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Bananas Plan: Cocaine Shipment Worth $83 Million Gets Delivered To Supermarkets By Mistake

Bungling drug smugglers lost out on a shipment of cocaine with a street value of more than $83 million hidden in crates of bananas after they were delivered to Czech supermarkets before they could be intercepted in Germany en route from Colombia.

Zenger

'I saw a woman shooting heroin with child in pram on city centre alley', says Councillor

Forced prostitution, open crack cocaine and heroin use and intimidation are all issues associated with the back street

Dublin Live

Gang leader helped lead £6 million cocaine and cannabis operation from prison

Liverpool-sourced drugs have flooded North Wales

Liverpool Echo

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How detectives cracked £6m plot to flood Wales with cocaine and cannabis

Police hail 'major victory' as they release images from their Operation Blue Cobalt investigation

Wales Online

Bradley Cooper speaks out about cocaine addiction: ‘No girls wanted to look at me”

‘I was totally depressed’

The Independent UK

Edinburgh man dies in prison while serving a sentence for gun crime

Liam McCaig was found in possession of an illegal firearm as well as £33,000 worth of cocaine. He was sentenced at Edinburgh High Court to five years imprisonment in 2019.

Edinburgh Live

Manhunt for ‘British Escobar’ after Greek police seize £12m of cocaine in banana shipment

Police are hunting a fifth man wanted in connection with the seizures

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Armed police swarm on property during drug bust where £100,000 of heroin and cocaine recovered

A police warrant was executed for a property in Pilton North Drive in the Granton area of Edinburgh on Tuesday, June 14.

Daily Record

Gang leader who claimed to be dog breeder sold kilogram of cocaine

The 48-year-old took over the illegal enterprise from his twin brother

Liverpool Echo

Dealer bragged about key worker who moved drugs for him during lockdown

Darren Nelson helped run a £6m EncroChat drug plot

Liverpool Echo

'Puzzling' arrests as Liverpool suspects turn up in Italian and Albanian mafia turf

The men are suspected of involvement in the highest echelons of organised crime in Europe

Liverpool Echo

Mum made teen her 'sexual play thing' and had baby with him

Sarah Campbell groomed the boy over a number of months and the two would "get off their barnets" together on cocaine and cannabis

Liverpool Echo

Canada air crew caught up in ‘hellish’ Dominican Republic drugs bust begs for repatriation

Five-member crew was detained after they found a bag of cocaine on 5 April and spent nine days in jail in a ‘hellish situation’

The Guardian - US

Side effects of cocaine use as treatment in Ireland trebles

The latest figures from the Health Research Board shows that 10,769 cases were treated for problem drug use in 2021

Dublin Live

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EU warns of rising narcotics production in Europe as new drugs hit market

Narcotics production is growing in Europe, according to an estimate published on Tuesday by the EU drugs agency, which warned of a proliferation of new psychoactive substances being sold and consumed on the continent.

Chronicle Live

Gateshead drugs gang boss who made more than £125,000 must pay back less than £15,000 of dirty cash

Ryan O'Connor, of Gateshead, was jailed last year for his leading role in a cocaine and heroin supply network

Liverpool Echo

Emmerdale spoilers: Chas cheats on Paddy and Leyla blackmails Suzy

Desperate to get her hands on some cocaine, Leyla has an idea

Liverpool Echo

Encrochat dealer 'Battle-Hawk' hid cocaine block in kitchen cupboard

Michael Doyle is now behind bars after admitting conspiracy to supply heroin, amphetamine and cocaine

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The Independent UK

Too big to jail: The story of HSBC and the Mexican drug cartel

If you sell a gram of cocaine on the street you’re going to jail. If you’re complicit in laundering billions of dollars for a drug cartel, your organisation may just pay a fine. Chris Blackhurst recounts the greatest banking scandal in history

Liverpool Echo

Drug boss wanted ambulance to help transport cocaine during lockdown

Martin Grant began using the EncroChat network days after he was released from prison

Daily Record

Dundee drug gang member caught with illegal phone card in prison cell

George Black, 34, was part of a ‘well established’ drugs gang which flooded the city with heroin and cocaine.

Newcastle Herald

Cocaine brick in pants: why Heatherbrae 'drug bank' operator dodged big sentence

A man who was operating a "drug bank" out of a shed at Heatherbrae and was arrested jumping through a window with nearly a kilogram of cocaine hidden in his pants has been jailed for a maximum of four years.

Chronicle Live

Gateshead dangerous driving dealer resorted to selling cocaine to pay off drugs debt

Richard Burnham, 23, was jailed for four years for drug and driving offences after being found hiding behind bins

Liverpool Echo

Faces of 11 people jailed this week

An overview of the court cases heard in our region over the last week

Daily Record

Scots kids turn up to school high on cocaine and cannabis as teachers speak out

A union representing school staff and former top cop has told the Scottish Government it must do more.

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