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The air route has become a dominant way for smuggling the most expensive drug – cocaine – into India. This route is growing rapidly, with a jump of over 100% in one year. In fact, cocaine is the only drug which is witnessing this upward trend, a report by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) […]
Captagon, the stimulant drug nicknamed “The Islamic State’s chemical courage” and “poor man’s cocaine,” was found among the belongings and in the vehicles of Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre. Generating at least $5 billion annually, Captagon has been Syria’s number one export. The drug financed the Syrian army and Hezbollah, while billions also […]
Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection to an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, New Jersey officials announced this week. Called “Operation RU Pharm,” officials said it uncovered a “closed and private social media network utilized by Rutgers University students to sell and purchase drugs,” Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said […]
An officer attached to the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID), arrested and charged 75-year-old Canadian pensioner, Kenneth Daley at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Wednesday, December 4. Reports are that Daley was attempting to board a flight to Canada, when he was intercepted b officers, a search of his luggage revealed […]
Two cannabis cultivators had their licenses revoked by the state’s Cannabis Control Division for exceeding the state’s plant count limits, not effectively using the track-and-trace system and having unsafe conditions. The revocation of the licenses of Bliss Farm and Native American Agricultural Development Co., which the state says are just miles from each other in […]
The Hawaii Department of Health has approved the opening of another retail medical cannabis dispensary in the state — Cure Oahu in Kailua. Health officials cleared TGC Retro Market 1 for business after a final on-site inspection. Sales at Cure Oahu at 70 Kihapai St. in Kailua began on Thursday. It is Oahu’s 10th retail […]
Agartala, 7th December 2024: In a significant crackdown on illegal cannabis cultivation, Bishalgarh Police Station staff destroyed 96,000 cannabis plants on government land in the Lalsingmura Banshibari area. The operation took place from Saturday morning to noon was led by OC Sanjit Sen and involved TSR, SPO, CRPF and women police personnel. Acting on a secret […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office for sting operations between 1988 and 1990. The Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1993 that people couldn’t be charged in cases where the sheriff’s […]
The decision was communicated to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration this week and will take effect next year. It jeopardizes several high-level investigations, including the search for Sebastián Marset, a fugitive drug kingpin who bankrolled professional soccer teams across South America and inserted himself into their starting lineups. Paraguay has become a major hub for […]
Which is why it’s called a pot noodle… The six-year investigation was carried out by South Yorkshire Police’s prison anti-corruption unit and has now seen a group of a dozen people handed sentences which total more than 25 years behind bars. The group, which included inmates and a prison officer at HMP Lindholme in Doncaster as well as their loved […]