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Malaysian police seize $6.79m of MDMA after deadly raid on drug laboratory
Malaysian police dismantled a drug syndicate and seized $6.79 million worth of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, following a raid on a makeshift laboratory that left the group’s alleged ringleader dead.
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Two men charged after €4 million cocaine haul uncovered in Dublin
Two men have appeared in court over the combined seizure of more than two million euro worth of drugs over the weekend.
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Indonesia seizes 2.6 tonnes of liquid meth hidden aboard Tanzanian-flagged vessel
Indonesian authorities have seized 2.6 metric tons of liquid methamphetamine hidden aboard a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in one of the country’s largest drug busts, the National Narcotics Agency announced Tuesday, according to state news agency Antara.
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Police uncover huge cannabis farm with more than 1,500 plants inside former Lancashire church
Police have uncovered a huge cannabis farm containing more than 1,500 plants inside a former church in Nelson, Lancashire.
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Prison officers jailed after affairs with drug-dealing brothers they were guarding behind bars
A pair of female prison officers who had affairs with two brothers serving time for running a multi-million-pound drugs operation have been jailed.
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Prison officer had 1,367 contacts with drug dealer inmate in secret relationship and took thousands from his family
Jahvine Kwamba, employed at HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire, began a relationship with prisoner Roberts Sokolovs
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British woman admits smuggling £512,000 of cannabis from Thailand after bizarre Facebook "cut the grass" post
A British woman has pleaded guilty to smuggling £512,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand, after posting on Facebook about ‘cutting the grass’.
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Spain and Ecuador smash cocaine ring linked to Dubai-based Albanian financiers after 21 tonnes seized
Police in Spain and Ecuador arrested 44 suspects and seized 21 tonnes of cocaine in a multi-year operation targeting an international drug ring allegedly financed by Dubai-based Albanian investors
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Saudi prince died after mixing alcohol with GHB in £600-a-night London hotel, inquest hears
A Saudi prince found dead in his Kensington hotel room was almost three times over the drink-drive limit and had mixed alcohol with the party drug GHB, an inquest has heard.
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Sinaloa cartel co-founder "El Mayo" Zambada faces life sentence and record $15bn forfeiture
A Mexican cartel leader who helped shape the modern illegal drug trade and has agreed to one of the largest criminal forfeitures in US legal history is set to be sentenced to life in prison on Monday.
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Gardaí seize more than €122,000 in drugs during Laois raid
Gardaí have arrested one man after around €122,400 worth of cocaine and cannabis was seized by authorities.
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Experts warn 90% pure cocaine is driving surge in deaths across Britain
A woman whose sister was left brain dead after taking super-strength cocaine has sent an urgent warning to users as crime gangs flood UK streets with lethal coke which is 90% pure.
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Peru bans imports from five pharmaceutical firms after substandard cancer drugs probe
As reported by The bureau investigates, back in March, we told you about some early impact from our investigation into bad cancer drugs that had been imported by Peru.
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UK locks in pharmaceutical patent protections under new Switzerland trade deal
The U.K. has agreed to lock in controversial intellectual property protections for pharmaceutical firms as part of a new trade deal with Switzerland.
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Spain and the Netherlands seize record 947kg of MDMA in Europe’s biggest ecstasy bust
Spanish and Dutch authorities have detained 15 suspects and seized nearly a metric ton of MDMA in what officials called the largest bust of the synthetic drug in European history.
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Man in court after £300,000 worth of Class A drugs seized in Moray raid
A man has appeared in court after drugs worth almost £300,000 were seized in a Moray town.
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Colombia votes in fear as de la Espriella promises iron-fist crackdown on armed groups
Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential race between a progressive mediator and a far-right defense lawyer.
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Nitazenes flood US drug supply as synthetic opioids outpace fentanyl con
In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor.
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County lines drug dealer jailed for exploiting vulnerable people in Aberdeen cuckooing network
A man who exploited vulnerable people to allow homes in Aberdeen to be used for a so-called county lines drugs supply network has been jailed.
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Seven deaths at “squalid” HMP Pentonville expose crisis in Britain’s prisons
Within one year, seven men died at the ‘squalid’ and ‘inhumane’ prison.
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Glasgow gang admits role in £4m organised crime network moving cocaine and cash
Five men face lengthy jail terms after police busted a £4m cocaine and dirty money ring in the north of Glasgow.
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Drug dealer jailed after flaunting Rolexes, Lamborghini and Salt Bae meal on Instagram
A drug dealer who showed off his luxury lifestyle on Instagram by posing with Rolex watches, driving a Lamborghini and splashing more than £1,200 in cash on a meal at Salt Bae’s restaurant has been jailed.
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"Captagon King" Hassan Daqqou released from Lebanese prison after seven-year sentence
A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.
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"I told them she would die": Mother’s fury after 22-year-old daughter is killed by ketamine addiction
A young estate agent died after years of ketamine abuse which she had tried to hide from her family, an inquest has heard.
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Alleged narco kingpin Sebastián Marset locked up without bail as US targets global cocaine empire
In his first public court appearance following his recent extradition from Bolivia, alleged South American drug lord Sebastián Marset was remanded in custody without bail by a federal judge in Virginia on Friday.
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