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The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

Dramatic video captures moment gang caught smuggling £1m of cocaine in broom handles

Six men from London and Kent have been jailed for a combined total of 135 years

Evening Standard

Smuggler denies culpability for all of $20m coke import

A superyacht tour operator charged over importing 100kg of cocaine that resulted in a Brazilian diver's death says he is culpable for only half of that amount.

AAP

Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna

Spanish authorities say that they have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the smuggling of the illegal drugs inside shipping containers

The Independent UK

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Drug traffickers risk lives and freedom in pivot to sea

Drug cartels are increasingly using the oceans to import drugs into Australia, leading to more calls for help when smugglers run into trouble on the water.

AAP

Two nabbed over botched 560kg cocaine import off WA

Two men have been charged over a botched attempt to import 560kg of cocaine which came undone when one of them needed rescuing off the WA coast.

AAP

Obama’s massive prisoner release led to Jesse Webster’s Chicago success story and three failures

President Barack Obama granted executive clemency to more than 1,900 federal prisoners, a record. Jesse Webster made the most of his freedom. Three others are back in jail.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suspected Mexican cartel leader facing drug charges in Chicago sees Treasury Department freeze his assets

Authorities say Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, as head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, conspired to import tons of heroin and cocaine.

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Retrial for Olympian's brother over bungled drug plot

The brother of Olympic silver medallist Nathan Baggaley has had a guilty verdict set aside over a botched plot to import $200 million worth of cocaine.

AAP

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on cocaine charges in South Florida

Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on cocaine possession and other charges

The Independent UK

Dutch fightback to save teenagers from ‘narcoterrorism’ and drug gangs

Against a backdrop of surging cocaine imports and drug crime, the Netherlands has new plans to encourage young people to reject criminal careers

The Guardian - UK

'Chicken man' fried in cocaine trafficking bust

An accused drug trafficker known as 'Chicken man' has been charged with several drugs offences after allegedly importing and trafficking cocaine across Victoria

AAP

Norwegian nationals deny involvement in Newcastle Harbour cocaine plot

The case against the men includes diving computer GPS and GoPro footage.

Newcastle Herald

OPINION - No one wants a sanitised city but London now feels lawless

On Thursday night our street WhatsApp pinged. A car had been accosted on the street by another driver who snorted a line of cocaine before getting out of his car, exposing himself threateningly and throwing rocks at the driver’s window. Neighbours sprang into action to help with video footage. What…

Evening Standard

What is Vice City? Everything you need to know about GTA 6’s new playground

This seedy cocaine hub has been part of the GTA franchise since the beginning

Evening Standard

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The Hindu

Cocaine worth ₹200 crore seized from cargo ship at Paradip Port

As many as 22 packets weighing 1 kg each were retrieved from the ship.

Dynamite News

Odisha: Bhubaneswar Customs seizes 20 kg of cocaine worth Rs 220 cr at Paradip Port

Bhubaneswar Customs recovered 22 kg of cocaine worth Rs 220 crore from a cargo ship anchored at Paradip Port late Thursday night, an official statement said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Newcastle Herald

Young cocaine dealer 'stupid, immature' for spending $169K on vintage car: judge

He used some cash from the operation to buy a 1969 Ford Mustang.

Reason

Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws

The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.

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The National (Scotland)

Man caught in handover of drugs worth half a million in Aldi car park

Man caught in £500k drug handover at Glasgow Aldi store.

The Guardian - AU

Bruce Lehrmann admits in court asking for cocaine on evening Brittany Higgins interview aired and lying twice to boss

Former Liberal staffer’s varying accounts in wake of after-hours visit to Parliament House in 2019 come under intense scrutiny under cross examination at defamation trial

The Guardian - UK

Gang leaders jailed for smuggling almost £1.5m of drugs in Cornwall and Devon

Members mostly from Merseyside often posed as holidaymakers to transport heroin and cocaine

AAP

Son denies role in cocaine plot that led to diver dying

A superyacht tour operator who organised the importation of $20 million of cocaine, resulting in a diver's death, wants to be sentenced as soon as possible.

Newcastle Herald

'50 kilos not 100': Superyacht tour operator disputes quantity of cocaine

'The difference is whether his culpability is one or two parcels.'

Cycling Weekly

'Whiskey and cocaine made my heart colder,' says Jan Ullrich in candid interview

German former Tour de France winner also says not doping would have been like 'taking a knife to a gunfight'

AAP

Cocaine worth $61 million concealed in ship's hull

Specialist divers have retrieved more than 150kg of cocaine concealed in the hull of a cargo ship that docked in Melbourne after arriving from South America.

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