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Drugs gang caged for 37 years after kingpin with 'upstream cocaine' contacts caught in sting

Officers in Cheshire launched Operation Feared in the summer of 2021 to tackle the gang which were involved in the transportation of cocaine.

Daily Record

Police catch 'erratic' driver with a kilo of cocaine in his car

Alan Nisbet, 36, has been jailed for seven years

Manchester Evening News

Drug gang unravelled after kingpin with 'upstream cocaine' contacts caught in police sting

The organised crime group were jailed for 37 years in total

Liverpool Echo

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Organised crime group members jailed for £7.4m cocaine conspiracy

Juniad Khan, 32, and Calum Mason, 24, of Cardiff, were raided by officers from Tarian regional organised crime unit

Wales Online

Former high-profile TD arrested after testing positive for cocaine at roadside

We have also established that the car he was driving when he was stopped in a town in Connacht at around 1pm on June 12 had no NCT or tax.

Irish Mirror

BMW-driving drug dealer had luxury life of Rolex watches and quad bikes

Nazrul Amin, 32, had been a successful businessman but fell into drugs. When his home was searched he was found in possession of £15,000 in cash, a quad bike, and expensive watches

Wales Online

Leeds drug dealer wearing stab vest led police on dangerous chase in car with machete and combat knives inside

Ruel Craig was also carrying heroin, crack cocaine and a wad of cash when police caught him

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'Highly sophisticated' organised crime gang used London suppliers to flood streets of Leeds with cocaine

Matthews Manners and his trusted associate Benjamin Connor were caught after police infiltrated encrypted messages

Leeds Live

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Week

Peru’s coca leaf cultivation reaches record high in 2022

Peru’s anti-drugs commission says some 95,000 hectares (367 square miles) of land were used to grow coca leaves in 2022.

Al Jazeera

Afternoon Update: drug kingpin shot dead; Victoria police accused of racial profiling; and Kyrgios backs Saudi tennis push

The ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade has been killed in his car in an underground car park in Bondi Junction

The Guardian - AU

Director of multi-million-pound company played 'significant' role in £428,000 cocaine conspiracy

Successful businessman James Welch, 46, of Swansea, played a 'significant role' in the drug ring along with Marianne McGuinness, 41, who allowed her flat in Cardiff to be used as a safehouse

Wales Online

Drug dealer found with block of cocaine worth £15,000 when police raided home

Rhys Deguara, 33, was still in bed when police arrived at his home in Cardiff where he was found in possession of cocaine, cannabis, and thousands of pounds in cash

Wales Online

Govt destroys B20bn worth of seized narcotics

The government destroyed $600 million worth of drugs seized from illegal traffickers that included tons of amphetamines, heroin and cocaine, according to the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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France 24

Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

Wales Online

Drug dealers caught when one tried to sell cocaine to his social worker

A text message blunder has ended up with two men going to prison

Wales Online

'Family man' led secret life as cocaine dealer, hiding gold bullion and thousands in cash

Simon Richards was supplying cocaine to "like-minded friends"

Wales Online

Drug-driver ignored red light and smashed into woman crossing road

Cheryl Jones' victim was left seriously injured. The 57-year-old driver said she believed the concoction of cocaine and amphetamines she had taken would have made her more alert

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The Independent UK

Gang ferried drugs using ‘thank you NHS’ van during lockdown

They even used a ‘Thank You NHS’ van to transport the heroine and cocaine across the West Midlands

Wales Online

Vulnerable Welsh children living in care used as 'runners' for London drugs gang

A judge told Abdilgader Yasin and Sultan Ismail they had 'exploited and manipulated' vulnerable children

Liverpool Echo

'Scouse Jonno' line dealers busted after sending out hundreds of ‘flare messages’

The county line drug gang flooded city with crack cocaine and heroin

Liverpool Echo

Kickboxer supplied gun to thug who 'wouldn't stop' until victim was shot

Gang's 'head' trafficked huge quantities of drugs from hundreds of miles away at his base in Spain

The Canberra Times

Estimated $100,000 worth of cocaine allegedly found in O'Connor home

Police allegedly also found anabolic steroids and a large amount of cash.

The Independent UK

Tories select councillor for by-election to replace David Warburton as MP

Mr Warburton quit the Commons after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use.

Daily Record

Cocaine fuelling rise in football hooliganism at matches in Scotland

Academics at the University of Stirling carried out a review into football fans and alcohol abuse.

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