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'I wouldn't class myself as a drug dealer' says man convicted twice

The dad was handed a lengthy jail sentence this week for his part in a million pound cocaine ring

Liverpool Echo

Superyacht owner's son bailed in drug plot

A bailed 21-year-old is bound for Queensland after a failed alleged drug importation left a Brazilian diver dead and bricks of cocaine floating in a NSW port.

AAP

Jamaica seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from cargo ship

Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated $80 million worth of cocaine from a ship at the port of Kingston in one of the country's biggest-ever drug busts, authorities said.

Reuters

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Mum found guilty of drug smuggling vents on social media 'there was absolutely no evidence'

Megan Woodham made multiple Facebook posts complaining about the trail

Manchester Evening News

Drug smuggler mum rants 'there was absolutely no evidence' after guilty verdict

Healthcare assistant turned gang member moaned 'the justice system is on its neck' after being convicted

Liverpool Echo

That's why drug dealers go to Iceland - to sell cocaine for three times its UK value

Pair caught by sniffer dog at Stansted Airport with drugs hidden in their bodies

Wales Online

Albanian gangsters running UK cocaine market but one 'protected' city won't let them in

Violent criminals from Albania now run the cocaine market in most parts of the UK, but so far have not managed to get a foothold in one particular city due to local gangs "protecting" the streets

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Seven men arrested in Dublin raids as gardai seize €40,000 worth of 'heroin and crack cocaine'

Six houses in Tallaght were searched on Friday in a series of early-morning raids

Irish Mirror

Inside life of Cocaine Godmother with lust for murder as true story hits our screens

Griselda Blanco, dubbed the Cocaine Godmother, was the queenpin among kingpins in the Colombian Medellin drug cartel of the 70s and 80s. She was a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs the world over

Daily Mirror

Dealer tried to hide £10k of cannabis and cocaine in tumble dryer

Three men were jailed after supplying cocaine and cannabis

Liverpool Echo

Three men jailed for running £130k country drug line between Edinburgh and London

Three men have been jailed for running a county drug line between Edinburgh and London after £130,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine was found in the capital city.

Edinburgh Live

Cocaine dealer rammed man's van after challenging him to fight at bingo hall

Sie Parsons kept some of his stash of cocaine in a safe buried in the garden

Wales Online

Drug dealers flooded picturesque Welsh town with crack cocaine and heroin

Devonn Weston and Blake Sharpe, both 23, ran a Class A drug supply line in Llandrindod Wells

Wales Online

Teenage drug dealer tasered by police while trying to escape from raid

Gabriel Hardwicke, then 18, was found in possession of heroin and crack cocaine wraps at a house in Cardiff which had been "cuckooed" from a mother and 11-year-old child

Wales Online

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Rolex-wearing cocaine dealer who made £125,000 ordered to pay back £73,000

Macauley Cotterill, 25, of Cardiff, was jailed last year after his car was pulled over by police who found messages relating to drug dealing on his phone

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Creating different punishments for crack and powder cocaine never made sense and was unscientific, experts say

While we wait for the United States Senate to pass the Equal Act, effectively and finally eliminating the sentencing disparity between two forms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland outlined additional policies for federal prosecutors to pursue equalizing charges, pleas, and sentencing in those drug cases.

Liverpool Echo

Woman 'driving Kia badly' was disqualified and tested positive for cocaine

Police said the woman's driving was "not up to the standard we are used to"

Manchester Evening News

Drugs gang caught red-handed with designer watches and thousands of pounds in cash

The gang were using encrypted devices to buy cocaine and cannabis

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Nottingham Post

Notts men among 22 criminals who flooded UK with industrial amounts of Class A drugs

Three men from Nottingham are among the 22 people who are now facing a total of more than 200 years in prison after Encrochat - communication service which was found to be used by criminals to plan and coordinate illegal activity - was taken down

Wales Online

Healthcare assistant smuggled cocaine and ketamine into prison where she worked

Megan Woodham was sentenced alongside two men

Daily Mirror

Woman sobs 'I love you' to her family as she's jailed after £1million cocaine plot

Megan Woodham, a healthcare assistant at HMP Risley in Warrington, has been jailed for her role in a multi-million pound drugs plot which included smuggling ketamine into prison

Liverpool Echo

Dad who fled Liverpool after being shot in mistaken identity jailed for drugs operation

Barry Weadock ran the operation from a property loaned to him by a church charity

Radio France Internationale

Belgian port of Antwerp says record volume of cocaine seized in 2022

Belgian authorities said seizures of cocaine at the port of Antwerp, the main gateway into Europe, hit a new record last year. This comes amid mounting concern over the power of violent international gangs.

Daily Record

Prison worker smuggled drugs into jail and turned home into 'safehouse' for gang

Megan Woodham reportedly 'formed a relationship' with an inmate.

Wales Online

Dramatic police chase as officer breaks hand clinging to crack dealer's van

Lee 'Pop' Davies unsuccessfully tried to get rid of his crack cocaine wraps during the pursuit

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