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What effect is cocaine pollution having on young Atlantic salmon?

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The Independent UK

Cocaine entering waterways is having a big effect on behaviour of young salmon

New study demonstrates effects of cocaine contamination on wild fish behaviour for the first time

The Independent UK

Coked to the gills? Cocaine-laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far

Fish or sharks on cocaine might sound like something dreamed up in a Hollywood writers’ room, but the reality is far less entertaining. Increasingly, scientists are detecting cocaine and other powerful drugs in aquatic environments, and even in the brains and bodies of wildlife.

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White line fever: coked-up fish double swim distance

Exposure to cocaine and its by-products might be causing fish to swim further, but it's unclear what impact that ecological development will have.

AAP

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds

Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite

The Guardian - UK

'We are watching': 200kg of cocaine on catamaran

A man has been charged after 200kg of cocaine was found on a catamaran sailing into the country amid a probe into a crime syndicate with bikie gang links.

AAP

Man arrested on Silom in cocaine ring bust

Police have arrested four suspects, including the alleged Nigerian kingpin, in a crackdown on a cocaine network operating in Bangkok’s nightlife districts.

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The Murder Line review – Minnie Driver’s mischievous crime caper is on the edge of excellence

Don’t come to this Canadian show looking for prestige drama. But it is a highly entertaining tale featuring numerous holdalls of cocaine – and Driver having loads of fun with English accents

The Guardian - UK

Greens more extreme than Reform, says Scottish Tory leader

Russell Findlay highlighted one Greens candidate calling for the abolition of prisons and plans to ‘effectively’ legalise cocaine and heroin.

Evening Standard

Heston Blumenthal: ‘I took cocaine to sleep. I wasn’t being a rock star, it was self-medication’

Heston Blumenthal talks to Josh Barrie about being bipolar and closing his London flagship

Evening Standard

'El 85' Pleads Guilty in Washington, CJNG Founder Faces Life Sentence

Erick Valencia Salazar, better known as 'El 85,' pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Washington to conspiring to distribute cocaine for unlawful importation into the United States, a major courtroom turn for a man U.S. authorities describe as one of the founders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or…

Latin Times

Nine men charged over plot to smuggle 3.5 tonnes of cocaine into Australia by sea

Four men also charged in connection with seizure of 30kg of methamphetamine in Perth last August

The Independent UK

‘Hit by a flying bag of cocaine’: Florida man literally threw his drugs back at the dealer moments before police moved in. It didn’t help either of them

This one really hit the spot… for police

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Suspected drug dealer hit in face with bag of cocaine by panicked customer as police arrive

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Alleged drug dealer hit in the face with flying bag of cocaine thrown by panicked customer as cops move in

A suspected drug dealer was hit in the face with a bag of cocaine thrown by a panicked customer as police arrived to intercept a deal.

Evening Standard

Moment suspected drug dealer flees court in south London

Abu Faye, 26, admitted possessing cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis

The Times of India

Only in a month: Canadian man Guramrit Sidhu tells US court how he trafficked meth, cocaine worth of $17 million from US to Canada

62-year-old Guramrit Sidhu, a Canadian man who was extradited to the US on charges of drug trafficking between the two countries, pleaded guilty to leading a criminal organization that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth up to $17 million. And it took roughly a month for that…

The Independent UK

Bulletin world briefing: Russia accused of sending drones to Iran

Russia accused of sending drones, medicine, and food to Iran. Woman stabbed to death while working at Pokémon store during children’s spring break. Hand, foot and mouth disease symptoms after three die in Vietnam. Protests at Nicolas Maduro’s court hearing as he and his wife face a judge. Sharks ingesting…

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Sharks ingesting cocaine and painkillers in popular tourist hotspot

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Cocaine bear step aside. Enter sharks who are testing positive for illicit drugs in the Caribbean

Researchers found changes in metabolic markers in some sharks showing signs of having contaminated blood

The Times of India

Study finds sharks with cocaine, painkillers and caffeine in waters off Bahamas

Sharks high on cocaine, caffeine and common painkillers have been detected in waters around the Bahamas. The discovery, made by Brazilian scientists, points to rising levels of pharmaceutical and illicit drug pollution even in relatively remote marine ecosystems.

Evening Standard

Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’

Profit margins from black market sales of medicines can rival cocaine and heroin, MPs were told.

Evening Standard

Tonne of cocaine worth £80million seized at London Gateway port

The drugs were found packaged in a number of holdalls in a container shipped from Panama

The Independent UK

UK Border Force in major cocaine seizure worth £80m

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Tonne of cocaine shipped from Panama and valued at £80m seized by UK Border Force

The National Crime Agency said it has launched an investigation following the seizure at London Gateway port on Friday

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