Cocaine

4.3 tonnes of cocaine seized in port of Trieste

ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - Italian finance police said Thursday that they have pulled off one of Europe's biggest-ever drugs impoundments, seizing 4.3 tonnes of cocaine in the port…

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Police call for cocaine users to be banned from attending football matches after Euros mayhem

The Independent reports that police want the power to ban football fans who take cocaine at matches, over concerns that the drug could be driving disorder and violence. Some England supporters were filmed openly…

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Malta customs seize record 740kg of cocaine destined to Europe

A record breaking 740 kg of cocaine intercepted by Malta Customs at the Freeport. Due to high purity, street value estimated between 90 and 100 million euro. Malta Customs has,…

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€3.4 million seized, 9 arrested after discovery of industrial-scale cocaine lab by Europol in Rotterdam

An international multi-agency operation has led to 9 arrests, the seizure of over €3.4 million in cash and the shutdown of an industrial-sized cocaine production lab in the framework of…

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Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca

A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with coca leaf – the raw material used in…

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Italian police intercept cocaine trafficked hidden in coffee beans

Police in Italy have intercepted a package containing hundreds of coffee beans that were hiding illegal drugs inside them, Euronews reports. Around 500 beans had been cut open, stuffed with…

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Major drug haul on board Bahamas registered reefer ship in Denmark

Danish police busted a large-scale drug contraband operation and traffickers ring, including the crew of reefer Duncan Island. Police were alerted about coming drug shipment for quite some time, it…

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Germany’s largest ever cocaine shipment seized by customs

Customs confiscated a record 4.5 metric tons of cocaine in a shipping container in Hamburg, northern Germany, with a street value of nearly €1 billion, it announced on Friday. The drugs…

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Watch: Italian drug trafficker, notorious for trafficking ‘poor quality cocaine’ to Malta and elsewhere, is arrested in Canary Islands

A drug trafficker wanted by the Italian authorities for his role in a transnational criminal organisation that trafficked notoriously “poor quality” cocaine to Malta and elsewhere was arrested in the…

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Huge international police operation against Balkan cartel trafficking cocaine around the globe

Law enforcement agencies from across the globe teamed up against a Balkan organised criminal network suspected of large-scale cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe using private planes. The…

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Over 10.7 tons of cocaine destroy by Panama police

An agent of the National Police of Panama spills gasoline on kilos of cocaine in a landfill in La Chorrera, Panama, 31 May 2019. The Panamanian authorities destroyed a total…

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Finnish police deal big blow to cocaine trafficking ring

Finnish police said they have cracked a large cocaine ring in the Tampere region which imported 13 kilos of cocaine from the Netherlands to Finland in 2017-2018 and involved dozens…

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Bristol, Amsterdam and Zurich top the list for high cocaine residues in wastewater

A study that has just been released by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) of drug residue in wastewater of 70 European cities found that the…

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2.5 tonnes cocaine seized in Genoa – Largest drug haul in 25 years

Police in Italy have seized about 2.5 tonnes of cocaine in two shipments - which add up to the largest drug haul found in the country in 25 years. On…

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The Guardian investigates the increase in use of cocaine and rise in related deaths in UK

The Guardian investigates why Britain is snorting more of the drug than almost anywhere in Europe, more young people are taking it and deaths are rising. It questions why? Britain is…

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Middle-class cocaine users will be targeted as part of a crackdown on the causes of violent crime

Middle-class drug users will be targeted as part of a crackdown on the causes of violent crime, Home Secretary Sajid Javid will announce. He will use his Tory conference speech…

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Cheap coffee prices lead coffee growers to plant coca for cocaine

Coffee producers are calling on leading companies including Nestlé, JAB Holdings and Starbucks to cover farmers’ costs as they struggle to make ends meet, with coffee prices tumbling to a…

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Over half a billion Euros drugs seized in Europe since start of year. Police warn of tsunami of cocaine being supplied into Western Europe

In excess of €500m worth of drugs have been seized by European law enforcement agencies since the start of the year, reflecting a substantial increase in trafficking across the Atlantic…

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UK – Two men charged with major cocaine seizure

Sky News: Two men have been charged following a "major seizure of cocaine" from a boat in the English Channel. Dutch nationals Maarten Peter Pieterse, 59, and Emile Adriaan Jeroen Schoemaker,…

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