocaine, caffeine and common painkillers have been detected in waters around the Bahamas. The discovery, made by Brazilian scientists, points to rising levels of pharmaceutical and illicit drug pollution even in relatively remote marine ecosystems.
Evening Standard · Mar 25 Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’ Profit margins from black market sales of medicines can rival cocaine and heroin, MPs were told.
Evening Standard · Mar 25 Tonne of cocaine worth £80million seized at London Gateway port The drugs were found packaged in a number of holdalls in a container shipped from Panama
The Independent UK · Mar 24 Tonne of cocaine shipped from Panama and valued at £80m seized by UK Border Force The National Crime Agency said it has launched an investigation following the seizure at London Gateway port on Friday
International Business Times UK · Mar 24 UK's NCA Cracks Down Major Syndicate Who Transported £13.6 Million Worth of Cocaine Smugglers behind a vast UK drug network have been sentenced after an NCA investigation exposed a large-scale operation supplying illegal substances nationwide.
Evening Standard · Mar 20 Drug barons who hid cocaine worth £210k in hair wax are jailed for 44 years Humberto Caicedo Ramirez, 53, and Carlos Barbosa Arias, 61, were caught when police raided a laboratory inside a flat in Vauxhall, south London
Reason · Mar 18 Markwayne Mullin's History of Condoning Murder and Resisting Transparency Makes Him Ill-Suited To Run DHS The Oklahoma senator, nominated to replace Kristi Noem, is blasé about the use of deadly force.