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Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Neighbours, The Newsreader and Cocaine Bear: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September

Plus Delta Goodrem stars as a female pilot in Love is in the Air – and Halle Bailey is utterly radiant in The Little Mermaid

The Guardian - AU

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Passenger at RGIA caught smuggling 5 kg cocaine worth ₹50 crore

The Hindu

Is fentanyl coming to London?

It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, but the toll from fentanyl and other lab-made opioids could be about to get much worse. Gavin Haynes explains why a global heroin shortage could spark a US-style drugs crisis on British shores

Evening Standard

Mexico seizes 9700lbs of cocaine after wild helicopter and boat chase in the Pacific

A chase over sea and air resulted in a huge 9700lbs cocaine bust in Mexico

The Independent UK

Cocaine, heroin valued at ₹44 cr seized at Calicut airport

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers seized cocaine and heroin valued at ₹44 crore from a passenger who reached Calicut International Airport at Karipur on Tuesday.

The Hindu

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Drug dealer jailed for 21 years for role supplying almost £1m of cocaine to west London

Sam Coleman arranged ‘large scale drug deals’ to ‘make as much money as possible’

Evening Standard

Zambian national arrested at KIA and 1 kg of cocaine worth ₹15 crore recovered

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) nabbed a 40-year-old Zambian national at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and recovered 1 kg of cocaine worth ₹15 crore from him

The Hindu

"When I was a clown in the circus, I was backstage peeling off my nose and snorting cocaine." Steve-O on the Jackass stunts too hot for TV, drug addiction and finding sobriety

From becoming a star on Jackass to his days in literal clown college, this is the wild life of Steve-O

Metal Hammer

You Need to Watch The Most Surprisingly Violent Thriller of the Year on Amazon Prime ASAP

It’s a flawed but fun time. Now that it's available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, here's why Inverse recommends that you check out Elizabeth Banks' 'Cocaine Bear' ASAP.

Inverse

DRI seizes cocaine worth Rs 15 cr at Mumbai airport, 2 including Ugandan national held

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) foiled a drug smuggling operation and arrested two persons, including a female Ugandan national at Mumbai airport, on Friday and seized around 1496 grammes of cocaine worth Rs 15 crore. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From Paddington to Cocaine Bear, here's what to watch this weekend

Total Film

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

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The Guardian - UK

Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs

Researchers conclude there is ‘potential value’ in testing heart patients’ urine for substances such as marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine

The Guardian - UK

‘You have to sacrifice your life’: the drug runners of Colombia’s rainforests

With few job prospects, young men in the jungle borderlands with Brazil risk everything in a marijuana trade that ultimately bankrolls dissident armed groups

The Week

What next for Ecuador after Fernando Villavicencio assassination?

“If someone messes with the people, he is messing with my family.”

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m not afraid’: Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate who fought the cartels

Killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of elections comes as country struggles with surge in drug-related violence

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on murder in Ecuador: a tide of violence reaches new heights

Editorial: The killing of a presidential candidate has highlighted soaring homicide levels, as the cocaine trade booms in Latin America

The Guardian - UK

Boyz N the Hood to Cocaine Bear: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

John Singleton’s era-defining gangster classic is still a triumph, while there’s loads of pulpy pleasure to be had in this stark warning about what happens when large mammals gets off their gourd on gak

Newcastle Herald

Horse identity jailed for plotting to import 'party drug' from Peru

The woman untangled herself from the conspiracy but only after she realised no big payday was coming.

The Independent UK

Dutch customs officials make record cocaine seizure worth 600 million euros

Customs authorities in Rotterdam have confiscated more than 8,000 kilograms (17,600 pounds) of cocaine, the largest seizure of the drug in the Netherlands

The Conversation

How drugs can warp your sense of time

Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever. Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may…

Fortune

Tampa mayor goes fishing and reels in 70-pound package of cocaine

Jane Castor is a former police chief who spent eight years working the narcotics beat. She just hauled in another $1.1 million catch.

The Independent UK

Tampa mayor catches $1.1m worth of cocaine on fishing trip

Jane Castor made discovery as she fished in Florida Keys with family

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