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More than 200 kilograms of cocaine has been seized by Greek police in the harbour city of Piraeus. Police said on Thursday that the cocaine was hidden in a refrigerated container loaded with shrimp from a South American country. Four men aged between 36 and 64 were taken into custody. The Greek investigators were put on the trail of the drug gang by a tip-off from the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Before their arrest, the gang had made around €5 million ($5.4 million) from their trafficking, the police said. The market value of the cocaine seized is estimated by experts at around €500,00...
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Washington (AFP) - A 23-year-old man from Taiwan has been arrested on charges of selling tens of millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs online through a site on the dark web known as the "Incognito Market." Rui-Siang Lin, also known as "Pharoah," was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Saturday and was to appear in court on Monday, the Justice Department said. "As alleged, Rui-Siang Lin was the architect of Incognito, a $100 million dark web scheme to traffic deadly drugs to the United States and around the world," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. Incogn...
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The US government proposed a rule change to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The historic move would recognise its use medically in the US and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than other drugs. The US Attorney General submitted a proposal on Thursday to move it from a schedule I to a schedule III drug under the US Controlled Substances Act (CSA). German MPs approve new cannabis law allowing limited possession and cultivation of marijuanaSchedule I drugs are those "with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse" such as heroin and LSD, while sched...
Euronews (English)
Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's administration formally proposed on Thursday reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift that would bring federal policy more in line with public opinion. "No one should be in jail merely for using or possessing marijuana. Period," Biden said in a video statement. "Far too many lives have been upended because of a failed approach to marijuana and I'm committed to righting those wrongs." Marijuana has been classified since 1970 as a so-called Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- the same level as with her...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's administration formally proposed on Thursday reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift that would bring federal policy more in line with public opinion. "No one should be in jail merely for using or possessing marijuana. Period," Biden said in a video statement. "Far too many lives have been upended because of a failed approach to marijuana and I'm committed to righting those wrongs." Marijuana has been classified since 1970 as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) along with heroin, ecstasy and LSD, mea...
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European ministers are meeting with South American counterparts today (7 May) in Hamburg, Germany, as Europe faces up to spiraling drug-related violence. Major European ports are clubbing together after the European Commission described a surge in cocaine imports as one of the most serious security threats facing the continent. “We must make our deep-sea ports so safe that they can no longer be gateways for tons of cocaine,” German interior minister Nancy Faeser said in a post on X ahead of the meeting, calling for greater international cooperation against cartels. The ministerial meeting incl...
Euronews (English)
Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's administration is set to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, an official said Tuesday -- a historic shift that would bring federal policy more in line with public opinion. The US attorney general sent a proposal to the White House on Tuesday to "reclassify marijuana," Justice Department spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement. It comes after Biden became the first president to initiate a federal review into the matter, in 2022. The issue is seen as a potential vote winner for Biden as he faces Republican Donald Trump in a tough e...
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The total amount of cocaine discovered hidden among banana crates by supermarket workers in Germany this week was 223 kilograms, customs authorities said on Friday. Workers at seven supermarkets in Berlin and four other markets in surrounding region found the packets of cocaine hidden among bananas on Thursday. Christian Lanninger, spokesman for the Berlin-Brandenburg Customs Investigation Office, told the Märkische Allgemeine newspaper on Friday that the cocaine had a street value of around €10-15 million ($11-16 million) or more. Workers found a total of 119 kilograms at stores in Berlin, an...
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Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico is the "champion" of production of synthetic drugs including fentanyl, the head of the country's criminal investigation agency acknowledged Tuesday, at international talks aimed at fighting the problem. The blunt admission came as visiting US officials called for a "more agile" joint approach to combating drug trafficking by powerful Mexican cartels. "Mexico has been the champion of the production of methamphetamine, and now fentanyl," Felipe de Jesus Gallo said. That had been "the source of the greatest wealth and power" for Mexican criminal organizations, he added....
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More suspected cocaine has washed ashore in Hong Kong with police seizing seven packages, weighing roughly 15 kilograms, from a Sai Kung beach on Sunday. Officers responded to a report from a hiker at around 2.45 pm, police told HKFP on Monday. The estimated value of the packages, found around Nam She Wan, totalled HK$15 million, police added. The Narcotics Bureau is investigating the case. Earlier this month, officers discovered eight kilograms of suspected cocaine inside a plastic barrel on Lido Beach in Ting Kau. Investigators valued them at around HK$8 million. A week earlier, 19 blue parc...
Hong Kong Free Press
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