2.5kgs of cocaine valued at 6 million pesos (~USD400,000) has been seized, following the arrest of a Mexican in joint efforts involving the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. A drug baron, Karl Wilson, has been jailed for 16 years for running a multi-million pound smuggling ring,…
An alleged drug trafficker suspected of brokering deals between Colombian terrorists and drug traffickers and Mexican transnational criminal organisations, Hermes Alirio Casanova Ordoñez, has been arrested by officials of the Colombian National Army. 339kgs of cocaine paste, used in the production of cocaine, were discovered by Honduran security forces in the Caribbean port of Puerto…
11 tonnes of opium and hashish have been seized by members of the border patrol police in the Jakigour area of Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran. A recent study revealed that cocaine consumption quadruples the risk of sudden death in people aged between 19 and 49. Nine men have been sentenced to prison following the smuggling of cocaine…
300 kgs of cocaine valued at £40 million hidden in a shipment of bananas originating from Colombia was seized in Portsmouth, UK, following joint efforts by Border Force, Irish Police and the NCA. 25 kgs of cocaine valued at £750, 000 was seized and ten people were arrested in Swansea, UK. Cocaine valued at £100,000…
20 kilograms of cocaine valued at £1 million, bound for the Fermanagh area of Northern Ireland, has been seized in a port in Holland by Dutch authorities. 54 kilograms of cocaine estimated at £8 million, hidden within a lorry-load of Christmas trees at the port of Harwich, UK was seized as one person was arrested by…
Cocaine valued at £5 million was seized from a light aircraft at an East Yorkshire airfield in the UK, following joint operations by members of the NCA and Border Force. Many Mexaican citizens believe that the 43 missing and possibly dead students in Iguala reveal the increasing connection between corruption and violence which indicate failures…
Argentina is reportedly becoming a major drug-trafficking hub in Latin America. Several Latin-American countries have adopted shoot-down laws, which allow countries to shoot down suspected drug trafficking flights, in an attempt to curb aerial drug trafficking. Four people were arrested in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on suspicions of drug trafficking. A group of four…
700 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in a shipment from Guatemala by a Spanish freight company in Esparreguera. 5.4 kilograms of cocaine valued at €378,000 was discovered by authorities in sweets consignments at Dublin airport Another 5.4 kilograms of cocaine valued at HK$5.5 million were found in cans of pineapple at Hong Kong airport. 13…
224 kilograms of methamphetamine valued at USD $18 million were seized and 22 suspects arrested by police authorities as a Mexico-U.S narco-trafficking ring was dismantled Links between police and drug trafficking has been blamed for Ecuador’s rise as a drug transit territory The European commission praised the efforts of Albania in fighting organised crime and…
UNODC is expected to collaborate with Fiji in its efforts against drug trafficking, corruption and terrorism as the Pacific region is considered vulnerable to transnational organised crime The alleged leader of Portsmouth drug trafficking organisation, Antwan Black, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison; disrupting drug supply in the region Detectives from the…
