Former Australian leg spinner Stuart MacGill has been charged by police for his role in a plot to import more than $300,000 worth of cocaine. The 52-year-old Sydneysider has been tangled up with police since […]
Security checks will be stepped up for air travellers flying from Los Angeles to London after a series of recent cannabis-smuggling arrests. At least 11 passengers have been charged with attempting to import the drug […]
Almost two tonnes of methamphetamine has been seized by Australian police – the biggest bust of the drug in the country’s history. Police found 1,800kg (283 stone) of what is known locally as ice inside […]
The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the US. Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami by US agents posing as cocaine traffickers […]
Six men including a Briton have been arrested off the coast of Plymouth after authorities seized more than two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine. The British man, from Stockton-on-Tees, and five Nicaraguans were arrested on a […]
A Canadian citizen has lost his appeal against a death sentence in China for drug smuggling. The court said it upheld Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s sentence because evidence against him was “sufficient”. Schellenberg was initially sentenced […]
Smugglers hid cocaine worth more than £1m in a consignment of protective face masks, Border Force officials said. Officers found the 14kg haul in a Polish-registered van as it attempted to enter the UK through […]
Uruguay’s authorities say they have seized a record haul of 4.4 tonnes of cocaine, calling it the biggest setback for drug traffickers in the country’s history. The cocaine was confiscated in a joint operation between […]
The ringleader of a gang who smuggled drugs and phones into prisons using drones has been jailed for seven years and two months. Former armed robber Craig Hickinbottom, 35, organised the flights from behind bars, […]
FINLAND – A Finnish court has sentenced the former head of Helsinki’s anti-drugs police to 10 years in prison for drug-smuggling and other offences. Jari Aarnio was found to have helped a gang to import […]
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