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Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australian cricket great guilty of involvement in cocaine deal

Stuart MacGill is expected to return to court on May 9 to be sentenced

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

Former Australia Test cricketer Stuart MacGill found guilty of facilitating cocaine deal

A Sydney District Court jury on Thursday found former Australia spinner Stuart MacGill guilty on a reduced charge for being part of drug supply, but cleared him of involvement in a large-scale commercial drug transaction that occurred in April 2021.

The Times of India · Mar 13, 2025

Ex-Test spinner MacGill faces jail stint for coke deal

The man whose Test career was throttled by being legspinning great Shane Warne's understudy has walked from a court after mixed verdicts in a drug trial.

AAP · Mar 13, 2025

Groups demand: "decolonize" coca leaves

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread

Salon · Mar 9, 2025

Colombian FARC Dissidents Take 29 Soldiers, Police Captive

Dissident members of Colombia's FARC rebel group have taken 29 soldiers and police officers captive during clashes with the military in a key cocaine-growing region in the southwest, the defense ministry said Friday.

International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025

City of London hotel guest who stabbed bar staff in face with wine glass jailed for seven years

Oliver Huckerby took cocaine and drank wine before the horrific attack

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Canadian snowboarding star and ex-Olympian added to FBI’s 10 most wanted

Ryan Wedding ‘went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets,’ the FBI says

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

2 men plead not guilty in drug overdose deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans after game

Two men have pleaded not guilty in the drug overdose deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in a backyard two days after they got together to watch a game in 2024

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Money laundering plays a key role in every part of the illegal drugs industry – here’s how it works

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

Miquita Oliver criticises Jack Whitehall’s ‘inappropriate’ Brit Awards hosting performance

‘There were over 10 jokes about musicians taking cocaine,’ said Oliver

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025