cocaine

Sydney police has charged two Greek nationals following an investigation into the discovery of 120kg of cocaine in a shipping container.

Italian authorities have found cocaine worth $164m hidden inside ventilation ducts on a Greek ship in Venice. Helicopter footage shows a number of customs vessels surrounding the Greek-owned, Atlas bulk carrier. Officials are then shown studying plans of the Liberia flag...

A recent report reveals that global cocaine production has reached an all-time high as demand surges following Covid lockdowns. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported a 35% increase in coca cultivation from 2020 to 2021, resulting...

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has warned about the negative health effects and psychotic disorders caused by the increased recreational use of cannabis. The INCB cited data indicating that in all jurisdictions where cannabis has been legalized, there...

An 82-year-old Greek Australian grandmother has been charged with smuggling cocaine after South Australia police raided her on Wednesday. Evdocia ‘Effie’ Pehlivanidis, a grandmother of six, was charged with allegedly importing $3.2 million worth of cocaine alongside her 30-year-old grandson...

Members of a drug cartel from North Macedonia, including the 21-year-old daughter of a politician from the country, were arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos. According to Greek police, members of the cartel were selling drugs, such as cocaine...

Police in Greece announced on Friday that four British nationals have been arrested on drug smuggling charges after nearly 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine was found stashed in a shipment of bananas from South America. The suspects were arrested...

Residents of Canada's British Columbia caught with small amounts of drugs like cocaine, meth, and ecstasy (MDMA) won’t face criminal charges or have their drugs confiscated as part of a new three-year trial program in the province. The move comes...

Australian detectives belonging to the nation's Strike Force discovered a cache of $5.8 million worth of cocaine which had been smuggled into the country from Greece recently. The drug had been hidden inside Capri wafer cone packages which came into...

Greek police recently discovered and confiscated 105 kilograms (231 pounds) of cocaine, according to information made public by police authorities on Thursday. The Drug Prosecution Division of the Attica Police Department stormed an apartment in Agios Demetrios, Athens, where they found...