https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-sorbet-lorry-jailed-total-54-years.html

Got their just deserts! Trio who smuggled millions of pounds of cocaine into the UK inside a raspberry sorbet lorry are jailed for a total of 54 years

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-six-crooks-jailed-total-135-years.html

Dramatic moment gang smuggling £1million of cocaine into the UK by coating it invisibly on broom handles are bust by police - as six crooks are jailed for a total of 135 years

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/o...ntence-smuggling-200million-cocaine.html

Shock twist in Aussie Olympian Nathan Baggaley's desperate attempt to dodge 25-year jail sentence for smuggling $200million of cocaine

https://abc7.com/cocaine-hidden-in-...-cbp-customs-border-protection/14195979/

More than $10 million worth of cocaine, meth found hidden in jalapeño paste in SoCal

More and more cocaine smuggling via the port of Hamburg
December 18, 2023

The role of the port in Hamburg in global cocaine smuggling is increasing. This is evident from research statistics by German customs and police. German authorities have already seized more than 35 tons of cocaine this year, most of it in the port of Hamburg.

According to information from NDR, the actual catch will amount to more than 40 tons, because not all cocaine finds have yet been statistically registered. Just a few years ago, such quantities seized would have been unthinkable in Germany.

Authorities believe the increasing record seizures are evidence that overall more cocaine is reaching Europe. The rule of thumb among customs officials is that for every kilo of cocaine found, another nine kilos end up unnoticed on the European black market.

Corruption
Areport from Europol stated earlier this year that corrupt contacts within the three largest European ports (Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg) logistics companies in the port and shipping industry are a major weak spot in the fight against international cocaine trafficking. The port of Hamburg is the third largest port in Europe, after the port of Rotterdam and the port of Antwerp.

Shift
Last year there were also a number of shootings in Hamburg that were allegedly linked to drug gangs. The port of Hamburg has become more attractive to criminals and senior narcotics investigators are concerned that the huge increase in seizures in Germany reflects a shift in trends in the international drug market.

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-candy-lady-sold-drug-infused-treats-children-police-1853184

Florida 'Candy Lady' Sold Drug-Infused Treats to Children: Police

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24960943/luggage-tag-swap-drug-trafficking-scam-prison/

COCAINE SCAM We were jailed on drug charges after airport ‘staff’ put our names on cocaine-filled bags – CCTV proved we were innocent

https://insightcrime.org/news/panama-canal-drought-impacts-drug-traffickers-logistics/

Panama Canal Drought Impacts Drug Traffickers’ Logistics

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ged-kidnapping-plot-arrest-five-men.html

$1billion worth of cocaine is seized in one of the largest drug busts in history after cops smash alleged kidnapping plot and arrest five men

https://dialogo-americas.com/articl...olvement-of-maduro-regime-in-drug-trade/

Investigation Lays Out Deep Involvement of Maduro Regime in Drug Trade

https://insightcrime.org/news/why-have-ecuadors-drug-trafficking-gangs-turned-extortion/

Why Have Ecuador’s Drug Trafficking Gangs Turned to Extortion?

Russia: 700 kilos of cocaine destined for EU countries seized
December 20, 2023
Almost 700 kilograms of cocaine arriving in Russia from Latin America and intended to be sent to EU countries were seized in an anti-drug operation in Moscow, where the internal security services (FSB) arrested two citizens Russian. The FSB, quoted by the Tass agency, specified that the quantity of narcotics seized was 673 kilograms. The same source added that the two arrested had purchased the cocaine on behalf of a group of traffickers and were supposed to transport it to European Union countries for an estimated profit of 65 million euros.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-67804965

A 29-year-old man from Stornoway has been arrested in an international drugs sting where 1.2 tonnes of cocaine worth £96m was seized from a boat.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/9924999/three-brits-arrested-cocaine-yacht-drug-trafficking/

MEGA BUST Three Brits arrested after 1.2 tonnes of cocaine worth £100 MILLION seized from yacht heading to the UK

https://maritime-executive.com/arti...uggling-investigation-on-navibulgar-ship

Irish Police Arrest Five in Drug Smuggling Investigation on Navibulgar Ship

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...0-hidden-beneath-wig-Indian-airport.html

Coke head: Hopeless smuggler is caught with cocaine worth £850,000 hidden beneath her wig at Indian airport

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...new-figures-just-common-drug-become.html

A white Christmas! Australia has the highest rate of cocaine use in the world - shock new figures show just how common the drug has become

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12885559/Switzerland-consider-legalise-cocaine.html

Switzerland considers legalising COCAINE: Politicians declare 'the war on drugs has failed'

I don't see why not to do it, after all alcohol and cigarettes are legal

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899633/Peruvian-cop-Santa-bust-video.html

Peruvian cop dressed as Santa Claus busts local cocaine and marijuana drug dealers

https://nltimes.nl/2023/12/27/crystal-meth-lab-busts-becoming-common-netherlands-police-say

Crystal meth lab busts becoming more common in the Netherlands, police say

https://nltimes.nl/2023/12/22/dutch-suspects-wanted-kidnapping-torturing-man-spain-arrested

Dutch suspects wanted for kidnapping and torturing man in Spain arrested

https://nltimes.nl/2023/12/22/1700-kilograms-cocaine-found-banana-jelly-shipments

Over 1,700 kilograms of cocaine found in banana and jelly shipments

In Holland, there are a handful of parties that are thinking out loud about legalizing ecstasy.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/25142750/england-wales-highest-cocaine-use-europe-report/

WHITE CHRISTMAS Brits are the ‘biggest cocaine users in Europe’ with 1 in 37 dabbling with the drug every year

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25173594/miss-bolivia-arrested-drug-arms-trafficking-boyfriend/

NARCO PRINCESS Miss Bolivia, 22, arrested in police raid as cops find stash of AK-47 ammo & hunt her ‘drug trafficker’ boyfriend

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...egistered-yacht-trafficking-drugs-Europe

Three Brits including father and son, 62 and 24, are arrested in £96million cocaine bust in the Atlantic after police seized Spanish-registered yacht trafficking drugs to Europe

3.4 tons of cocaine intercepted in the port of Antwerp
December 29, 2023

3.4 tons of cocaine intercepted in the port of Antwerp
Belgian Customs seized two large shipments of cocaine in the Waasland port in Antwerp during the end of the year. This concerns a total of 3.4 tons of cocaine, the FPS Finance reported on Friday.

Ecuador
On Friday, December 22, Customs discovered a first shipment of 1.24 tons of cocaine in a container on a ship that had arrived from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Uruguay
The second batch of 2.16 tons of cocaine was found on Thursday in a container on a ship from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Both parties have been seized by Customs. The Antwerp Federal Judicial Police is conducting further investigation into drug smuggling.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ing-FIVE-TONS-cocaine-United-States.html

Former Dominican Republic Congressman Miguel Gutierrez pleads guilty after trafficking more than FIVE TONS of cocaine into the United States

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25197431/oregon-portland-drugs-murders-sex/

WALKING DREAD Rotting crack ‘zombies’, record murders & sex sold for $20 in squalid tents – the city that turned a blind eye to drugs