The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

Police have carried out a forensic search on a Sydney property where a missing Brazilian man linked to a Newcastle cocaine haul is thought to have hidden out.

A diver died and 54kg of cocaine was discovered in the Port of Newcastle in 2022.

Wrapped in bald eagle packaging, 21kg of cocaine was found off the Florida Keys coast

The haul was made up of around 21 individually wrapped packages, which all had large images of the iconic bird of prey on them

Shocking news stories, such as the conviction of two 12-year-old boys for a fatal machete attack in Wolverhampton, have fuelled worries of an “epidemic” of knife crime in England and Wales. A new survey of 2,000 young people found that nearly half are worried about knife crime. In their campaigns…

A 39-year-old Indian man was arrested and charged with smuggling after 5.7 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth an estimated 17 million baht, were found in his bags on arrival at Don Mueang airport from Laos.

German authorities seize record 35.5 tons of cocaine worth .78 billion, leading to seven arrests in a major drug trafficking operation.

The drugs were hidden among vegetables and fruit.

In today’s newsletter: a new Guardian series exposes the devastating human and environmental cost of cocaine production

Hotel Cocaine episode 1 introduces The Mutiny Hotel and some major players of the series including Nestor Cabal. But what was factual?

Colin Murray and Elis James talk about Wayne Rooney’s life, Stormy Daniels tells the story of her awful childhood, and the BBC pays tribute to Michael Mosley