The AFP is calling for the public’s assistance after more than 30kg of cocaine was located in a refrigerated container at Port Botany. The consignment was examined by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers on Thursday, 17 October 2024, after they identified anomalies when they x-rayed a shipping container that had arrived from Italy. A forensic […]

A union representing cannabis retail workers in British Columbia says it has secured key contract wins for workers at a Vancouver cannabis store. The BC Budtenders Union, which represents workers at several cannabis stores in BC, first served strike notice at a Canna Cabana in Vancouver on October 8 following a vote in favour of a strike […]

Editor’s note: Images of the man’s arrest from 2022 are available on Hightail. A Brazilian national who spent 10 years evading an arrest warrant was this week (16 October, 2024) sentenced by a Queensland court to eight years’ imprisonment for his role in a 2012 cocaine smuggling conspiracy. The man, now 42, was convicted this week after […]

Evidence suggests that Edin ‘Tito’ Gacanin, who is accused of being one of the world’s most prolific drug traffickers and the head of an organised crime cartel, has been operating via Durban. This ties South Africa to a global ‘supercartel’ that is thought to have its headquarters in Dubai. In 12 January 2021, a container […]

An Indigenous-owned cannabis company in Chilliwack, B.C., that started out as a rogue dispensary is now setting its sights on becoming a global leader in the cannabis industry. This week marked the six-year anniversary of the legalization of cannabis in Canada. First Nations all across Canada have opened cannabis companies since then. Shxwhá:y Village in Chilliwack is a partner in All Nations, […]

City News York Regional Police raided a multi-faceted psilocybin mushroom operation on Wednesday, including an illegal growing operation in Puslinch. The investigation started in August when officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Whitchurch-Stouffville, east of Newmarket, a small town in the Greater Toronto Area. Investigators found evidence of laboratories located in Hamilton […]