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Bad ‘nuns’

Three women dressed up as nuns were caught at a Colombian airport trying to smuggle cocaine taped to their bodies, police said Tuesday. The women were caught Saturday after arriving on Colombia’s Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota. Incoming search terms:bad nuns (2) var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var... 

Organized crime

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Although the flow of cocaine through West Africa has declined, its wholesale value in Europe is a staggering $1.25 billion, the United Nations said in a report circulated Monday.  Read More »

Death sentence

An Indonesian court has sentenced a 56-year-old British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine into the resort island of Bali.  Read More »

Chocolate, cookies, ice cream – sweet things are a habit

Mannheim, Germany (dpa) – Sweetened muesli for breakfast, an ice cream at mid-morning, biscuits with coffee as a matter of course – sweet snacks are part of many people’s daily routine. In some cases, the appetite for high-calorie items appears to be insatiable. But does this qualify as addiction? An article in the Huffington Post last year by Frank Lipman – who... 

China cocaine

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian police said Wednesday they had seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth Aus$237 million (US$246 million) shipped from China in a consignment of heavy machinery.  Read More »

Cocaine seized

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) – Paraguay says it seized a cocaine cargo in a northern city along the border with Brazil.  Read More »

Drug seizure

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they seized 1,455 pounds of cocaine on a speedboat near Puerto Rico in one of the island’s largest drug busts this year.  Read More »

Indon caught with P40-M cocaine

Manila, Philippines – An Indonesian woman carrying P40 million worth of cocaine was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Saturday late afternoon. Dwi Wulandari, who arrived from Doha, Qatar onboard Flight EK 332, declared that she will be staying in Shangrila Hotel which did not fit her declared occupation as a domestic helper. Incoming search terms:dwi wulandari... 

Cocaine seized

MADRID (AP) – Spanish police say they have arrested 31 people after seizing three tons of cocaine brought from South America on a merchant ship that was caught off the southern coast.  Read More »

Argentina nabs half-ton cocaine

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Drug-sniffing dogs found a half-ton of cocaine hidden in machinery marked for shipment to Africa, officials said Friday.  Read More »