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Ex-Test spinner's appeal turned down over drug supply

Former spin bowler Stuart MacGill has suffered a major courtroom blow after his appeal against a drug supply conviction was unanimously tossed out.

AAP · Jul 8

K-9 Sniffs Out 345 Pounds of Cocaine Hidden in Elderly Bay City Couple's Trailer at Texas Checkpoint

An 80-year-old man and his 74-year-old wife face federal charges after agents found 345 pounds of cocaine hidden in their trailer near Falfurrias.

Latin Times · Jul 7

Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust

Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7

Florida woman found with cocaine hidden in her ‘jail purse’, insists that someone hid it inside her without her knowledge

The Sheriff's Office says if this story isn't a "good enough reminder to not do drugs, then I don’t know what is!!”

We Got This Covered · Jul 1

A boy clowning around on a basketball court in a Colombian cocaine corridor: Mads Nissen’s best photograph

‘I took this in 2017, when Didiller was nine. A few years ago, I returned to the area and asked about him, but couldn’t find him. Someone told me he had been killed’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing a green shirt — 'CoT Forgery' exploit spurs LLMs to divulge forbidden info by faking trusted chains of thought

Tagged partitions of a LLM's input sequence are meant to provide security through trusted roles, but it turns out that models judge whether inputs sound like they belong in certain tags rather than literally interpreting them, making them vulnerable to prompt injection.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 1

My life as an enforcer in the Canberra criminal underbelly that would terrify you

There's a 'Cocaine Lane' in the heart of our city.

The Canberra Times · Jun 30

"Ma, I'm real sick. I need help. I got to come home": The trauma and triumph of Stevie Ray Vaughan

After almost dying at a London show, Stevie Ray Vaughan was given two weeks to live - it was the wake-up call he needed

Louder · Jun 29

Turk nabbed for smuggling cocaine

Customs officers have arrested a Turkish man after uncovering more than 12 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in his luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28

'The Cocaine Clause': How Keith Urban Reportedly Lands Multimillion-Dollar Payout in $325M Divorce From Nicole Kidman

Keith Urban's divorce from Nicole Kidman includes a reported sobriety clause, potentially earning him millions. The clause highlights the unique financial dynamics of their split.

International Business Times UK · Jun 28