FBI stats reveal that in 2014 drug arrests were the single largest category of offenses with three times as many drug arrests last year as there were arrests for violent crimes. Interestingly, 45% of these were or 700,993 were marijuana related, and 88% for simple possession. Even though several states have legalised cannabis production, sale…
Brazil’s Supreme Court justices have been discussing the possibility of decriminalise the personal possession of marijuana. Six votes are needed for the bill to pass and three out of the 11 judges have already voted in favour. According to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) approximately 62 tons of cocaine were seized last…
The traditional Italy might soon wind up on the podium of liberalism, after 218 members of the Parliament from left and right wing parties have supported a proposal that would largely legalise production, distribution, sale and consumption of marijuana. Anyone over the age of 18 would be allowed to grow up to five marijuana plants…
Representatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared that, from January to June 2015, the agency has seized 445.125 kg of drugs worth approximately US$14 million at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Moreover, the police were able to intercept US$2.5 million from money laundering and arrest 75 alleged drug traffickers, with…
The Guyanese authorities arrested a mother and a daughter allegedly accused of trafficking cocaine in Georgetown. They pleaded not guilty after being caught selling cocaine to a police officer. The US Coast Guard intercepted a narco-submarine transporting over 7 tons of cocaine, worth approximately US$181 million. The authorities were able to seize 5,400 kg, while…
Colombian police have seized approximately 2.3 tonnes of marijuana in the village of Dabehia, Antioquia department. According to the authorities, the drugs allegedly belonged to the paramilitary group of the Urabeños. The Gambia hosted the first international conference on drug dubbed, “Moscow-Africa anti-drug dilogue”. The conference aimed to enhance strategies to tackle drug trafficking in…
En el departamento de Chocó, la Policía colombiana incautó un cargamento de tres toneladas de clorhidrato de cocaína que iba a ser despachada por la banda narcotraficante Clan Úsuga hacia Estados Unidos pasando por México. Dos miembros de la banda que se encargaban de procesar cocaína fueron detenidos. Durante un plan de trabajo en los…
The increasing cooperation between Peru and Bolivia in the fight against drug trafficking led to the destruction of at least 50 clandestine airstrips in Peru and to the seizure of more than a dozen small planes in the Bolivian Amazon. In a joint operation of the US and the Costa Rican coast guards, police forces…
A French soldier has reportedly been arrested while carrying 27kg of cocaine through an airport in Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, about to board a military transport aircraft bound for Paris’s Charles De Gaulle airport. A man has reportedly been arrested at Newark airport in New Jersey, USA, for attempting to smuggle cocaine from…
A survey by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has found that London’s sewage contains the highest concentration of cocaine in Europe. According to the same survey, Britain also has the highest rate of cocaine use among young adults in Europe. 4.2% of people aged 15 – 34 admitted to having…
