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The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

The 'silent killer' that is destroying lives in one part of the UK

"It’s so prevalent now and it’s so easy to get hold of"

Manchester Evening News

These are the faces of 43 Merseyside criminals who were jailed in June

Kickboxing firearms dealer, £150,000 charity fraudster and killer drivers were among the crooks locked up

Liverpool Echo

Yorkshire duo high on cocaine break man's cheekbone in violent nightclub outburst

Jonathan Plews and his friend Michael Liddon assaulted two men after making friends with them in a club

Leeds Live

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Gogglebox viewers DIVIDED over Cocaine Bear clip reactions

Gogglebox fans had mixed opinions about last night's episode when it came to one clip in particular

WhatToWatch

‘Rust’ prosecutors allege gun wrangler hid cocaine to avoid prosecution after fatal on-set shooting

Prosecutors in New Mexico have alleged that armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed passed cocaine to someone else to avoid scrutiny of her handling of weapons on the “Rust” film set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.

Los Angeles Times

Drug dealer attacked witness who gave evidence at his trial

Sarah Parfitt, 38, was arrested by police after a warrant was executed at her home in Cwmbran and 19g of cocaine was discovered

Wales Online

Fenham cocaine dealer jailed for 10 years has £112,000 of his criminal cash seized

Craig Fraser sourced drugs through an encrypted device and was put behind bars

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Gardai seize drugs worth €100,000 in north Dublin

Gardai unearthed cocaine and cannabis herb after searching two residential properties on Thursday evening

Dublin Live

Bumbag bikie associate jailed for drug trafficking, money laundering

The carpenter will spend several more months behind bars.

The Canberra Times

Drugs gang caged for 37 years after kingpin with 'upstream cocaine' contacts caught in sting

Officers in Cheshire launched Operation Feared in the summer of 2021 to tackle the gang which were involved in the transportation of cocaine.

Daily Record

Police catch 'erratic' driver with a kilo of cocaine in his car

Alan Nisbet, 36, has been jailed for seven years

Manchester Evening News

Drug gang unravelled after kingpin with 'upstream cocaine' contacts caught in police sting

The organised crime group were jailed for 37 years in total

Liverpool Echo

Organised crime group members jailed for £7.4m cocaine conspiracy

Juniad Khan, 32, and Calum Mason, 24, of Cardiff, were raided by officers from Tarian regional organised crime unit

Wales Online

Former high-profile TD arrested after testing positive for cocaine at roadside

We have also established that the car he was driving when he was stopped in a town in Connacht at around 1pm on June 12 had no NCT or tax.

Irish Mirror

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Wales Online

BMW-driving drug dealer had luxury life of Rolex watches and quad bikes

Nazrul Amin, 32, had been a successful businessman but fell into drugs. When his home was searched he was found in possession of £15,000 in cash, a quad bike, and expensive watches

Leeds Live

Leeds drug dealer wearing stab vest led police on dangerous chase in car with machete and combat knives inside

Ruel Craig was also carrying heroin, crack cocaine and a wad of cash when police caught him

Leeds Live

'Highly sophisticated' organised crime gang used London suppliers to flood streets of Leeds with cocaine

Matthews Manners and his trusted associate Benjamin Connor were caught after police infiltrated encrypted messages

The Week

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

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Al Jazeera

Peru’s coca leaf cultivation reaches record high in 2022

Peru’s anti-drugs commission says some 95,000 hectares (367 square miles) of land were used to grow coca leaves in 2022.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: drug kingpin shot dead; Victoria police accused of racial profiling; and Kyrgios backs Saudi tennis push

The ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade has been killed in his car in an underground car park in Bondi Junction

Wales Online

Director of multi-million-pound company played 'significant' role in £428,000 cocaine conspiracy

Successful businessman James Welch, 46, of Swansea, played a 'significant role' in the drug ring along with Marianne McGuinness, 41, who allowed her flat in Cardiff to be used as a safehouse

Wales Online

Drug dealer found with block of cocaine worth £15,000 when police raided home

Rhys Deguara, 33, was still in bed when police arrived at his home in Cardiff where he was found in possession of cocaine, cannabis, and thousands of pounds in cash

Bangkok Post

Govt destroys B20bn worth of seized narcotics

The government destroyed $600 million worth of drugs seized from illegal traffickers that included tons of amphetamines, heroin and cocaine, according to the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

France 24

Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

Wales Online

Drug dealers caught when one tried to sell cocaine to his social worker

A text message blunder has ended up with two men going to prison

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