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Cocaine Bear doesn't even elicit a snort

Besides one action sequence and a fake bear that out-acts its human costars, the film fails its amusing title

Salon

Accomplished footballer found with heroin and crack cocaine in his boxers

Falikou Traore, 21, was also found with a knife wrapped in paper after he was detained by police who witnessed him conducting a drug deal

Wales Online

Review: The enjoyably grisly 'Cocaine Bear' is nothing to sniff at

In September 1985, Tennessee authorities discovered the body of Andrew Carter Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned drug smuggler who had fallen to his death from a plane. The bags full of cocaine he was transporting into the country took longer to recover. By the time the illicit cargo…

Los Angeles Times

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'Charity worker' lived secret life as drug kingpin who enjoyed luxury holidays to Dubai

Faiz Rehman bought and sold more than £4m of drugs in just 11 weeks

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine Bear review: beastly high-jinx movie will leave you gasping and giggling

This is Jaws meets Gilmore Girls and Brave

Evening Standard

Colombia completely halted eradication of coca crops last month

Colombia last month entirely halted the eradication of coca, the raw material for cocaine, as the government of President Gustavo Petro calls for a new approach in the war on drugs.

Tribune News Service

‘Cocaine Bear’ review: Bear finds smuggler’s drugs. The welcome, and truthiness, wear off fast

It gives me no pleasure to hate on “Cocaine Bear.” The director Elizabeth Banks (”Pitch Perfect 2,” the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot) isn’t the chief problem, even if her mashup of dismemberment, mugging and dubious heartwarming is this month’s working definition of “tonal problems.” But with this script, the project was…

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'Cocaine Bear' Review: A Drug-Fueled Descent Into Pure Chaos

'Cocaine Bear' is a fittingly absurd, shockingly violent horror comedy. Here's Inverse's review of the new, Elizabeth Banks-directed film.

Inverse

Cocaine Bear review – critter-on-drugs thriller struggles to live up to sensational title

Not since Snakes on a Plane has a title promised so much, but despite a great cast the plot is too tame

The Guardian - UK

Cocaine Bear, inspired by the true story of a bear on stimulants, fails to live up to its over-the-top premise

Starring Keri Russell and Ray Liotta (in his final film role), Cocaine Bear is a gory comedy-thriller inspired by a true story — but with more "murderous rampage" than "major renal failure".

ABC News

Prison officer who smuggled class A drugs into jail handed six-year stretch behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into the prison where she worked

Wales Online

EncroChat gang with nicknames 'Shinyegg' and 'Buttermoon' snared after moving over £1 million worth of drugs

Cocaine, cannabis, weapons, more than £100,000 cash and a significant amount of crypto-currency was recovered

Manchester Evening News

Prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail sentenced to six years behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.

The Independent UK

Everything that should be on your radar this weekend (25th Feb)

From Slowthai’s £1 gig to the grizzliest cinema release of the year, Cocaine Bear - here’s some inspiration for your weekend...

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Bid to seize fugitive cage fighter's ill-gotten gains from drug ring while he's on the run

Darren Towler was sentenced to 24 years in prison for running a cocaine operation in his absence

Daily Record

Scots prison officer who befriended knife killer jailed for smuggling drugs behind bars

Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison, in Lanarkshire, but was rumbled after jail chiefs became suspicious about the level of drugs found in cells.

Liverpool Echo

Judge warns County Lines drug dealer he should thank his barrister as he avoids jail

The court heard Christopher Lambert was "pressured" into selling heroin and crack cocaine

ABC News

Court shown timeline of cocaine divers' journey from Darwin to Newcastle

The documents allege that Bruno Borges-Martins, along with another specialist diver from Brazil, were smuggled into Darwin by James Blake Blee, who is also facing a manslaughter charge in relation to Borges-Martins's death.

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Reason

'America Has Lost the War on Drugs,' The New York Times Says, but Should Keep Fighting It Anyway

The paper pushes modest reforms while endorsing continued criminalization.

Manchester Evening News

Drug dealers' empire rumbled after secret tiny prison phone uncovered

Ashley Blackett, 35, and then-girlfriend Jamey-Leigh Brook-Parkinson spoke about 'building our empire'

Tribune News Service

Get ready for ‘Cocaine Bear’ by watching these 5 bear horror films

“Cocaine Bear” is rampaging toward a theater near you.

Glasgow Live

Coatbridge dad fractured man's eye socket in 'random' stag do attack in Liverpool pub

Scott Carter, 32, was on a stag do and under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when he attacked his victim Aaron Suleman in the early hours of the morning in a Liverpool pub.

Evening Standard

Genaro García Luna: Mexico’s ex-security minister convicted of bribes and drug smuggling

Prosecutors say El Chapo’s cartel couldn’t have built a “global cocaine empire” without García Luna

Al Jazeera

Mexico’s former public security chief convicted in US drug case

Genaro Garcia Luna was found guilty of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug-trafficking cartels in Mexico.

WEKU

Mexico's former public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes

García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels.

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