Cocaine
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…