All news on the topic: Cocaine

22 Oct 2024 787

Colombia’s coca crops increased, but cocaine production surged, latest figures reveal

Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking.

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21 Oct 2024 682

Bride-to-be avoids jail for aiding fiancé in cocaine ring after announcing pregnancy

Sasha Ellis-Johnson claimed she was helping her partner after he ran up a £2,000 drug debt

Crime

18 Oct 2024 607

Former detective sentenced to 19 years for stealing 4kg of cocaine from work to sell in Manchester

Andrew Talbot, 54, took almost £400,000 worth of cocaine from evidence stores before searching police systems for dealers to help him sell the drug.

Crime

10 Oct 2024 726

Drug smugglers convicted for shipping large cocaine haul hidden in banana boxes through Portsmouth port

Organised criminals that smuggled a large amount of cocaine in a shipment of bananas through Portsmouth port have been convicted.

Crime

20 Sep 2024 843

Narco-Subs Sail the Caribbean

The Caribbean, historically a key region for drug trafficking, has once again become the center of attention with the seizure of a narco-submarine, signaling the use of these types of vessels is potentially becoming a more common tactic for drug shipments in this smuggling route.

Crime

16 Sep 2024 778

Men charged with drug smuggling remanded in custody

Four men accused of trying to smuggle £200m worth of cocaine into the UK have been remanded in custody.

Crime

27 Aug 2024 719

Spain and Colombia dismantle cocaine processing lab; 28 arrested

A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday in an official statement.

Investigation

25 Aug 2024 710

A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents

Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.

Crime

23 Aug 2024 550

Men behind $51 million cocaine haul convicted after failed escape attempt

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that Border Force officers intercepted Bruce Knowles, 55, and Ferhat Gumrukcuoglu, 31, near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk in late June, as they tried to swim away from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with drugs.

Crime

11 Aug 2024 667

Former prime minister of the British Virgin Islands jailed in cocaine case

A U.S. court has sentenced former British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prime Minister Andrew Alturo Fahie to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a major cocaine smuggling operation.

Crime

02 Aug 2024 858

UK: Ringleader of banana-filled cocaine smuggling gang convicted

The ringleader of an organized crime group that tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.K. via a container of bananas was convicted Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported.

Crime

30 Jul 2024 945

Montenegrin ’Pirate of the Unknown’ arraigned in the US for cocaine trafficking

A Montenegrin dubbed the ‘Pirate of the Unknown’ is set to be arraigned Monday in U.S. federal court for allegedly trafficking several tons of Latin American cocaine all over the world onboard container vessels.

Crime

21 Jul 2024 784

Ten Brits arrested as £96million global cocaine smuggling operation smashed

The operation began back in 2020 and among others has seen about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine being found on board of a yacht, with an estimated street value of £96 million

Crime

17 Jul 2024 810

Cocaine seizures fall in big EU ports as gangs target easier routes

As Antwerp and Rotterdam crack down, other ports bear the brunt.

Crime

08 Jul 2024 775

Mum who ran £1 million racket flying drones over prison walls to deliver drugs and phones is jailed

Detectives were able to download telltale software from the homemade, heavy duty drone

World

05 Jul 2024 685

Brazil has detained eight individuals suspected of transporting cocaine in private jets

Brazil’s Federal Police detained eight individuals on Tuesday as part of a broader operation against drug traffickers who have used private jets to transport cocaine worth billions of Brazilian reals across the continent, as well as to Europe and Africa.

World

18 Jun 2024 715

Europol dismantles Balkan cartel trafficking drugs from South America

Eight tonnes of cocaine seized and 40 people arrested after four-year investigation led by Spain’s Guardia Civil

Investigation

12 Jun 2024 1031

’The cocaine superhighway’: the trail of death and destruction from South America to Europe

A sign on the doorway said “For rent” and the house’s lights were out. But the assault team were convinced a group of armed gang members lurked inside and they were determined to smoke them out.

World

07 Jun 2024 771

Brazil arrests internationally wanted Surinamese fugitive

A Surinamese man, wanted by Interpol for a series of crimes including the smuggling of approximately 450 kg of cocaine by aircraft, was captured last week in São Paulo, Brazilian Federal Police stated.

Investigation

03 Jun 2024 955

Maersk and CMA-CGM: The favorite shipping companies of the Colombian mafia

Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.

Investigation

02 Jun 2024 764

Pirates of the Caribbean Trafficked in Maersk

Military intelligence officers and police, in a network with the principal of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, sent 19 tons of cocaine to Central America, the United States and Europe; They corrupted inspectors at the port of Santa Marta to ship 70% of the drugs to the Danish shipping company.

Investigation

29 May 2024 803

Fishing boats and cargo ships: How Colombian cocaine is trafficked worldwide

Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.

Crime

12 May 2024 693

’Will Young lookalike’ transforms from ’quiet lad’ to underworld gangster, masterminding Huyton Firm raid

Richard Caswell, known as "Will" due to his likeness to popstar Will Young was a fearful gangster who raided a stash-house and stole nearly £1 million worth of cocaine

News

05 May 2024 852

Cocaine dealer apprehended when car he’s passenger in crashes following high-speed collision

Cocaine dealers Ryan Lawrence and Joshua Goodwin careered into the wall of a council building in Stanley, Co Durham, before police uncovered several bags of cocaine

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