Posts Tagged ‘cocaine’

Three cocaine ‘mega-factories’ destroyed in Bolivia as authorities carry out fresh raids against major drug gangs

Bolivian police have announced they have uncovered and destroyed three huge cocaine production sites that were hidden in forestry reserves and national parks, during a successful anti-drug squad operation. The three makeshift so-called ‘mega-factories’, allegedly capable of making 910 kilograms of crack cocaine each day, were covered by tarpaulins in woodland areas of eastern Beni […]

Dutch police announce 23 tons of cocaine seized by authorities in record haul

A record-setting 23 tons (16,174 kilos) of cocaine destined for the Netherlands has been seized at ports in Germany and Belgium, Dutch authorities announced after a joint operation involving law enforcement in the three countries. The shipments were seized earlier this month, but the investigation was revealed on Wednesday after police announced they’d arrested a […]

Blow for smugglers as Hamburg makes Europe’s biggest cocaine seizure

Customs officers in Germany say they have made Europe’s largest-ever seizure of cocaine. They found more than 16 metric tonnes in containers that had arrived from Paraguay, authorities in Hamburg announced on Wednesday. The drugs were discovered on February 12 during a search of five shipments that had been flagged as suspicious. The cocaine was […]

‘Crack Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy’ Review: Netflix Doc Is All Complaints and Contradictions

Stanley Nelson’s Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, which was released this week on Netflix, is a documentary version of click-whoring. This thing is only 89-minutes long. You’re in. You’re out. This from the same Netflix that has already spent some 1,200 minutes trying to free a murderer in Wisconsin. Priorities, I guess. This dishonest mess pretends […]

Oregon Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Heroin and Cocaine; Four States Legalize Marijuana

Photo Credit: Martjin Baduin/Unsplash (New York Times) — The march to decriminalize drugs moved further across the nation on Tuesday despite continued federal prohibition. Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. And in New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana and Arizona, voters decisively passed laws legalizing recreational […]

Journalist Who Exposed CIA Cocaine Trafficking, Would Be 65 But He ‘Shot Himself’ Twice

283 Shares For the better part of a decade, a San Francisco Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to an arm of the contra guerrillas of Nicaragua run by the Central Intelligence Agency, the San Jose Mercury […]

‘Cocaine cowboy’ gets 11 years in prison after 26 years as fugitive

A fugitive dubbed the last of Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison after being a fugitive for 26 years. Gustavo Falcon, 56, aka “Taby,” played a key role in one of the biggest drug trafficking operations of the violent 1980s smuggling era, authorities said. He was […]

Cocaine and other illegal drugs are so common that 13% of us have traces of it on our fingers (even if we don’t use it)

(Natural News) A new study indicates that cocaine is now so prevalent in society that ten percent of those who have never even used the drug actually have traces of it on their hands. The study, which was carried out by researchers at the University Surrey, involved testing the fingerprints of 50 […]

Cocaine Is Now Being Cut With Fentanyl Which Can Kill Users Almost Instantly

It’s fairly obvious that doing cocaine probably isn’t going to be good for you, but it turns out that it’s become even worse for you as dealers are now apparently cutting it with a drug called Fentanyl that can kill users almost instantly. Fentanyl is an ultra strong opioid painkiller that is often given to […]

Website linking cocaine scandal and Russian presidential plane gone offline

nsnbc : The Kremlin has denied reports that a presidential aircraft used by high-ranking state officials was used for smuggling cocaine from Argentine to […]

Six, including former Russian Embassy official arrested in cocaine scandal

nsnbc : Six people including a former Russian embassy official and an Argentinian police officer have been arrested following a years-long investigation into cocaine smuggling via […]

400 kg of cocaine found in Russian Embassy in Argentine prompted sting operation

nsnbc : Argentine police seized nearly 400 kg of cocaine from the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires and arrested several members of a drug […]

Ocean County Sheriff’s Officer Admits Stealing Cocaine Used For Canine Training

A lieutenant who was heading the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department canine unit has pleaded guilty to misusing more than a kilogram of cocaine designated for canine training. John C. Adams, 40, of Toms River is required to serve three years in prison with two years of parole ineligibility under a guilty plea to official misconduct […]

Mexico Seizes 800 Pounds Of U.S. Government Cocaine

Authorities in Mexico have seized a massive shipment of cocaine that was headed towards a U.S. government facility in America.  A statement from the Defense Department says the vehicle which was transporting the cocaine belonged to the United States Social Security Institute Thegoldwater.com reports: These types of vehicles typically are responsible for disaster aid or philanthropic programs […]

Biggest Colombian drug bust ever: Security forces confiscated 12 metric tons cocaine

nsnbc : Colombian security forces have confiscated 12 metric tons of cocaine in the country’s biggest drug bust ever, said President Juan Manuel Santos […]

$360mn cocaine bust: Record 12 tons seized by Colombian cops (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The record find is estimated to be worth around $360 million and has been linked to Colombia’s Gulf Clan, currently the most powerful cartel in the country. Around 400 anti-narcotics officers seized the drugs in four simultaneous operations launched on farms across the country. The cocaine was discovered buried underground, covered in banana leaves. READ […]

US Coast Guard Loses 4,000 Pounds of Cocaine In Successful Raid On Drug Smuggling Sub

After seizing a “self-propelled semi-submersible vessel” with 16,000 pounds of cocaine on board, the authorities loaded some 12,000 pounds off it to take it to shore. The rest of the illegal cargo sunk, authorities claimed, as the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton from Alameda was towing the sub to shore. “After removing 12,000 […]

Traces Of Cocaine In Pharaohs Prove Egyptians Beat Columbus To Americas

Christopher Columbus was not the first foreigner to discover the Americas, according to new evidence that suggests ancient Egyptians visited the Americas as early as 1,000 BC and traded with locals for tobacco and cocaine. German scientist Dr Svetla Balabanova was studying the mummified remains of Lady Henut Taui, a member of the ancient Egyptian ruling […]

Big Pharma Painkiller Tramadol ‘Kills More People Than Heroin & Cocaine’

Big Pharma painkiller tramadol, prescribed to tens of millions of patients every year, kills more people than heroin and cocaine combined. According to Northern Ireland’s top pathologist, the painkiller is one of the most dangerous drugs in the world. Thehealthawareness.com reports: Last year, 33 deaths in Northern Ireland were linked to tramadol. Among them were […]

Oregon Becomes The First State To Decriminalize Cocaine, Meth, Ecstasy, Heroin & More

Next Story Right here lies another perfect and amazing example of how we can actively create the type of world we want to live in by raising awareness about issues in our society today that may require an upgrade. Oregon’s state legislature just cut penalties for drug possession in a bill that also aims to reduce […]

16 Years After Onset Of U.S. Plan Colombia, Cocaine Profits Reach Record Highs

A man mulches coca leaves with a weed eater at a small makeshift lab in Puerto Bello, Colombia. Coca cultivation surged last year and now covers more territory than it did when a multibillion U.S.-led eradication campaign began 16 years ago (AP/Fernando Vergara) BOGOTÁ– Ever since Colombia descended into civil war more than 50 years […]

92 Year Old Woman Caught Trafficking Cocaine Says She Is CIA Agent

Texas Rangers have apprehended a 92-year-old woman who was caught trying to smuggle no fewer than 20 kilos (44 lb) of cocaine at the American-Mexican border this week reports the San Antonio Chronicle. Julia Maria Estrada Sanchez told authorities she was in fact on the CIA payroll and on a top-secret mission for the U.S. government. […]

Oregon Decriminalizes Cocaine, Meth, Heroin And More

Ecstasy (MDMA) pills are shown. MDMA is among six drugs now decriminalized under Oregon’s new law. Oregon’s state legislature just reduced penalties for drug possession in a bill also intended to reduce racial profiling by law enforcement agencies. H.B. 2355 passed both the House and Senate last week and reduces possession of illegal drugs to misdemeanors […]

Man Spends 90 Days In Jail After Police Mistake Drywall Powder For Cocaine

A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine. But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman’s car was actually drywall. […]

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Cocaine & Meth

A U.S. Border Patrol Agent pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court Thursday, admitting to smuggling drugs in exchange for cash while on duty. Noe Lopez, 37, of Chula Vista, said he accepted cash bribes to transport methamphetamine and cocaine. He pleaded guilty to two counts of […]

‘Air cocaine’ mastermind transferred to France over health scare

Alain Castany was one of four co-conspirators arrested at an airport in the Dominican Republic city of Punta Cana on March 19, 2013, in a plot that implicated members of France’s upper political echelons. Dubbed ‘Air Cocaine,’ Castany and his accessories loaded a small jet with 700kg (1,500lbs) of the drug, but were apprehended shortly […]

Magic mushrooms are ‘safest drugs’ compared to LSD, ecstasy & cocaine – study

The study, released on Wednesday, used data from about 120,000 people from more than 25 countries in 2016.  According to the results of the survey, out of almost 10,000 magic mushroom consumers “only 0.2 percent reported seeking emergency medical treatment.” READ MORE: Groovy, baby! Magic mushrooms & LSD can cure depression – study “Magic mushrooms were […]

Study Suggests Cannabis Use For Crack Cocaine Dependency

OG-Kush A new study in addiction suggests intentional cannabis use could help people quit smoking crack cocaine. The new study was conducted in Canada and released last month in the journal Addictive Behaviors. It hails the potential of cannabinoids for the treatment of crack use disorders. The Anti Media reports: The analysis “investigated the intentional use […]

There’s Nothing “Complex” About Gun Violence in Chicago: It’s Just Black People Confirming Stereotypes…

Stuff Black People Don’t Like July 3, 2016 Close to 4,000 shootings a year in Chicago, all courtesy of the ancestors of the black “great migration” from the south to the north… Obsolete farm equipment once the mechanical cotton picker was invented, blacks migrated to the north in depressing numbers and overwhelmed the civilization whites […]

Cops Shoot Man 7 Times, Execute Because He “May Have” Hurt Police K9 That Was Attacking Him

Sabrina Canfield | Courthouse News Service NEW ORLEANS (CN) – A dead man’s father claims in a federal lawsuit that his son was shot seven times by cops because they believed he “may have hurt” a police dog. As recounted in a complaint filed Tuesday in New Orleans, Darien […]

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