200 kilograms of heroin, 1.3 tonnes of cannabis and 599 kilograms of cocaine were seized and 1150 people were arrested, following Operation Archimedes coordinated by Europol across Europe. Mexican drug cartels have begun trafficking cocaine directly from Southern America, displacing the Colombian middlemen. The European Union and the United Nations pledged their continued support for…
• Four kilograms of cocaine and 200 grams of cannabis were seized by French authorities in an official Vatican car. Two people were arrested in connection with the drugs. • Twelve members of a North England gang, that were arrested in 2013 with around £1m worth of cannabis and cocaine were sentenced to between two…
The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report stating that drug control is out of hand, calling for a shift towards decriminalisation and regulation of most illegal drugs, while cracking down on violent drug gangs. Following a three-year investigation in New Brunswick, Canada, 28 people were arrested, disrupting a major organised crime and drug…
• 2,800kgs of cocaine were unloaded off the US Coast Guard Cutter Legare and put on display in Miami this week. The haul was the result of a successful two-part US Coast Guard operation which targeted “go-fast” vessels operating off the coasts of Panama and Colombia. • Police in Costa Rica seized an SUV containing 400kgs…
Research published in the US vividly demonstrated the effect which cocaine has upon blood vessels in the brain. •A corrupt Portsmouth dockyard worker was among the 10 individuals imprisoned this week for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK disguised in crates of bananas and pineapples. • Peruvian authorities seized 6.5 tons of cocaine from…
Canadian police seized 37.5kgs of cocaine concealed inside a shipment of machine parts originating in Panama. • California’s state assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill proposing to lower the penalty for the sale of crack cocaine to the same as that for powdered cocaine. • Costa Rican police arrested 6 drug traffickers at…
•California Assembly votes to reduce penalties for the sale of crack cocaine •South African cabinet minister under investigation for alleged involvement with cocaine-smuggling syndicate •Argentine Supreme Court Judge announces national rise in drug-trafficking operations •An international drug-smuggling and money-laundering ring was dismantled in the Dominican Republic •A 78-year old US doctor was found guilty of…
• A leading French narcotics officer was charged in connection with the disappearance of captured cocaine from the French police HQ • 127kgs of cocaine were seized aboard a Spanish navy vessel returning from Colombia • The European Commission announced additional funding for the AIRCOP initiative • The former Haitian president was banned from leaving…
• The New York Times started debate on the end of marijuana prohibition. • A French counternarcotics officer was arrested near the Spanish border after 51kgs of cocaine “disappeared” from Paris HQ • UK Border Force discovers 40kgs of cocaine aboard container vessel used to transport bananas • The US courier firm FedEx pleaded not…
Kentucky senator proposes tougher US cocaine-sentencing laws UK government survey shows significant increase in domestic drug use over 10-year period •A Puerto Rico-based cocaine trafficking ring faced drug charges in the US • Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security announced the dismantlement of a major heroin-trafficking group • In Los Angeles, a smuggler was sentenced…
