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Man may have been 'tricked into being drug courier'

Osman El-Houli may have been tricked into being a drug courier by a syndicate hoping to collect $141 million worth of cocaine in Queensland, a court has heard.

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Rapper Fetty Wap Sentenced To 6 Years In Jail For Running A Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Scheme

The organisation distributed more than 100kg of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.

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The night of drugs and booze that ended in a young woman's death - and landed her partner in court

Rebecca Walsh, 28, sadly died following a cardiac arrest

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Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking

The 31-year-old Trap Queen rapper had pleaded guilty to a conspiracy drug charge pertaining to cocaine in August 2022

The Guardian - US

Tyneside dealers jailed for being involved in trafficking £310,000-worth of cocaine on EncroChat

John Gates and Andrew Brierley, who were also concerned in 4kg of cannabis "grows", had been using the encrypted communications platform to supply the class A drug

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Woman, 19, caught with cocaine in her luggage in Bali will NOT be executed

Friends and family of Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias feared she would face the death penalty in Bali but prosecutors have asked the court to jail her for 12 years

Daily Mirror

The 'ordinary dad' who was actually rubbing shoulders with the Colombian cartel

Thomas Maher lived a life of luxury with flash cars, Rolex watches and Dubai gold

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Cocaine dealing dad jailed after cops crack 'no f***ing about' EncroChat message

Kurt Jervis lived to regret sending messages to a crime gang that uncovered all of their activity.

Daily Record

"No f****** about": The words of a cocaine dealer came back to haunt him

"Proper serious and organised crime this bro. Kilos drops before 11am and 1000s passed before 1pm"

Manchester Evening News

Driver found sleeping on roadside by gardai tests positive for cocaine and methamphetamine

The driver, who was asleep in the front of their car on the hard shoulder of a national road, woke up to gardaí

Irish Mirror

Kinahan smuggler told to pay €700,000 fine or face extra jail time

Offaly-born Thomas Maher is already serving a 14-year jail term after he admitted drugs and money laundering offences and now an English judge has hit him with a so-called confiscation order – which is a proceeds of crime fine

Dublin Live

Kinahan cartel trucker told to pay €720,000 fine for smuggling drugs into Ireland - or face more jail time

Irish Mirror

EncroChat kingpin has to give up his home, Rolexes and Dubai gold

The haulage boss is on a ticking clock to pay back money or face an extra six years in jail

Liverpool Echo

Toowoomba's Ben Currie suspended from racing after winning horse found with cocaine in system

Racehorse End Assembly returned a positive test for having cocaine in its system during a post-race test in Brisbane in December.

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Spotlight on border workers as cocaine seizures soar

The Australian Border Force has recorded a lift in cocaine seizures with about 1000 supply chain workers at ports and airports concerning police.

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Man 'drove to Qld to pick up drugs that never arrived'

Osman El-Houli has been accused of driving from Melbourne to Queensland to pick up drugs that never arrived after a plane loaded with cocaine crashed in PNG.

ABC News

Mexican and South American cartels penetrating Australian border security to import tonnes of cocaine, underworld figure tells Four Corners

Cartels threaten and bribe border workers to help them bring in cocaine, a bikie and former airport worker says.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire dad died in police custody after being arrested at his own 21st birthday party

A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of James MacGregor heard he was able to hide a seven gram bag of cocaine in his mouth under the noses of two police constables.

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Tribune News Service

University halts cocaine experiment because rats were shocked for too long

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A series of experiments at the University of South Carolina in Columbia involving rats, cocaine and electric shocks has been stopped following a university investigation into complaints about lab-animal welfare.

ABC News

Drug dealers reveal the inner workings of Australia's violent cocaine underworld

Australians are the biggest consumers of cocaine in the world, and we pay top dollar for it. For the first time, three dealers lift the lid on this booming industry.

The Independent UK

Drug dealer, whose sentence was commuted by Obama, charged after shooting woman on highway

Alton D Mills, 54, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder

Wales Online

Young men from London found selling heroin and cocaine from pensioner's flat in Swansea

A judge told Kayon English and Tammam Al-Ziadi they were wasting their youth

Daily Mirror

Meet the brave wives and daughters who spoke out to bring down ruthless Italian mafia

Nothing could stop what was one of most powerful criminal organisations in the world, no one would dare touch them - or so they believed

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Cocaine Bear and the best ‘so bad they’re good’ films

Farcical thriller Cocaine Bear – about a drugged-up bear on the loose – follows in the knowingly naff footsteps of Snakes on a Plane, Sharknado and more

Manchester Evening News

Drugs gang used fake furniture removal firm as cover to smuggle £135m of cocaine, heroin and ketamine into UK

The gang shipped nearly two tons of drugs from Columbia and Europe

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