All news on the topic: Drug Smuggling

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Cyprus police seize 126kg of ketamine and arrest four suspects
Cypriot police said they seized over 126 kilograms of ketamine and arrested four suspects during a coordinated raid on two residences in Limassol.
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Woman posed as lawyer to smuggle MDMA and cannabis into prison in her bra
This is the moment a woman pretending to be a lawyer passes drugs to a lag after smuggling them into prison by hiding them in her bra.
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London gangs run a sick Premier League-style league rewarding stabbings and murders
Gangs in London are locked in a league in which points are awarded depending on the level of violence inflicted on enemies, Metro can reveal.
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Prison drug smuggler caught after failed attempts to hurl £12,000 package over Hull jail wall
A man who threw a package containing more than £12,000 worth of illegal drugs into HMP Hull has been jailed for three years and eight months.
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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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Black market for weight-loss drug Mounjaro fuels violent crime on Brazil-Paraguay border
The weight loss drug tirzepatide has become a major black market commodity on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, fueling a rise in armed robberies and smuggling by criminal groups.
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Russian prison intercepts cat carrying drugs hidden in homemade collars
Guards at a Russian prison were shocked to intercept a drug mule with a difference this week.
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Man jailed after trying to smuggle £430,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand to Scotland
A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle around £430,000 worth of cannabis on a flight from Thailand, following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership team.
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Man accused of operating 532-metre drug tunnel extradited from Mexico to US
Mexicoextradited a United States citizen accused of orchestrating a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling operation through a subterranean railway tunnel, the Department of Justice announced.
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British pensioner accused of drug smuggling cleared to return home from Chile
The British pensioner accused of acting as an international drug runner will have his case formally closed tomorrow, allowing him to return home to the UK immediately.
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Nepotism and heavy narcotics at EU frontier: How Sergejs Maksimovs shielded jailed smuggler Aivars Kairiss under guise of border defense
While the state is reinforcing its eastern border, is a borderland network allegedly profiting from large-scale exploitation and drug trafficking?
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Syrian authorities seize 25 million Captagon pills in major drug bust
Syrian authorities have thwarted a massive drug smuggling operation, intercepting a shipment of nearly 25 million Captagon pills.
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“It’s just business”: How Albanian cocaine king Dritan Gjika ran drug trafficking operations through the ports of Ecuador
A week has passed, and Dritan Gjika, an alleged cocaine kingpin known as "Tony," is still waiting to be paid.