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United Nations' drug experts are worried that the collapse of opium production in Afghanistan will boost demand for new and dangerous alternative products around the world. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna warned on Wednesday in particular against the synthetic heroin substitute nitazene, which has already led to deaths in several European countries. The cultivation of opium poppy, from which the heroin raw material opium is obtained, was banned in Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2022. As a result, global opium production fell by 74% last year to just under 2,000 tons, accordin...
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Germany has made its largest ever seizure of cocaine as part of a criminal investigation, after a tip-off from the Colombian authorities. In total, more than 35 tons of cocaine were involved in the haul from several locations, investigators announced in the western city of Dusseldorf on Monday. The drugs had been hidden in shipping containers among crates of fruit and other goods. Investigators put the street value of the drugs at €2.6 billion ($2.79 billion). Drug investigators seized almost 25 tons of cocaine in the port of Hamburg last year, another 8 tons in Rotterdam and almost 3 tons in ...
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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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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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Police in western Germany conducted searches targeting 12 suspected drug dealers. A total of 14 properties on the border between the states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia were investigated, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday morning. Special forces were also deployed, she said. The proceedings concern suspected cocaine dealers aged between 19 and 50, who have been accused of over 400 offences since August 2022. The searches took place in a bar, a clubhouse and several private homes. According to the investigators, they confiscated a sports car, five slot machines, more than €21,0...
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French police raided the national anti-drugs agency (Ofast) branch in the southern French city of Marseille as part of a corruption probe, the newspaper Le Parisien reported on Wednesday evening. The paper reported, citing sources, that the Inspectorate General of the National Police (IGPN) on April 4 raided the head office of the Ofast branch in Marseille, the leading criminal investigation department in the city responsible for tackling the largest drug networks. The raid was part of an investigation opened by the city's public prosecutor's office following a tip-off, the paper said. IGPN of...
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A crowd of happy people lit up joints in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate just after midnight, to celebrate the beginning of Germany's new law to decriminalize cannabis. Several hundred people gathered in an exuberant mood, some dancing to reggae music, a reporter from dpa witnessed at the scene. A metre-high cannabis leaf adorned a stage in front of the Berlin landmark, and cigarette lighters were held at the ready, waiting for the clock to tick over midnight. Shortly afterwards, a strong smell of cannabis wafted across the square. "We can finally show ourselves, we don't have to hide any m...
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