All news on the topic: Cocaine

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Woman dies in smash on way to airport after driver's pints and cocaine binge
Matthew Jones, 32, binged on alcohol and cocaine just hours before causing the crash that killed his girlfriend Nuria Zamel Casino, 28 while driving her sister to the airport
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Drug dealers caught after police tracked Nando's takeaway receipt found in car
Harry Newey and Emmanuel Kolapo-Ogundele, both 20 years old, fled police but were tracked down after officers discovered a hot Nando's takeaway next to a stash of drugs in their car
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UK kingpin 'made £126m running drug gang and was rich enough to buy out Rolex'
James White, 46, from North Lanarkshire, Scotland, led a 'sophisticated' drugs and guns gang that saw him rake in an estimated £126million before becoming one of the UK's most wanted men
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The Voice's Emma Willis' brave admission about her difficult marriage to Matt
Emma Willis, who is hosting a new series of The Voice, has been married to Busted star Matt for 15 years. He has been in rehab four times battling addiction in the past 20 years
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Met Police officers caught taking cocaine, weed and laughing gas in drug tests
The statistics for January 2020 to November 2022 include the case of PC William Holyoake, who got a community order for possessing cannabis and offensive weapons
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Drunk driver's five cowardly words after crashing car and leaving friend to die
Van driver Ashley Dean, 40, downed six pints and sniffed a line of cocaine to 'sober up' before smashing his car on March 23 last year. His friend Lisa Birtwistle died that night
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Pablo Escobar's rampaging cocaine hippos facing Colombian government cull
The herd of hippos has grown to nearly 170 from just four that escaped from Escobar's private zoo in Puerto Triunfo 30 years ago. The government is now planning to cull the animals
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Man paid hitmen $10K to murder teen girl who accused him of sex assault say cops
Isabella Scavelli, 17, was brutally murdered at her doorstep in February - all because she filed a complaint against a man who attacked her. Three men have been charged on murder-for-hire accusations
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Ashley Dale's murder 'began over theft of £40,000 worth of cocaine', court hears
Ashley Dale, 28, was shot in her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in August last year, after an alleged feud between her partner Lee Harrison and the five men accused of her murder
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Matthew Perry made heartbreaking dying wish but feared it 'wouldn't happen'
Matthew Perry, who has died at the age of 54, will be remembered for his stellar performance of the sarcastic yet loveable Friends character Chandler Bing, but he had other hopes
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'My girl, 6, was killed by drunk driver - no one should have to face this pain'
After her six-year-old daughter was killed by an intoxicated driver, Claire Reynolds faced a months-long wait for information. She’s now fighting to stop other parents having to go through the same agony
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Cops seize £10 million worth of cocaine in raid on Kent container ship
Cocaine weighing 137 kilos (302 pounds) was discovered at Sheerness Port on a Panamanian-registered ship transporting bananas to the Netherlands, the National Crime Agency said
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Prison worker caged for flooding jail with drugs after falling for inmate
Mental health nursing assistant Amy Hatfield, 38, was a huge part of the conspiracy which also involved six other inmates including her married lover, his wife and dad
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Hero mum mown down as she pushed her baby's pram to safety 'would do it again'
Becky Sharp suffered life changing injuries but her little daughter Lorena escaped harm - and the brave mother says she would do the same thing again if her children were in danger
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Jockey nephew of riding great Pat Eddery hit with six-month ban for cocaine use
George Eddery 24, was suspended for six months by a disciplinary panel after testing positive for the banned substance when riding at Lingfield in June
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Budding jockey escapes prison after cannabis and cocaine found in police raid
Oran Brown, who has an amateur licence and was reportedly due to ride at Cheltenham this weekend, received a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence
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Seaside towns where £5m cocaine hauls wash up beaches patrolled by armed police
Drugs worth millions have been washed up on beaches in Sussex and Hampshire in recent weeks and after another discovery on Monday, armed police have been patrolling the coastlines
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Brit who flaunted lavish lifestyle online tried to fly drugs worth £300k into UK
Moudo Adams, who usually lives in London, often impressed his thousands of social media followers with his VIP globetrotting - which authorities believe was a front for narco trafficking
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Drugs boss was so sure of being 'untouchable' he named one of his firms 'Teflon'
Craig McKenzie led an "extravagant" lifestyle and was caught with a £250,000 watch, funded by his vast drugs plot which saw cocaine, heroin and cannabis flood our streets
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Boy racer already banned from driving six times leads police on 80mph chase
Criminal who was in possession of drugs driving a stolen car and already disqualified led police on an 80mph chase through a city centre's 30mph streets, even managing to avoid a tyre-bursting stinger laid out by officers
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Smug dealer posed topless with cash made from selling week’s worth of narcotics
Mustafa Mahmoodveven filmed himself boasting about earning £1,000 a day selling drugs. One video even showed him brazenly dealing over his back wall in Sheffield
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White tennis balls and drunken cricket - the sports facts everyone should know
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British fugitive 'drug smuggler' arrested in Spain on international warrant
The 35-year-old has been held in the resort of Javea north of Alicante as the UK’s National Crime Agency swoop after Spanish police said he was “directly linked” to drug importation
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Gobsmacked fisherman reels in £1million cocaine haul 'after following sea gulls'
Ron Rapp was baffled by seagulls diving in the water off the coast of the Isle of Wight and later discovered the birds were sitting on £1 million worth of drugs
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Family terrorised village by slashing tyres and dealing drugs from ice cream van
Lynne Leyson was the 'dominant force' behind her family's drug business that pushed out cocaine and cannabis across swathes of south west Wales before her husband and son were caught and arrested and she went on the run