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Drug dealer with 2.5kg of ice in boot boasted about 'never getting pinched'

Police had been watching and listening to Rodney Grills for months.

Newcastle Herald

Paraguay Makes Record Cocaine Seizure In Sugar Shipment

Paraguay's record cocaine seizure in sugar shipment underscores the country's fight against drug trafficking. President Peña vows to enhance security to pr...

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Biggest ever drugs bust in Paraguay finds four tonnes of cocaine stashed in sugar on way to Europe

The record discovery, code-named ‘Operation Sweetness’, was valued at roughly $240 million

The Independent UK

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‘Gucci’ gang laundered millions in drugs cash at London scrapyards

Neelen Balarajah - who drove his car at arresting officers - received 13 years and six months in jail

Evening Standard

Cocaine is being contaminated with powerful opioids called nitazenes. Here’s why it’s a dangerous mix

Earlier this month, drugs sold as cocaine in Melbourne were found to be contaminated with a powerful group of opioids, known as nitazenes.

The Conversation

Colombia Calls For Creditor Help To Underpin Peace, End Cocaine Trad

Leftist President Gustavo Petro has faced multiple obstacles in his efforts to end six decades of conflict between security forces, guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and drug gangs.

Latin Times

Colombia Calls For Creditor Help To Underpin Peace, End Cocaine Trade

Colombia's president on Thursday called for international help to slash the cost of servicing the country's debt in order to support its fledgling peace process, which he claimed would help "put an end to cocaine" globally.

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Cannabis, meth dominate Australian drug use: report

Wastewater analysis shows Australians have a preference for illicit stimulants compared to other nations' citizens but cannabis is still the most popular drug.

AAP

'Organised criminal networks': drug war continues as ice, cocaine use spike

Offences for dealing amphetamines soar in Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald

Cocaine spike emerges in latest ACT waste test

Rising cocaine use has prompted roadside testing from January 1.

The Canberra Times

Love Island star faces jail after being caught trafficking cocaine in £53m drug smuggling operation

Magdalena Sadlo was caught trafficking cocaine into London’s Heathrow Airport from Dubai

The Independent UK

Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out

Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to people who need and want them? If we are serious about stopping the crisis of drug overdose deaths, that is exactly the kind of profound change we need. Yes, extensive regulations would be necessary. In fact, the whole point of regulating drug…

The Conversation

Kingpin accused over $683m drug plot fails in bail bid

A man charged over a 900kg drug importation attempt that led to cocaine washing up on NSW beaches remains behind bars after his bid for bail was refused.

AAP

Professional footballer who helped supply cocaine and ketamine in south London jailed for 11 years

Former professional footballer Jason Pusey turned to arranging drug deals to ‘make millions’

Evening Standard

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Firearms and cocaine trafficking leader jailed

A 24-year-old leader of a gun-running and drug trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and cocaine across Queensland has been given a lengthy jail term.

The Guardian - AU

Opioid-laced cocaine 100 times more potent than heroin sparks Victorian health warning

Drugs sold in Melbourne found to contain protonitazene, which has resulted in ‘serious harm’

AAP

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Cocaine users in Melbourne have been warned their drugs could contain a potentially lethal opioid that could lead to an overdose.

International Business Times

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

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US Jails Ex-Honduras President For 45 Years On Drugs Charges

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States.

The Independent UK

Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States

The Independent UK

MaXXXine review: Mia Goth stuns in this cocaine-fuelled Hollywood slasher

Mia Goth stars in this nasty yet funny slasher, but it’s not as good as ‘Pearl’

Salon

Trump's "drug test" lie is cult behavior

Parroting Trump's obvious lies creates the groupthink that keeps followers from asking too many questions

Evening Standard

'Dangerous' gangster jailed for storing gun at drugs factory in Hackney

Police found a ten tonne press for packaging heroin and cocaine at Thompson Caninhas’ property

Latin Times

Former Honduran president to learn if he'll spend the rest of his life at an American prison

Juan Orlando Hernández served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022. He was extradited to the U.S. on April 2022

The Independent UK

Ukad hands four-year ban to boxer who died in March

Moises Calleros tested positive for cocaine after his bout with Galal Yafai in April 2023 but died in March 2024, three months before Ukad issued his ban

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