‘Looking for the treasure’: Report of cocaine lost at sea lures hundreds to the beach
One town’s mayor had to close the beaches after security cameras showed “200 lamps” scouring the sand at night.
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One town’s mayor had to close the beaches after security cameras showed “200 lamps” scouring the sand at night.
The gang member was on the run in Europe for two years until his arrest in Spain in 2025.
It's the second large seizure of cocaine in Auckland this week.
Authorities tracked the 250kg shipment from Tauranga to Auckland before making arrests.
A search was conducted under warrant at a home on Old Singland Road in the city
More than 130kg of cocaine, two pistols and ammunition were found inside a shipping container.
The cocaine was packed into 137 individual bricks weighing 137kg.
Police at OR Tambo International Airport seized a R200m cocaine shipment hidden inside luggage arriving from Brazil. Meanwhile, Brazilian detectives are cracking down on an organised crime ring that uses commercial flights to traffic drugs into South Africa and around the world.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A Chinese national arrested in Hong Kong last week with 2kg of suspected cocaine is believe...
The NDLEA has arrested a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65kg of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-safrican-with-36-65kg-cocaine-at-lagos-airport/
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Beauty was arrested at the departure hall of the MMIA on October 7, 2026, on her way to South Africa. Operatives searched her two Read More:
A Kiwi known as 'The Baron' agreed to pay the man more than $9300 per kilo for cocaine.
Four women have spoken to Prime Time about their experiences with cocaine, from recreational use on nights out to addiction, isolation and recovery
Colombian authorities have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the Caribbean port of Cartagena
When asked whether he wished to apply for bail while representing himself, defendant says ‘I’ll give it a bash’
Separate arrests made in drug intimidation inquiry
Toxicology evidence at Anele Tembe’s inquest showed alcohol, cocaine and prescription medication in her system, but suggested she could still climb over a 10th-floor Pepperclub Hotel balcony in Cape Town.
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