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Cocaine spike emerges in latest ACT waste test

Rising cocaine use has prompted roadside testing from January 1.

The Canberra Times

'Organised criminal networks': drug war continues as ice, cocaine use spike

Offences for dealing amphetamines soar in Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald

Love Island star faces jail after being caught trafficking cocaine in £53m drug smuggling operation

Magdalena Sadlo was caught trafficking cocaine into London’s Heathrow Airport from Dubai

The Independent UK

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Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out

Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to people who need and want them? If we are serious about stopping the crisis of drug overdose deaths, that is exactly the kind of profound change we need. Yes, extensive regulations would be necessary. In fact, the whole point of regulating drug…

The Conversation

Kingpin accused over $683m drug plot fails in bail bid

A man charged over a 900kg drug importation attempt that led to cocaine washing up on NSW beaches remains behind bars after his bid for bail was refused.

AAP

Professional footballer who helped supply cocaine and ketamine in south London jailed for 11 years

Former professional footballer Jason Pusey turned to arranging drug deals to ‘make millions’

Evening Standard

Firearms and cocaine trafficking leader jailed

A 24-year-old leader of a gun-running and drug trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and cocaine across Queensland has been given a lengthy jail term.

AAP

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Opioid-laced cocaine 100 times more potent than heroin sparks Victorian health warning

Drugs sold in Melbourne found to contain protonitazene, which has resulted in ‘serious harm’

The Guardian - AU

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Cocaine users in Melbourne have been warned their drugs could contain a potentially lethal opioid that could lead to an overdose.

AAP

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

International Business Times

US Jails Ex-Honduras President For 45 Years On Drugs Charges

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

International Business Times

Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States

The Independent UK

MaXXXine review: Mia Goth stuns in this cocaine-fuelled Hollywood slasher

Mia Goth stars in this nasty yet funny slasher, but it’s not as good as ‘Pearl’

The Independent UK

Trump's "drug test" lie is cult behavior

Parroting Trump's obvious lies creates the groupthink that keeps followers from asking too many questions

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Evening Standard

'Dangerous' gangster jailed for storing gun at drugs factory in Hackney

Police found a ten tonne press for packaging heroin and cocaine at Thompson Caninhas’ property

Latin Times

Former Honduran president to learn if he'll spend the rest of his life at an American prison

Juan Orlando Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. He was extradited to the U.S. on April 2022

The Independent UK

Ukad hands four-year ban to boxer who died in March

Moises Calleros tested positive for cocaine after his bout with Galal Yafai in April 2023 but died in March 2024, three months before Ukad issued his ban

AAP

Granny-flat hideout clue in search for drug diver

Police have carried out a forensic search on a Sydney property where a missing Brazilian man linked to a Newcastle cocaine haul is thought to have hidden out.

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Newcastle Herald

Forensic police search granny flat allegedly linked to cocaine plot, diver death

A diver died and 54kg of cocaine was discovered in the Port of Newcastle in 2022.

The Guardian - US

Florida boaters find $1m worth of cocaine in Atlantic Ocean

Wrapped in bald eagle packaging, 21kg of cocaine was found off the Florida Keys coast

The Independent UK

Boaters find $1m worth of cocaine emblazoned with bald eagles floating in Florida Keys

The haul was made up of around 21 individually wrapped packages, which all had large images of the iconic bird of prey on them

The Conversation

Knife crime has increased in England and Wales over the last decade – here’s how the next government can prevent it

Shocking news stories, such as the conviction of two 12-year-old boys for a fatal machete attack in Wolverhampton, have fuelled worries of an “epidemic” of knife crime in England and Wales. A new survey of 2,000 young people found that nearly half are worried about knife crime. In their campaigns…

Bangkok Post

Cocaine seized at Don Mueang airport

A 39-year-old Indian man was arrested and charged with smuggling after 5.7 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth an estimated 17 million baht, were found in his bags on arrival at Don Mueang airport from Laos.

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Germany Seizes .78 Billion Cocaine In Record Bust

German authorities seize record 35.5 tons of cocaine worth .78 billion, leading to seven arrests in a major drug trafficking operation.

The Independent UK

German police seize cocaine worth billions in biggest ever bust

The drugs were hidden among vegetables and fruit.

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