Cocaine News
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By AFP
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Illegal coca plantations in Colombia reduced slightly in 2018 but the country remains the world's biggest producer of the primary ingredient in cocaine production, the United Nations said on Friday.
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By AFP
Berlin -
Germany's customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country's largest ever, with an estimated street value of one billion euros ($1.1 billion).
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By AFP
New York -
US authorities said Tuesday they had seized around 16 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of over $1 billion in a historic drug bust aboard a ship at the port of Philadelphia.
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A passenger on-board a flight from Mexico City has died after inadvertently ingesting 246 packets of cocaine. The high level of drug consumption triggered a cerebral edema.
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By AFP
Rome -
Italian police on Thursday said they had seized over two tonnes of pure cocaine from Colombia in the biggest drug bust in Italy of the past 25 years.
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By AFP
Rome -
Italian police on Thursday said they had seized over two tonnes of pure cocaine from Colombia in the biggest drug bust in Italy of the past 25 years.
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By AFP
San Jos -
Costa Rican authorities on Thursday seized a boat carrying 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cocaine and arrested five suspected traffickers, the government said.
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By AFP
San Jos -
Costa Rican authorities on Thursday seized a boat carrying 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cocaine and arrested five suspected traffickers, the government said.
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By AFP
Apo -
Illegal coca plantations in Colombia reached record levels last year following a 17 percent increase from 2016 to around 423,000 acres (171,000 hectares), the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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By AFP
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Illegal coca plantations in Colombia reached record levels last year following a 17 percent increase from 2016 to around 423,000 acres (171,000 hectares), the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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By AFP
London -
A pair of Dutch nationals appeared in a British court on Saturday after authorities seized one of their largest-ever hauls of cocaine, aboard a yacht off the south-west coast.
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New York City -
Scientists are close to launching the world's first cocaine breathalyzer, a breath test to assess whether an individual has taken the strong and addictive stimulant.
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By AFP
Bogota -
Colombian authorities have seized more than two tonnes of cocaine belonging to a splinter group from the now-disarmed FARC guerrilla organization, the military said Saturday.
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By AFP
Madrid -
A northern Spanish city is under fire for distributing advice on how to safely snort cocaine.Plastic cards the size of credit cards -- a tool of choice for cocaine users -- were handed out by the health department in Bilbao.
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A former engineer's claims of sexism at Uber is apparently only the tip of a much deeper problem inside the company's culture, according to a scathing report published on Wednesday.
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New York -
On Thursday, Officials at JFK airport in NYC said customs agents found four pounds of cocaine hidden in a box of Jamaican beef patties. belonging to a Jamaican woman.
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Mixing energy drinks with alcoholic drinks can be dangerous, according to a new study. Mixing large quantities mimics the effects in the brain experienced by cocaine users.
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WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is facing possible sanctions by boxing's sanctioning bodies and cancellation of boxing license by the British Boxing Board of Control for use of illegal drugs.
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By AFP
Estanzuela -
Colombia's cocaine production surged by nearly half its previous amount last year, United Nations experts said Friday.
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By AFP
Key West -
For the US Coast Guard at least, Bigfoot is real -- and is proudly on display here in Key West, on the southernmost tip of the United States.
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Seattle -
A 73-year-old man was pulled over for driving without his headlights on Tuesday and he was arrested after he tried to snort cocaine in front of the police officer.
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Cork -
The reason a man "ran amok" on an Aer Lingus flight, biting a fellow passenger and generally causing chaos, has now been revealed by the Irish police. It wasn’t zombies, vampires or rabies — it was drugs.
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A new trend has emerged online, and it imitates the Ice Bucket Challenge. However, this challenge is dangerous and apparently it involves cocaine.
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A mother from England was arrested for buying hundreds of dollars worth of drugs for her daughter, who was turning 18-years-old.
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New research shows that a single dose of cocaine can interfere with a person's ability to recognize other people's emotions.
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The U.S. Navy has intercepted a submarine off the coast of El Salvador. The vessel was found to be carrying around eight tonnes of cocaine.
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Algeciras -
Looks like smugglers got a little fruity while trying to smuggle cocaine into Spain. Spanish police officers seized 441 pounds of cocaine, all of it concealed within pineapples found in 11 shipping containers coming through the port of Algeciras.
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A man from Ohio decided to call 911 because he wanted to report that his cocaine was stolen, and the person responsible for it was his wife.
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In a new study, a modified bacterial protein is able to trigger a robust immune response against a cocaine-linked molecule in mice. The creators hope it will stop addicts from taking the drug.
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Berlin -
On Thursday, police said a coffee roasting company in Berlin received their shipment of beans from Brazil, but this time around a sack of cocaine was included.
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Police busted a cocaine ring in Benidorm, Spain including the notorious UK drug dealer Brian Carrington. National Police
A computer model of the cocaine enzyme used in this study. It has shown some impressive results so far. Jawahar Swaminathan
Drug Enforcement Administration
Police arrested 12 drug traffickers in Tarragona, Spain and seized equipment and chemicals. National Police
Spain's Guardia Civil busts a shipment of cocaine from Costa Rica. Video screengrab
Large consignment of cocaine seized by US Navy in Latin America. Much of the cocaine produced heads to Spain for production and eventual sale throughout Europe U.S. Navy
A Colombian national was arrested in Benidorm, Spain with a ham, cheese and cocaine sandwich. National Police
Cocaine diapers US Customs and Border Protection
Police arrest 12 drug traffickers in Tarragona, Spain along with cocaine, equipment and chemicals. National Police
Police busted a cocaine ring in Benidorm, Spain including the notorious UK drug dealer Brian Carrington. National Police
Spanish police seized 550 kilos of cocaine from a sailboat and arrested two French nationals and one Spanish man. National Police
A Venezuelan woman was arrested in Madrid, carrying 17. kg of cocaine in breast implants National Police
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