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50ft yacht seized in Welsh waters with £60m of smuggled cocaine up for auction

The yacht was seized half a mile off the Welsh coast in 2019 and has remained moored in Wales

Wales Online

East Lothian drug dealer caught with £12,000 of cocaine hidden under his couch

The dealer Terence Grieve was caught with bags of the white powder along with several bundles of cash and a set of digital scales when police raided his home in September 2020.

Edinburgh Live

Barrhead man jailed after cops find £7k worth of coke stashed in wardrobe safe

Paisley Sheriff Court heard Bernard Gallagher also had a mixture of bank notes of different currencies at his home.

Daily Record

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Mountain labs turn Honduras from cocaine way station into producer

Increase in coca plantations could give rise to a new generation of drug traffickers, and refortify the clans of old

The Guardian - US

Cargo ship captain charged after 320 kilograms of cocaine seized in drug bust off WA coast

As more details about the massive drug bust come to light, police claim the drugs wrapped in plastic were thrown off a bulk carrier near Port Hedland, where they were picked up by a smaller sailboat.

ABC News

Emmerdale spoilers: Leyla's drug habit spirals out of control as she turns on Priya

Emmerdale's Leyla Harding will go to extreme lengths next week to feed her cocaine habit, and poor Priya Sharma will get the brunt of it and end up in tears during an interview with a journalist

Daily Mirror

Ship's master charged over WA cocaine bust

The Australian Federal Police have charged the master of a bulk carrier in relation to his role in a cocaine smuggling operation.

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Schumer calls for end to crack cocaine sentencing disparity: ‘Cocaine is cocaine’

Tribune News Service

Schumer calls for end to crack cocaine sentencing disparity: ‘Cocaine is cocaine’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called on lawmakers to end a sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine that has had a disproportionate effect on Black Americans.

Tribune News Service

Successful business owner trafficked cocaine while 'lost'

The 24-year-old has been fined and ordered to perform signified community service as a result of his "misguided" offending.

The Canberra Times

Faces of 16 people jailed in Liverpool this week

An overview of Liverpool court cases and those jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo

What cocaine does to the body

The class A drug can have a devastating impact on the body

Liverpool Echo

Dealers sold cocaine and cannabis out of Toby Carvery car park

Messages sent from Michael Brandrick and James Donnelly showed them arranging meetings at the car park

Liverpool Echo

Man had £13k and kilo of cocaine on backseat of his Ford Kuga

John Germaine had rented storage units where a further nine kilos of cocaine were discovered

Liverpool Echo

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Edinburgh Live

£7k worth of cocaine and cannabis discovered during Midlothain police raid

Officers in Midlothian also recovered £5,000 in cash during the planned operation on Woodburn Street, Dalkeith on Thursday

Newcastle Herald

Dead cocaine diver found in Newcastle port identified as Brazilian national Bruno Borges

A superyacht tour operator allegedly involved in a massive cocaine importation that was discovered when a professional diver drowned in the Port of Newcastle earlier this month has backflipped on his bid for bail as authorities reveal the name of the dead diver.

Daily Record

Danniella Westbrook says her cocaine addiction made her 'hate' herself

Danniella's facial features began to crumble after years of drug abuse, and she is currently undergoing a series of surgeries to rebuild her nose, jaw and cheekbones.

Manchester Evening News

Flash drugs ring used ice cream parlours and takeaways to live lavish lifestyle

Seven men have been jailed after the net was closed in on their drug dealing empire

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Bristol Post

Bristol City and Bristol Rovers fans could face lengthy ban as government plot cocaine crackdown

It comes after the EFL also released a statement threatening to reduce supporter capacity to prevent the rise of pitch invasions across the country

Daily Mirror

Danniella Westbrook says cocaine addiction left her 'hating' herself and 'wasting' life

Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has had a long battle with drug addiction, as she claimed she snorted her first line of cocaine when she was 14

ABC News

Diver found dead amid portion of $20m Newcastle cocaine haul was Brazilian Bruno Borges, 31

Police believe drug smugglers hired Bruno Borges, a professional diver, to retrieve a load of cocaine worth an estimated $20m from a ship in Newcastle.

The Guardian - UK

Football fans taking cocaine at matches face five-year bans

Move comes in response to significant increase in disorder at games, much of which, police say, is driven by class A drugs

Daily Record

'Shamed' Ayr barber caught with cocaine in his shop avoids a jail sentence

Scott Johnston, 29, was placed on a community payback order when he appeared for sentencing at Ayr Sheriff Court.

Liverpool Echo

Drug dealer will miss baby's birth after police's crack cocaine find

Andrew Graham tried to sneak the drugs from Liverpool to Scotland in a hidden compartment in his car

The Independent UK

Cocaine-fuelled football hooligans to be given five-year match ban, government announces

Police are increasingly finding class A drugs ‘at heart of disorder’ at games, minister says

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