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Men charged with drug smuggling remanded in custody
Four men accused of trying to smuggle £200m worth of cocaine into the UK have been remanded in custody.
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More than 40kg of cocaine discovered in banana shipments to French supermarkets
Police seek to identify intended recipient after drugs found under pallets at four Grand Frais stores
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Spain and Colombia dismantle cocaine lab, 28 arrested
A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday in an official statement.
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Norway’s border guards are on the front line in the battle against a ’cocaine tsunami’
The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickers
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Royal Navy intercepts Caribbean smugglers with £40 million worth of cocaine
HMS Trent, a British warship, seized over £40 million worth of cocaine from drug traffickers in the Caribbean, according to the Royal Navy.
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Drug kingpin used shell companies in BVI and Dubai to hire cartel members, documents reveal
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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Former prime minister of the British Virgin Islands jailed in cocaine-related 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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UK: Ringleader of cocaine smuggling gang using bananas convicted
The ringleader of an organized crime group that tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.K. via a container of bananas was convicted Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported.
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Cocaine boss ran drugs empire from prison raking in ’footballer wages’
Michael Ferry, 33, has been told he faces a sentence "north of 20 years" after admitting his part in the conspiracy to sell the class A drug on a commercial scale
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Queen of nightlife who ran Soho jazz club and went to prison five times
Now a new book, using previously unpublished interviews and memoirs, gives us a taste of the Queen's of Bohemia's exotic and intoxicating world
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Mafia-style gangs lurking in Tenerife as Jay Slater goes missing
As fears grow for missing Brit teen Jay Slater, there's increasing focus on international crime groups – including the secretive ‘Ndrangheta – who are channeling drug money into property on Tenerife
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'Monster' bursts into home with kids inside as mum nipped to shop at 9pm
Daniel Hodgkinson, 37, has been jailed for two years after he broke into a home in Fegg Hayes, Stoke on Trent, in April and scared two children before fleeing in the family's car
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UK city with worst drug driving problem exposed - how does your area rank?
Scousers are far more at risk from motorists off their faces on cannabis, cocaine and other substances than anywhere else, according to a nationwide survey on the Top 10 worst areas
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"I lost seven stone running half marathons twice a week after boxing ban"
Sheffield boxer Liam Cameron weighed over 20 stone and battled addiction problems after being banned from the sport for four years
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'I was locked up in horror jail – there was so much blood I feared worst'
A Brit locked up in a Spain jail has told how there was 'no health and safety' in the notorious Spanish jail where he spent three years for drug smuggling
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England fans warned over Germany's 'Zombieland' where drugs and brothels allowed
SPECIAL REPORT: What England fans can really expect from Bahnhofsviertel, Frankfurt's dangerous station district, that has been dubbed 'Germany's worst slum' ahead of the Three Lions' Group C showdown with Denmark
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Lily Allen found cocaine 'freed' her music creativity before getting sober
Lily Allen has been sober for almost five years after giving up class-A drugs and drink in 2019 but has now admitted she found the substances were effective at making her feel more liberated when she was making songs
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Prison care workers became 'infatuated' with inmates and smuggled drugs for them
Amy Portwood, 35, and Adrienne Juniper, 41, burst into tears as they were jailed for becoming 'infatuated' with inmates - and smuggling drugs into prison for them
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Teen gasped 'I just got stabbed, help me' as he was 'knifed through car window'
Stefan Balaban managed to drive a short distance following the attack in London to a nearby Uber driver who called emergency services, but the teenager could not be saved
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Hunter Biden's gun trial enters final stretch after deeply personal testimony
The criminal trial of President Joe Biden's son heads into its final stretch Monday as the defense tries to chip away at prosecutors' case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden's drug-fueled past
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Conservative chair campaigns with Tory filmed serving ‘fun flour’
Richard Holden and a minister canvassed with Philip Stephenson-Oliver only months after our revelations led to the latter's suspension
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Hunter Biden texted he was 'sleeping on car smoking crack' after gun purchase
Hunter Biden allegedly texted his brother's widow he was 'sleeping on a car smoking crack' days after he allegedly purchased a firearm illegally, it was revealed as his trial on gun charges got underway
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Police issue urgent warning over 'stronger drugs' after four deaths in a month
Police fear some users may not be aware they're consuming the drug, as it is often combined with other street drugs like heroin and can cause fatal medical episodes
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Inside Ibiza's party scene where Brits can defy alcohol ban with crafty tricks
Mirror reporter Saskia Rowlands went undercover in Ibiza where strict new laws have been introduced prohibiting cheap alcohol sales at night - but the rules have not stopped boozy Brits
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TikTok star accused of wife's murder says she bragged about sleeping with friend
Ali Abulaban, 32, known as JinnKid on social media, is on trial accused of murdering his wife Ana Abulaban and told the court he developed a drug addiction after they moved to San Diego that made him violent