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Colombia Warns Trump Against Drug Blacklisting

Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet more cocaine to the United States.

International Business Times

“I can’t see us ever writing songs about boning strippers and doing cocaine in limousine jacuzzis”: How Alice In Chains came to terms with their dark past on The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Alice In Chains’ unexpected comeback continued with 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

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Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australian cricket great guilty of involvement in cocaine deal

Stuart MacGill is expected to return to court on May 9 to be sentenced

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Former Australia Test cricketer Stuart MacGill found guilty of facilitating cocaine deal

A Sydney District Court jury on Thursday found former Australia spinner Stuart MacGill guilty on a reduced charge for being part of drug supply, but cleared him of involvement in a large-scale commercial drug transaction that occurred in April 2021.

The Times of India

Ex-Test spinner MacGill faces jail stint for coke deal

The man whose Test career was throttled by being legspinning great Shane Warne's understudy has walked from a court after mixed verdicts in a drug trial.

AAP

Four men convicted of trying to smuggle £100m of cocaine in fishing boat

More than one tonne of cocaine was discovered on the Lily Lola.

Evening Standard

Paul Danan died from cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, inquest told

An inquest into the troubled actor and reality star’s death opened at Avon Coroners Court on Tuesday

Evening Standard

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Key witness attacked in Test cricketer's cocaine trial

A drug dealer's honesty has been put under the microscope as ex-Test legspinner Stuart MacGill denies a key role in a cocaine deal before he was kidnapped.

AAP

Colombian Guerrillas Warn Of 'Total War' As Peace Plan Falters

Commanders from Colombia's National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country's northeast, warning that years of "total peace" risk turning into "total war."

International Business Times

Groups demand: "decolonize" coca leaves

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread

Salon

Colombian FARC Dissidents Take 29 Soldiers, Police Captive

Dissident members of Colombia's FARC rebel group have taken 29 soldiers and police officers captive during clashes with the military in a key cocaine-growing region in the southwest, the defense ministry said Friday.

International Business Times

City of London hotel guest who stabbed bar staff in face with wine glass jailed for seven years

Oliver Huckerby took cocaine and drank wine before the horrific attack

Evening Standard

Canadian snowboarding star and ex-Olympian added to FBI’s 10 most wanted

Ryan Wedding ‘went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets,’ the FBI says

The Independent UK

2 men plead not guilty in drug overdose deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans after game

Two men have pleaded not guilty in the drug overdose deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in a backyard two days after they got together to watch a game in 2024

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Money laundering plays a key role in every part of the illegal drugs industry – here’s how it works

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

The Independent UK

Miquita Oliver criticises Jack Whitehall’s ‘inappropriate’ Brit Awards hosting performance

‘There were over 10 jokes about musicians taking cocaine,’ said Oliver

The Independent UK

Lawyer of man accused in mysterious deaths of Chiefs fans laments ‘long year’ for his client

‘This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,’ says Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd

Bangkok Post

Nigerians arrested, implicated in cocaine smuggling

Two Nigerian men have been arrested in Bangkok after a woman caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into Japan implicated them in drug trafficking.

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The Independent UK

Charges filed in deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in friend's backyard

Two men have been charged in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in a backyard two days after they got together to watch the final game of the regular season in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Marching Powder review – Danny Dyer still up for it in outrageous geezer comedy

Teaming up with writer-director Nick Love once more, Dyer is back in boisterous action as a middle-aged cocaine enthusiast and lower-leagues football hooligan

The National (Scotland)

Man caught with Mexican cocaine in Scottish airport claimed he only had sombreros

A man who smuggled cocaine worth £5 million from Mexico to a Scottish airport claimed that the only items he acquired on his trip were sombreros...

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Colombian President Announces Plan To Reduce Coca Planting

Colombian President Petro's initiative to eradicate coca in Catatumbo region to combat rebel violence and drug trafficking.

Latin Times

Three Men Could Spend Decades Behind Bars After Being Charged With Firearms and Drug Trafficking in Texas

An undercover investigation led to the arrest of a Texas man and two undocumented immigrants for weapons trafficking

The Guardian - UK

‘Cocaine is classless ... everyone’s at it’: Danny Dyer on fame, aliens, love and male violence

He went from Harold Pinter’s protege to barely scraping a living to roaring success in Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. With the release of his new film Marching Powder, he talks about his journey from national joke to national treasure

AAP

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

Texts from former cricketer Stuart MacGill before his kidnapping have been revealed in court as he faces trial for setting up a major cocaine deal.

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