The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

A former bank employee has been handed a suspended sentence for scamming people on Facebook Marketplace - crimes he blamed on cocaine and gambling addictions.

Albanian national Irakli Rustemi, 33, had no leave to remain in the UK

He was extradited from Thailand after years on the run.

A man charged with laundering $13 million for a major cocaine syndicate would not be safe from his former gang members if released on bail, police have said.

Early toxicology reports suggest that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had several drugs in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These include pink cocaine (which comprises several drugs), cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.

Deaths rose 30% last year, partly due to a rise in purity, but the stigma over drug abuse still stands in the way of funding the means to stop the toll

Paul Owen, 55, said he bought cannabis and cocaine from a man he knew as Curly, but claimed he did not know he was Connor Chapman.

Two US citizens have been sentenced after admitting they tried to import almost 1.3 tonnes of methamphetamine and 16kg of cocaine into Australia.

Actor, who played Al Pacino’s trusted sidekick “Chi-Chi” in the cult classic, had cocaine in his system when he died

Years after making his name playing the gun-toting sidekick of dog baron Tony Montana in ‘Scarface’, it’s emerged actor Ángel Salazar’s cause of death was acute intoxication caused by the use of drugs including cocaine.

This potent cocktail of illegal substances has been linked to multiple celebrity deaths and a sex trafficking scandal