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Cocaine smuggling and production at record high since pandemic retreat

New UN report says there has been a 35% spike in 2020-21 in the production of coca, the drug’s base ingredient

The Guardian - US

Amble danger driver who left woman badly hurt in head-on smash had taken a 'cocktail of drugs'

Robert Lewandowski, of Amble, left a woman on her way to work with a broken spine and sternum while over the limit for cocaine and cannabis

Chronicle Live

Mystery as submarine with $87m worth of cocaine and two dead bodies found off coast of Colombia

Multiple alleged drug vessels found on same day, per officials

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Indonesia arrests 4 foreigners for alleged drug smuggling

Indonesian authorities say they have arrested four foreigners for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the country, including a Nigerian man who had swallowed dozens of capsules filled with more than 2.2 pounds of methamphetamine

The Independent UK

Blakelaw drug gang member known as 'Lucky Penny' jailed after police infiltrated encrypted chats

Christopher Finlay, of Blakelaw, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin after police got access to EncroChat

Chronicle Live

Man accused of importing drug haul nabbed at airport

An Australian man is accused of storing cocaine and methamphetamine in a Hong Kong house before using a courier to smuggle the drugs into Australia in 2012.

AAP

Fans' cocaine use left football ground toilets 'looking like a laundrette'

The claim was aired at a hearing of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which is investigating safety at sporting events

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Stranded 'narco-submarine' refloated in northwestern Spain

Spanish police refloated a stranded custom-built semi-submersible vessel on Tuesday allegedly used to smuggle cocaine into Europe and found it to be empty, authorities said.

Reuters

Warning to young people that nitrous oxide 'more dangerous than cocaine' - and some kids are taking 150 canisters a day

Some kids are taking 150 canisters a day, a neurologist has said, as he slammed the "terrifying" and "toxic" substance

Wales Online

Mystery as submarine with $87m worth of cocaine and two dead bodies found off coast of Colombia

Multiple alleged drug vessels found on same day, per officials

The Independent UK

Handcuffed drug dealer attempted to escape through police car window

Michael Parfitt, 29, of Pontypridd, and his colleague Scott Ware, 23, of Church Village, were found in possession of text messages where they were offering customers Class A drugs

Wales Online

Oscars 2023: Elizabeth Banks blames Cocaine Bear as she trips up on stage

Elizabeth Banks tripped up on stage during the 95th Oscars - and blamed Cocaine Bear for the blunder.

Evening Standard

Colombian gangs flooding Ireland with liquid cocaine hidden in shampoo bottles

The gangs are able to fool a lot of ports and airports with the scheme

Irish Mirror

Man started dealing cannabis after running up £15,000 drug debt

Joshua James Atkinson, 26, and Mark Holmes, 38, were arrested after the car they were in was pulled over by police

Wales Online

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Gang members charged with selling crack cocaine, primarily in Albany Park, using telephone hotline to make deliveries

The drug ring, known as Del Toro DTO, “distributed narcotics at all hours of the day, seven days a week,” according to federal agents who said they monitored phone orders between 8 a.m. and 2 a.m.

Daily Mirror

Unbeaten sprinter End Assembly tests positive for cocaine and faces disqualification

End Assembly, one of the rising stars of the sprinting division in Queensland, could be stripped of his latest win after traces of the drug were found in a urine sample

Irish Mirror

Gardai seize cocaine worth €100k and arrest three men in late night search

At around 11:45 pm on Thursday, March 9, Gardaí from Ardnacrusha Garda Station carried out the search and arrested three men

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Man arrested after assault on woman as imitation firearm and cocaine found

The woman in her 30s sustained non-life threatening injuries in the assault

Evening Standard

‘Cocaine cat’ found with drugs in system after fleeing during traffic stop rehomed at zoo

An serval cat found with cocaine in its system after an escape at a traffic stop has been rehomed to the Cincinnati Zoo home.

Wales Online

Cocaine cat found with drugs in system when police stopped car is moved to zoo

Drug tests on exotic animals have been standard since a capuchin monkey was found to have methamphetamine in its system

ABC News

Former Byron Bay firefighter and co-accused jailed for smuggling cocaine in extinguisher

Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuel, 52, will spend at least three years in jail for transporting cocaine from Sydney's eastern suburbs to the north coast in 2020.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire man who faced needing prosthetic nose warns of dangers of snorting cocaine

The 49-year-old saw his nose start to collapse after he snorted cocaine regularly, and was told it may have to be removed.

ABC News

AFP locates second man involved in alleged WA cocaine smuggling attempt

Karl Whitburn is the second of the three alleged cocaine smugglers found clinging to an esky to be tracked down by authorities.

The Independent UK

‘Cocaine cat’ escaped owner, will now go to live at Cincinnati Zoo

The Cincinnati Zoo has taken in an African serval cat after the animal was recovered from a wild cocaine adventure

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