The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

Former Australia cricketer MacGill charged with drug supply

Stuart MacGill arrested for alleged role in cocaine deal; police allege abduction linked to drug deal; MacGill played 44 Tests for Australia.

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2023

Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australia cricketer charged over alleged role in cocaine supply plot

Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has been charged over his alleged involvement in a deal to supply large-scale quantities of cocaine.

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

‘I drank eight bottles of Lucozade a day for nearly 30 years - it is harder to give up than cocaine’

Garry Johnson from Basildon, Essex, vowed to give up the sugary drink after a major health scare

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Fentanyl, cartels or simple market glut: what’s behind collapse of Colombia’s coca market?

As the price of coca has slumped, the rural families who depend on the shrub are wondering how they’re going to get by

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2023

‘We should treat it as a war’: Ecuador’s descent into drug gang violence

Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway

The Guardian - US · Sep 12, 2023

UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies

The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Brussels Midi Station, once a stately gateway to Belgium, has turned into a festering sore

Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest

Body-camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows one of the nation's most prolific federal drug prosecutors offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt the fallout from a Fourth of July crash in which he is accused of striking another vehicle and…

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Brussels Midi Station, once a stately gateway to Belgium, has turned into festering sore of nation

Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023