drug smuggling
Drug Traffickers Hid More Than £1.5 Million of Cocaine Inside Dragon Fruit
Customs officers at Hong Kong airport became suspicious after the exotic fruit were left uncollected for a number of days.
Why did Russia shut down its version of the DEA?
The story of Putin’s decision to dissolve Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service involves turf wars, a tanking economy, and allegations of rampant corruption.
Ben Quilty Opens Up About His Friendship With Myuran Sukumaran
The artist describes how Myuran changed him, changed Australia, and how he might yet change perceptions of the death penalty around the world.
The Hangover News
This weekend two guys were arrested after trying to smuggle 35 bricks of cocaine in a horse head sculpture, thousands marched in solidarity with the EU and more.
What It's Like to Be a Female Drug Mule Serving Time in Prison
Sylvia R. was a single mom from Slovakia who was caught smuggling cocaine out of Argentina. She's now one of the thousands of women who are languishing in Latin American jails for drug trafficking.
A British Man's Been Jailed After Trying to Retrieve His Lost Bag Full of Ecstasy
The 38-year-old, labelled a drug dealer by the state prosecution, wanted to pick up his bag full of 35,000 pills from Ibiza airport but ended up with a six-year jail sentence and £436,000 fine.
The Golden Age of Drug Trafficking: How Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin Move Around the World
Just as globalization has changed the way the world does business, it's also changed the way the world manufactures, transports, and obtains illegal drugs. As a result, more people are getting high today than ever before.
US Authorities Find 1,600 Pounds of Weed in a Drug Tunnel Under California-Mexico Border
All told, seven tons of marijuana were seized along with $22 million in cocaine — reportedly the largest-ever such seizure associated with a California-Mexico tunnel.
Flight Attendant Who Ditched Cocaine and Designer Shoes Arrested in New York
The unnamed woman is accused of attempting to smuggle 68 pounds of cocaine in her luggage.
Flight Attendant Disappears After Ditching Gucci Heels and 66 Pounds of Cocaine at LAX
The woman fled the Los Angeles airport and left behind two bags loaded with drugs after she was pulled aside by TSA officers for a random screening.
Everything We Know About Dublin's Escalating Gang War
An inter-family feud has seen two men shot dead within the last week.
Carrots, Coke, and Kinder Eggs: Today's Weird Drug Smuggling News
Police have found cocaine in Kinder Eggs and weed in carrots.