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In El Chapo fallout, one of Chicago ‘cartel wives’ should get stiffer sentence than accomplices, feds say

They say Valerie Gaytan should get five years for laundering drug money from her husband Margarito Flores and his twin brother Pedro Flores, Chicago cocaine kingpins who helped convict the Sinaloa cartel boss. Her sister-in-law got 3½ years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug bust in Hyderabad: Tollywood director and Nigerian nationals from Bengaluru in the net

Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TSNAB) nabbed 3 Nigerian nationals from Bengaluru & Tollywood film director in drug bust. 50 gm of MDMA, 24 ecstasy pills & 8 gm of cocaine seized. Tollywood actor Navdeep Pallapolu, producer Ravi Uppalapati & pub owners absconding. 3 Nigerians, sales mgr, nursery owner, mktg mgr,…

The Hindu

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.

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Fentanyl, cartels or simple market glut: what’s behind collapse of Colombia’s coca market?

As the price of coca has slumped, the rural families who depend on the shrub are wondering how they’re going to get by

The Guardian - US

Dealer spent cocaine cash on $169,000 vintage Ford Mustang

Sean Roe supplied large quantities of cocaine at Mayfield.

Newcastle Herald

‘We should treat it as a war’: Ecuador’s descent into drug gang violence

Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway

The Guardian - US

UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies

The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade

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Brussels Midi Station, once a stately gateway to Belgium, has turned into a festering sore

Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence

The Independent UK

Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest

Body-camera video obtained by The Associated Press shows one of the nation's most prolific federal drug prosecutors offering police his business card in an apparent attempt to leverage his position to blunt the fallout from a Fourth of July crash in which he is accused of striking another vehicle and…

The Independent UK

Brussels Midi Station, once a stately gateway to Belgium, has turned into festering sore of nation

Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence

The Independent UK

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine

The Independent UK

Neighbours, The Newsreader and Cocaine Bear: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September

Plus Delta Goodrem stars as a female pilot in Love is in the Air – and Halle Bailey is utterly radiant in The Little Mermaid

The Guardian - AU

Passenger at RGIA caught smuggling 5 kg cocaine worth ₹50 crore

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Evening Standard

Is fentanyl coming to London?

It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, but the toll from fentanyl and other lab-made opioids could be about to get much worse. Gavin Haynes explains why a global heroin shortage could spark a US-style drugs crisis on British shores

The Independent UK

Mexico seizes 9700lbs of cocaine after wild helicopter and boat chase in the Pacific

A chase over sea and air resulted in a huge 9700lbs cocaine bust in Mexico

The Hindu

Cocaine, heroin valued at ₹44 cr seized at Calicut airport

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers seized cocaine and heroin valued at ₹44 crore from a passenger who reached Calicut International Airport at Karipur on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Drug dealer jailed for 21 years for role supplying almost £1m of cocaine to west London

Sam Coleman arranged ‘large scale drug deals’ to ‘make as much money as possible’

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Zambian national arrested at KIA and 1 kg of cocaine worth ₹15 crore recovered

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) nabbed a 40-year-old Zambian national at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and recovered 1 kg of cocaine worth ₹15 crore from him

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"When I was a clown in the circus, I was backstage peeling off my nose and snorting cocaine." Steve-O on the Jackass stunts too hot for TV, drug addiction and finding sobriety

From becoming a star on Jackass to his days in literal clown college, this is the wild life of Steve-O

Inverse

You Need to Watch The Most Surprisingly Violent Thriller of the Year on Amazon Prime ASAP

It’s a flawed but fun time. Now that it's available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, here's why Inverse recommends that you check out Elizabeth Banks' 'Cocaine Bear' ASAP.

Dynamite News

DRI seizes cocaine worth Rs 15 cr at Mumbai airport, 2 including Ugandan national held

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) foiled a drug smuggling operation and arrested two persons, including a female Ugandan national at Mumbai airport, on Friday and seized around 1496 grammes of cocaine worth Rs 15 crore. Read further on Dynamite News:

Total Film

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From Paddington to Cocaine Bear, here's what to watch this weekend

The Conversation

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

The Guardian - UK

Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs

Researchers conclude there is ‘potential value’ in testing heart patients’ urine for substances such as marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine

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