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The Latest Breaking News from Cocaine

The fatal mistakes, from selfies to Conor McGregor murals, that brought down these drug kingpins

The hacking of the phone service has brought many criminals to the dock.

Manchester Evening News

Conor McGregor, selfies and the fatal mistakes that landed EncroChat dealers in jail

The supposedly uncrackable phone service gave high level drugs traffickers a false sense of security

Liverpool Echo

Organised crime gang dealt up to £5m worth of drugs and bought firearms

The south Wales based drugs enterprise, led by Kuldip Singh Dhillon, of Cardiff, and his lieutenant Jay Abdul, of Barry, were discovered by the infiltration of their Encrochat devices

Wales Online

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Mum who slashed woman's face on cocaine-fuelled night out goes on the run from prison

Police are appealing for help to find Zowie Kaylie Haygarth

Manchester Evening News

Cocaine fuelled mum who slashed woman's face on the run

Zowie Haygarth, 37, is wanted by Merseyside Police

Liverpool Echo

Drugs kingpin unmasked after sharing pictures of huge Conor McGregor mural at his house on encrypted chat

Ryan Palin was involved in a conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine.

Manchester Evening News

Police scene at docks, cocaine kingpin and Michelin star restaurant closing

The latest ECHO headlines at lunchtime on Monday, June 20

Liverpool Echo

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Cocaine kingpin brought down by Conor McGregor mural painted on wall

He was found guilty of conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine, 15kg of heroin and 40kg of amphetamines

Irish Mirror

Liverpool drug dealer 'squandered' chance to become professional footballer

The 26-year-old "squandered" his chances of becoming a professional footballer after being found with heroin and crack cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine kingpin brought down by Conor McGregor mural on wall

Ryan Palin was involved in a conspiracy to supply 700kg of cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Faces of 23 people jailed in Merseyside this week

An overview of the court cases heard in our region over the last week

Liverpool Echo

West Lothian police arrest driver high on cocaine and driving without insurance

Road Policing Scotland say that they tested the driver using one of their roadside DrugSwipe kits and found that they tested positive for cocaine. The driver was also driving without insurance.

Edinburgh Live

Revenue seize €1.3 million worth of heroin and cocaine at Rosslare Europort

The trailer was unaccompanied and arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk in France.

Irish Mirror

Machete and drugs seized as taxi driver arrested

A number of weapons and a large amount of suspected cocaine were recovered from the man's address

Liverpool Echo

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Encro dealer spun web of crime from Netherlands to Ecuador

He tried to move millions of euros from Amsterdam to South America and inquired about sourcing kilos of heroin and cocaine from the Netherlands

Wales Online

Bungling drug lords ship £68m of cocaine to supermarkets

Store workers in Prague reported suspicious blocks inside crates of bananas - police arrive to seize 2,200lbs of the drug

The Guardian - UK

£68m of cocaine delivered with bananas to two supermarkets in Czech Republic

Czech police searching more stores on same delivery route while contacting overseas counterparts about shipment from Central America

Belfast Live

Belfast drugs bins helping get rid of nearly 100,000 items per year

"We've had cannabis, ecstasy, LSD, cocaine and we'll sometimes get the utensils that come with drugs."

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The Independent UK

Drug smugglers deliver £68 million worth of cocaine to supermarkets by mistake

Workers unpacking Colombian bananas shipments find rather unexpected surprise amid crates

Bangkok Post

Four arrested, cocaine worth B51m seized at airports

In two separate cases, a South African man was arrested by customs officers at Phuket airport for allegedly smuggling 1.49 kilogrammes of cocaine worth 4.47 million baht, and three suspects arriving from Brazil were arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport after officers found 15.7 kilogrammes of cocaine with a street value of…

Daily Mirror

Drug smugglers deliver shipment of cocaine worth £68 million to supermarkets by mistake

The narcotics had reportedly arrived via Europe's second largest port in Hamburg from Columbia and were delivered to Czech stores before the criminals had a chance to intercept

Liverpool Echo

'British Pablo Escobar' hunted as Liverpool men arrested over cocaine haul

The men arrested in Greece are said to be at the top of a major international cartel

Daily Record

Police recover £209k of cocaine in traffic stop on A90 between Dundee and Perth

Officers raided the driver’s home and found more drugs following the operation.

Daily Record

Driver stopped by cops for using phone caught with £40,000 cocaine haul

Glasgow Road Police officers say the driver was also disqualified, uninsured and attempted to give officers false information

Daily Mirror

Bus driver on 'come down from cocaine' crashed into and paralysed Brit tourist in Malta

Rob Butt, 48, has been left wheelchair-dependent after the open-top vehicle he was riding on crashed into low-lying tree branches in 2018 which killed two people

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