All news on the topic: Drug trafficing

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Career criminal Warren sentenced for breaching court order
Notorious Merseyside drug trafficker Curtis Warren has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO).
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s multiple citizenships add to the mystery of his detention
Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France.
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Five Nigerian women arrested in cross-border drug trafficking bust
Nigerian authorities have apprehended five women suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border as they returned from Ghana, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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Amount of cannabis seized at UK airports triples in under a year
National Crime Agency says overproduction of drug in countries where it has been legalised may be behind rise
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How Mexican cartel kingpin’s ’film noir’ arrest could bring down ’scandal-riddled’ party
The historic arrest of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sparked weeks of tension that resulted in a ’1940s film noir’ when he was abducted and flown across the border where he was picked up by US police
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Royal Navy intercepts £40 million worth of cocaine from Caribbean smugglers
HMS Trent confiscated half a tonne of the Class A drug from a speed boat south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month, taking its annual total of seizures to more than £550m.
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A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
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Police kill Paraguayan deputy allegedly linked to organized crime
Paraguayan police killed a parliamentarian in a violent region of the country during a shootout that erupted in an overnight raid on his house where officers and prosecutors had arrived to search for evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering.
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Chester Crown Court sentenced drug dealer for almost 13 years
A man was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months for using an encrypted device to supply cocaine, cannabis, and firearms.
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Nigeria has arrested a man for attempting to smuggle 88 drug wraps concealed in his stomach
Nigerian authorities arrested a man attempting to smuggle 88 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.7 kilograms, in his stomach from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to Vietnam.
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Truth or lie? A letter from El Mayo fuels Mexico-US tensions over Sinaloa Cartel arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions about what led to the detentions and how the historic leadership blow may impact one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Meth-laced lollies accidentally distributed to Auckland’s homeless
A New Zealand charity has raised alarm among its beneficiaries, primarily homeless individuals in Auckland, after discovering that they had inadvertently distributed candies laced with a potentially deadly dose of methamphetamine.
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Former prime minister of the British Virgin Islands jailed in cocaine case
A U.S. court has sentenced former British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prime Minister Andrew Alturo Fahie to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a major cocaine smuggling operation.
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Alleged cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada appears in federal court in El Paso
Alleged Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared Thursday in federal court in Texas for his latest hearing since his arrest a week ago in an intrigue-packed case centered on one of the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking organizations.
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US convicts Rhode Island man for attempting to traffic over 400 pounds of drugs into Canada
A former Rhode Island resident was convicted in federal court for attempting to traffic more than 400 pounds of illegal narcotics into Canada via an inflatable raft, but beachgoers found his stash and alerted authorities.
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Interpol operation arrests 206 suspects, seizes $1.6B worth of drugs
Police across Europe, South America, and Africa detained over 200 individuals and seized US$1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals during a two-month anti-narcotics operation, Interpol announced on Tuesday.