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Four men accused of trying to smuggle £200m worth of cocaine into the UK have been remanded in custody.

Police seek to identify intended recipient after drugs found under pallets at four Grand Frais stores

A pensioner drugged his wife so she could be raped nearly 100 times by 72 men over the space of 10 years, a court has heard.

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).

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.

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

The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickers

HMS Trent, a British warship, seized over £40 million worth of cocaine from drug traffickers in the Caribbean, according to the Royal Navy.

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that Border Force officers intercepted Bruce Knowles, 55, and Ferhat Gumrukcuoglu, 31, near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk in late June, as they tried to swim away from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with drugs.

The United Kingdom authorities have sentenced a man to 12 years and 6 months in prison for allegedly using an encrypted device to supply cocaine, cannabis, and firearms.

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.

Cross-border cooperation comes as Danish gangs use children from Sweden to commit violent crimes

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.

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.

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.

Organized crime in Mexico has found the mangroves an ideal, remote spot to hide their synthetic drug laboratories, leaving fishermen in Sinaloa to deal with contamination affecting their homes and livelihoods.

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.

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.

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.

Mayor of Norwegian capital, Anne Lindboe, says drugs worth up to £570m have entered through the port

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

Hong Kong authorities announced the successful dismantling of a drug manufacturing facility specializing in ecstasy production and the arrest of its 19-year-old operator.

A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime claims that Iraq is becoming a major hub for drug trafficking, as authorities there seized record amounts of Captagon in 2023, valued at up to US$144 million.

A senator with Paraguay’s ruling party will stand trial on accusations of laundering money for an organized crime group, and providing an aircraft to cocaine smugglers, prosecutors announced Thursday.