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Turkey arrests British crime boss in Istanbul
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2023
» ISTANBUL - Turkey said on Wednesday it had captured the leader of a British gang involved in drug smuggling, the illegal gun trade and robbery in an operation in Istanbul.
Record cocaine seizures in Belgium
AFP, Published on 10/01/2023
» ANTWERP, Belgium: Cocaine seizures at the port of Antwerp, the main gateway for illegal drugs into Europe, hit a new record last year, as Belgian and Dutch authorities face off against violent international gangs.
Laos makes Asia's largest drug bust
Reuters, Published on 28/10/2021
» Lao police have seized a record haul of illicit drugs in the Golden Triangle region, two security sources in Thailand confirmed on Thursday, in what the United Nations said was Asia's largest single drug bust ever.
Malaysia seizes record haul of crystal meth worth B789m
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's maritime agency said on Sunday it had seized more than two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine worth 105.9 million ringgit (789 million baht) from a boat off the country's west coast, its largest-ever haul of the drug.
Paris raves draw crowds as virus shutters nightclubs
AFP, Published on 07/08/2020
» PARIS: Unauthorised rave parties, long a fringe pastime with a hardcore techno following, have found a new fan base among young people in Paris denied a dance floor by the coronavirus outbreak.
Myanmar police seize massive haul of meth pills
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar authorities seized more than 10 million meth pills worth US$13.3 million (423 million baht) over the weekend, police said Monday, another massive haul in a country widely believed to be the world's largest methamphetamine producer.
Drugs kill seven at Vietnam music festival
AFP, Published on 17/09/2018
» HANOI: Seven Vietnamese have died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at an electronic dance music festival in Hanoi, officials said Monday, as authorities scrambled to trace the substance.
Indonesia sentences 8 Taiwanese drug smugglers to death
AFP, Published on 26/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Eight Taiwanese drug smugglers were sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Thursday after being nabbed with around a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in a country that has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws.
Drugs war leaders get key posts in Philippine police reshuffle
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» MANILA: Police at the helm of the Philippine war on drugs were given top posts in the national force on Thursday, indicating no let-up in a brutal crackdown that has caused international alarm, and defined Rodrigo Duterte's 21-month presidency.
US seizes 100 'pot-growing' houses linked to China
AFP, Published on 05/04/2018
» LOS ANGELES - Federal agents seized more than 100 homes in one of the largest residential drug busts in US history in a bid to combat Chinese-run marijuana operations, the government said Wednesday.