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  • British student faces life in jail for carrying drugs in Dubai. Mother calls it 'very stupid mistake'

    The 23-year-old's mother said she wept on the phone and begged for forgiveness. 'She’s being really strong, but I know she’s going through a living hell,' the mother added.

  • Meth, Yaba, Ice are top drugs fuelling ‘chemsex’ in India, warns AIIMS Delhi survey

    Chemsex is when people use drugs to enhance sexual experiences, often leading to risky behavior, health issues, and addiction.

  • Srikanth’s Cocaine arrest sparks drug scandal in Tamil film industry; actor Krishna and two actresses under scanner

    Tamil actor Srikanth's arrest in a cocaine case has ignited a major scandal in the film industry. Remanded until July 7, his case has exposed alleged drug use, political connections, and celebrity involvement, sending shockwaves through Kollywood.

  • Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill is spared jail time over supplying cocaine

    Judge Nicole Noman said on Friday that MacGill played an indispensable role setting up a cocaine deal.

  • Fruit company staff in Norway find 147 kg cocaine worth over Rs 138 crore in a box of bananas

    Authorities said a large criminal network was likely behind the attempted smuggling.

  • Germany eatery raided by police after pizza with a side of cocaine becomes best-selling dish

    The operation came to light in March when food inspectors flagged the pizzeria’s menu, particularly item number 40, which was drawing an unusual amount of attention. Customers were reportedly ordering this pizza with a side of cocaine, causing suspicion among local authorities.

  • A cocaine market collapse has left Colombian villages in desperation: 'haven't eaten meat'

    This sudden downturn in the cocaine industry is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger trend affecting coca-growing regions across Colombia.

  • Sharks test positive for cocaine-contamination off Brazilian coast, scientists unsure of origin

    Researchers who captured the sharks for the study discovered that 92 percent of muscle samples and 23 percent of liver samples tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a primary metabolite of cocaine.

  • A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia's buzzy new beer. But it's unclear if the world will buy in

    It remains questionable whether Bolivia can persuade the world to accept the hardy green leaf best known beyond its borders as the main ingredient of cocaine.

  • Nigerian lands at Bengaluru airport with 99 cocaine pills worth Rs 20 crore in stomach. Then...

    This comes a month after the arrest of a Nigerian national on charges of drug peddling and the recovery of 5 kg of MDMA crystals valued at Rs 10 crore in Bengaluru.

  • Cocaine worth Rs 220 crore seized from ship at Paradip port in Odisha, Vietnamese crew members detained

    All the former officers had "unblemished stints" of up to 20 years in the Indian Navy and held important positions, including that of instructors in the force, former military officials had said.

  • First pics released of cocaine found at White House

    Photos of cocaine found at the White House last summer have been released for the first time. The bag of drugs was found in a storage locker in the West Wing of the White House in July 2023.

  • Cocaine worth Rs 300 crore seized in J-K's Ramban, two Punjab residents arrested

    In Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, the police seized 30 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 300 crore in the international market. A senior police official stated that they have dismantled a narco-terror module.

  • Powder found in White House's West Wing lobby tests positive for cocaine

    Officials who found the powder in a small plastic envelope in the heavily trafficked part of the White House initially suspected illegal drugs, but they ran tests to ensure that the powder was not a more dangerous substance.

  • Customs arrests Sierra Leone national for smuggling cocaine worth nearly Rs 14 crore at Delhi airport

    The accused was intercepted after her arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 25.

  • Ahmedabad airport ‘black cocaine’ seizure: What is the drug and how it evades detection?

    Black cocaine is a modified form of the traditional drug that has been engineered to circumvent conventional screening methods.

  • Bengaluru police seizes drugs worth Rs 7.06 crore; tweets, "Found more 'tenants' for Jail"

    Bengaluru police further revealed that 51 kg of cannabis and 5 kg of hashish oil, 236 ecstasy pills, 34 LSD strips, 23 grams of cocaine, 14OG MDMA, 17 phones, 1 bike and a car.

  • Man arrested for opening store selling cocaine, heroin and meth

    Police in Canada have arrested a man who opened a store selling cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, among other hard drugs.

  • In the wild tale of ‘cocaine bear,’ an apex predator is the true star

    A few years back, Warden, a screenwriter, stumbled upon the tale of a 175-pound black bear that had dropped dead in a Georgia forest after ingesting cocaine that drug smuggler Andrew Thornton had thrown from a plane.

  • How a cocaine-smuggling cartel infiltrated the world’s biggest shipping company

    The crime was so big and brazen that authorities made the exceptional decision to seize not just the cocaine but also the Gayane itself, a 1,000-foot-long ship worth more than $100 million.

  • Indian-origin cop lived millionaire’s lifestyle but claims she didn’t know husband was drug lord

    Metropolitan Police officer Rasvinder Agalliu’s husband, Julian Agalliu, was convicted of conspiracy to supply drugs.

  • Cocaine worth Rs 18 crore seized at Mumbai airport

    One of the passengers is a 27-year-old Kenyan man who is a "clown" by profession while the other is a 30-year-old woman from Guinea who is in the clothing business,

  • Passenger hides Rs 20 crore worth liquefied cocaine in whiskey bottles, gets caught at Mumbai airport

    The drug was reportedly being carried in two whisky bottles which masked the cocaine making it extremely difficult to detect, an official told PTI. The official claimed that this method seemed to be new modus operandi for smuggling the contraband.

  • What happens in the body when a person uses cocaine or heroin for the first time

  • DRI officers seize crystal methamphetamine, cocaine worth Rs 1,476 crore

    In one of the biggest seizures of amphetamine and cocaine in the country, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers intercepted and seized a truck in Mumbai on October 1.

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