Hong Kong seizes $98 million cocaine
July 7th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, July 7 (IANS) At least three people have been arrested after custom officials in Hong Kong seized city's biggest drug haul of about 650 kg, having an estimated ... Read more...
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Bolivia to withdraw from UN drug convention
June 24th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, June 24 (IANS/EFE) Lawmakers voted to pull Bolivia out of a UN drug convention because the world body refuses to decriminalise the chewing of coca leaf, the plant ... Read more...
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Grammy-winning reggae artist Buju Banton sentenced to over 10 years in prison
June 24th, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by BNO News
TAMPA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- Grammy-winning reggae artist Buju Banton on Thursday was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, prosecutors said.Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark ... Read more...
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Buju Banton sentenced for 10 years in prison for cocaine trafficking
June 24th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Reggae star Buju Banton has been sentenced to ten years in federal jail following his conviction on three counts of related cocaine trafficking charges. Banton whose ... Read more...
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Jay-Z ‘offers cocaine trafficker pal $50K job’
November 26th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 26 (ANI): Reports are abuzz that Jay-Z has written a letter to a federal judge, offering job to a jailed cocaine trafficker for whom the rapper once worked.Jay-Z offered ... Read more...
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1 Kilogram Cocaine Found in Hollowed-Out Bologna
August 30th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Aug 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Holyoke Police recently arrested a 30-year-old Massachusetts man in connection with drug trafficking when a hollowed-out bologna delivered to his home was found to contain one ... Read more...
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Mexican Army kills drug lord
July 31st, 2010 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 31 (IANS/EFE) One of the top leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel was killed in a gunfight with soldiers, an official said.
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, who ran the cocaine-trafficking ... Read more...
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Jinxed cellphone number suspended after three users die in 10 years
May 26th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 26 (ANI): A Bulgarian mobile operator has dumped a number after three of its users died within a decade.The first owner of the number 0888 888 888, Vladimir Grashnov, ... Read more...
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The mobile number that rang the death knell
May 26th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) The Bulgarian mobile phone number - 0888 888 888 - has been suspended after every person who used it in the past 10 years died. The last man ... Read more...
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Carbondale, IL man sentenced for role in crack cocaine conspiracy
March 22nd, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by BNO News
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) – A man of Carbondale, Illinois was sentenced to 135 months of imprisonment (more than 11 years) and five years of supervised release, on one count of ... Read more...
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New London, CT man sentenced for drug trafficking
March 6th, 2010 - 6:57 am ICT by BNO News
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT (BNO NEWS) – A resident of New London, Connecticut was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and for ... Read more...
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Mexico extradites drug lord Oscar Arriola to the U.S.
March 4th, 2010 - 4:06 am ICT by BNO News
DENVER, COLORADO (BNO NEWS) – Mexico extradited drug lord Oscar Arriola to Colorado on Tuesday to face drug charges, prosecutors said Wednesday.Arriola was identified as the head of an international cocaine trafficking ... Read more...
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Colp, Illinois man sentenced for cocaine trafficking
February 19th, 2010 - 4:49 am ICT by BNO News
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) – A Colp, Illinois man was sentenced to 264 months (22 years) for one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, prosecutors announced on Thursday.James S. Hubbard, aka ... Read more...
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Carla Bruni helps free two French women accused of cocaine trafficking
December 30th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 30 (ANI): France's First Lady Carla Bruni is said to have helped free two French women jailed in the Dominican Republic for cocaine trafficking.Alain Joyandet, the French Secretary of State ... Read more...
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Spanish club footballers suspected of cocaine trafficking
February 27th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 27 (DPA) Two football agents and three current or former players with Spanish clubs are being investigated on charges of cocaine trafficking, police said.
Police detained 11 people in Madrid, Valencia ... Read more...
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Indian-origin youth dead in Canadian gang war
January 3rd, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 3 (IANS) An Indian-origin youth was among three people killed on New Year's day in a gang war in Canada's Calgary city that has a large Indian population.The shooting was ... Read more...
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President, Prime Minister call for united fight against drug abuse
June 26th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , June 26 (ANI): President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil and the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, in their messages on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and ... Read more...
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Illegal medicines becoming bigger in drug smuggling trade
March 5th, 2008 - 7:28 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The quantity of heroin smuggled into India from Pakistan keeps going up, while there is a growing menace in the illegal drug trade - pharmaceuticals meant for ... Read more...
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Italy seizes mafia assets worth 150 million euros
March 4th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by admin
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Rome, March 4 (DPA) Italian authorities seized Tuesday assets worth some 150 million euros ($228 million), including homes, firms, shops, bank accounts and luxury vehicles, allegedly belonging to the 'Ndrangheta mafia. The ... Read more...
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London Police smash 100 million pound cocaine trafficking ring
February 13th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb.13 (ANI): Metropolitan Police today arrested 22 people in a massive operation across London that led to the dismantling of a drug trafficking operation worth at least 100 milion pounds.
At least ... Read more...
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