Cocaine News
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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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London -
Snooker player Jimmy White, famed for his long potting and speed around the table, has revealed that he has been addicted to crack cocaine in his forthcoming autobiography.
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Chambley -
Two men are in custody after French authorities found cocaine and marijuana in a Vatican diplomatic car owned by an Argentine Cardinal.
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Madrid -
A Venezuelan woman was arrested at Madrid airport Friday with 1.7 kilos (3.74 pounds) of cocaine concealed in her breast implants. Due to her suspicious behavior, officials searched her baggage but found nothing. Then they performed a body search.
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Valencia -
A 39-year-old Irish man, possibly suffering from paranoia, has been arrested by police in Valencia, Spain for possession of 55 kgs of cocaine. He made it known he possessed the drugs by throwing a suitcase full of cocaine from his hotel window.
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Cadiz -
The Spanish training ship "Juan Sebastián Elcano" is at the center of a messy controversy after authorities found on board a cargo of 127 kilos of cocaine. Three crew members were arrested and are being investigated for drug trafficking.
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Three males who are allegedly the men who gave out free cocaine from a Dodge Ram pick-up truck in an Edmonton neighbourhood have been arrested. Police said the men were operating in an area known as Old Strathcona.
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Lexington -
The natural enzyme 'cocaine esterase' has shown a promising tendency to break down cocaine quickly. While not a way to treat all addiction and overdoses it could be a useful addition to standard treatments.
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Benidorm -
There's nothing quite like a cured ham and cheese "bocadillo" or sandwich, a popular and traditional snack in Spain, but this one held an additional ingredient of the wrong kind.
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Algeciras -
Drug smugglers are always looking for better ways to smuggle their wares. In this case, they tried sending 2,500 kilograms (around 5,500 pounds) of cocaine in a shipment container of pineapples, sent all the way from sunny Costa Rica to southern Spain.
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“Rob Ford might be a genius – if not of the academic variety, certainly of the kind that matters in politics,” Robyn Doolittle writes in “Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story,” her bestselling account of the notorious Toronto mayor's career.
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To add to the harm that cocaine can cause, a new study reports that use of the drug among young people can considerably increase their risk of suffering from a stroke.
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Italy's constitutional court has declared a law that tripled sentences for selling, cultivating and possessing cannabis "illegitimate" and has overturned it. Antigone, a prison rights group, say the law has caused prison overcrowding.
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Toronto -
Toronto Mayor, and sometime figure of fun, Mayor Rob Ford is back in the news after ABC's Jimmy Kimmel posted footage on his live show of a bunch of Toronto councillors getting into the Christmas spirit, enjoying an impromptu dance.
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Spanish police arrested three people, including two French crew members from a yacht approximately 550 nautical miles from Spain's Canary Islands and one Spaniard on land. In the process they also seized 550 kilos (1,200 pounds) of cocaine.
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Tarragona -
Officers with the National Police in Tarragona, Spain have dismantled a massive cocaine lab, capable of producing around 20 kilos of the drug weekly. This is the largest laboratory ever found in Spain.
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New London -
Are Oreos as addictive as heroin or cocaine? A new study by a team of undergraduate researchers is creating controversy.
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Toronto -
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted today to media questioning that he has smoked crack cocaine, adding, "[It was] probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably about a year ago." He later told reporters he would continue serving as Toronto's mayor.
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On Monday a Florida public works office was evacuated after a man went to pay his water bill with an envelope that contained crack cocaine.
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Paris -
The Air France flight was traveling from Paris to Zurich with the gold on board. Around 44 kilos of gold bars, worth €1.5m, are believed to have disappeared from the plane's hold.
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Pontevedra -
In a joint operation of the Spanish National Police, the American DEA, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Europol and France's tax authority, four members of the Canadian Hells Angels have been arrested with half a ton of cocaine.
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Many activists are pleading for Indonesia to forego the execution of a grandmother for drug smuggling, even as other nations impose punishments for the manufacture, distribution and use of drugs considered illicit and others legal.
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Cartagena -
On Thursday, Colombian authorities confiscated a one-ton shipment of cocaine which had been carefully hidden in a shipment of fresh limes, intended for Europe.
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Lima -
Earlier this week, two young women were arrested at Lima Airport with bags full of cocaine. They face years, perhaps decades in gaol. Ain't life a bitch?
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J.J. Cale, the man who wrote 'Cocaine' and 'After Midnight' has died. The musician Eric Clapton called "one of the masters of the last three decades of music" succumbed following a heart attack at age 74.
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Benidorm -
Britain's criminals might just start thinking twice about moving to Spain to continue plying their "trade," as Spanish police have arrested a notorious UK drug dealer and "coke king," Brian Charrington, and several accomplices.
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Canada's Border Services Agency and the RCMP announced last week that on June 17, agents in Pearson Airport made a large discovery. An unknown person or persons left packages in a washroom in Terminal 3 that contained cocaine.
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Destin -
A group of fishermen working a couple of miles off of a Florida coastline recently snagged a large amount of cocaine. Officials estimate the catch is worth about $2.5 million.
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Madrid -
Narcotics agents have been busy in Spain, as a passenger from Panama was caught at Madrid's Barajas Airport, attempting to smuggle 750 g of cocaine into the country in his prosthetic leg. On another flight from Peru, 11 kgs of the drug were captured.
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A computer model of the cocaine enzyme used in this study. It has shown some impressive results so far. Jawahar Swaminathan
Spanish police seized 550 kilos of cocaine from a sailboat and arrested two French nationals and one Spanish man. National Police
A Colombian national was arrested in Benidorm, Spain with a ham, cheese and cocaine sandwich. National Police
US Customs and Border Protection Office: Cocaine US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Drug Enforcement Administration
Police busted a cocaine ring in Benidorm, Spain including the notorious UK drug dealer Brian Carrington. National Police
Postal officials found a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a roll of bologna in Massachusetts. A police dog was used to confirm the drugs were inside allowing the package to opened. Holyoke Police Department
$2.5 million of cocaine was fished out of Florida waters in June 2013. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
Police arrest 12 drug traffickers in Tarragona, Spain along with cocaine, equipment and chemicals. National Police
Pizza deliveryman also delivered cocaine Police handout
Plastic balls containing cocaine were hidden among fresh limes in a shipment meant for Belgium. Video screengrab
Police busted a cocaine ring in Benidorm, Spain including the notorious UK drug dealer Brian Carrington. 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
Spain's Guardia Civil busts a shipment of cocaine from Costa Rica. Video screengrab
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