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T20 star serves ban after positive cocaine test
The former international star is expected to play with Melbourne Renegades in the coming Big Bash season.
The Guardian view on cocaine and domestic abuse: new links between drugs and crime need investigating | Editorial
<p>Patterns of drug supply and use are changing and the government’s five-year-old drug strategy must evolve too</p><p>A slight drop in the number of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/04/cocaine-overtakes-heroin-drug-deaths-england-wales">drug deaths over a year in England and Wales</a> is the first such news since 2012. Over the past dec
‘Logan’ Star Dafne Keen Says ‘I Was Offered Cocaine’ as an 11-Year-Old in Hollywood and Hugh Jackman ‘Made Sure No One Abused My Hours’ on Set
Dafne Keen revealed on the “Inside of You” podcast that she was offered cocaine at Hollywood parties when she was a young teenager (via Entertainment Weekly). Now 21 years old, Keen got her breakthrough in the industry by playing the young mutant Laura/X-23 opposite Hugh Jackman in 2017’s “Logan.” She shot the film when she […]
Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales
The number of deaths linked to cocaine use in England and Wales has nearly quadrupled in a decade.
Cocaine-related deaths overtake heroin for first time in England and Wales
Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the substance most often involved in drug-related deaths registered in England and Wales, according to new data.
Man (20s) arrested after €2.5m in cocaine, guns and ammunition found
Two men, aged in their 30s, and a woman (20s) were previously arrested after Monday seizures
Billy Evans Answers ‘You Can See Everything’ Burning Questions on Alleged Cocaine Use, Nathan Fielder Regrets and More
Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes’ romantic partner and the villainous third wheel in Nathan Fielder’s “You Can See Everything,” has taken to social media to answer burning questions about the documentary. In a post on X Monday night, Evans invited viewers to “AMA” (ask me anything), with the addendum: “Needs to be legally permissable [sic].” Asked […]
‘Call us to complain,’ US police urge cheated cocaine buyers
The Greensboro Police Department in North Carolina has sparked widespread reaction online after telling people who believe their cocaine dealer shortchanged them to contact the police and file an official complaint. Read More: https://punchng.com/call-us-to-complain-us-police-urge-cheated-cocaine-buyers/
No special care bed for boy who vomited up 37 bags of crack cocaine he hid from gardaí
A 14-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by multiple men is also yet to be assigned a bed
Three arrested as guns and cocaine valued at €2.5m seized in Dublin city centre
Woman detained after cannabis worth an estimated €784,000 found in separate search at Clondalkin house
Featherston supermarket shooting: Three men jailed over $117,000 cocaine robbery
Doreion Hard was killed in a shootout after robbing two men selling him drugs.
NDLEA arrests holidaymakers with 3.46kg cocaine at Abuja airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two Nigerians based in Europe after they allegedly ingested 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46kg while attempting to travel from Abuja to Paris, France. The suspects, identified as Aliocus Odife and Sam Blackborn, were arrested on Wednesday during the outward clearance of an Air France flight, AF Read Mor
Lebanon seizes 40kg of cocaine in Beirut airport's largest ever drug bust
Lebanese authorities have arrested a Syrian passenger after seizing 40kg of cocaine at Beirut’s airport, in what the Finance Ministry described as the largest drug bust in the airport's history. The ministry said customs officers, working with the General Directorate of General Security, had foiled an attempt to smuggle the drugs into Lebanon. The passenger,
NDLEA arrests two Europe-bound Nigerians with 200 cocaine wraps
The NDLEA has arrested two Europe-bound Nigerians at the Abuja airport after they allegedly ingested 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46Kg. Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-two-europe-bound-nigerians-with-200-cocaine-wraps/
‘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.
Hells Angels member Murray Michael Matthews extradited to Texas to stand trial over alleged plot to smuggle 400kg of cocaine into New Zealand
The gang member was on the run in Europe for two years until his arrest in Spain in 2025.
$80m worth of cocaine seized in Auckland after overseas tip-off
It's the second large seizure of cocaine in Auckland this week.
Operation Toucan: 250kg cocaine shipment seized, five arrested
Authorities tracked the 250kg shipment from Tauranga to Auckland before making arrests.
Woman (40s) arrested as gardaí seize cocaine and heroin worth €644,000 in Limerick
A search was conducted under warrant at a home on Old Singland Road in the city
South Auckland cocaine haul: Police discover $40m worth of cocaine
More than 130kg of cocaine, two pistols and ammunition were found inside a shipping container.
South Auckland cocaine haul: 137kg worth an estimated $40million, guns found in facility
The cocaine was packed into 137 individual bricks weighing 137kg.
TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFICKING: Latest OR Tambo International Airport cocaine bust exposes Brazil-SA drug smuggling route
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.
Two Hong Kong cocaine arrests linked to Penang as police reveal details of first case
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — A Chinese national arrested in Hong Kong last week with 2kg of suspected cocaine is believe...
NDLEA arrests S’African with 36.65kg cocaine at Lagos airport
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/
NDLEA arrests S’African with cocaine, grandma with cannabis
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:
Drug dealer jailed for international plot to smuggle ketamine, cocaine to New Zealand in hollowed-out rope
A Kiwi known as 'The Baron' agreed to pay the man more than $9300 per kilo for cocaine.
'It starts fun': Four women on cocaine's impact on their lives
Four women have spoken to Prime Time about their experiences with cocaine, from recreational use on nights out to addiction, isolation and recovery
Colombia seizes 7.6 tonnes of cocaine in biggest haul in a decade
Colombian authorities have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the Caribbean port of Cartagena
‘For four seconds I was a millionaire’: Man charged after accepting controlled delivery of cocaine
When asked whether he wished to apply for bail while representing himself, defendant says ‘I’ll give it a bash’
Man charged following seizure of €1.7m worth of cocaine in Dublin
Separate arrests made in drug intimidation inquiry
INQUEST: Anele Tembe could ‘climb over balcony’ despite cocaine and alcohol toxicology evidence, inquiry hears
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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