Cannabis

Cocaine

Ecstasy

Heroin

News

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in the Cocaine Category

Police bust £1m ‘cocaine factory’
Friday, 3 Sep, 2010 – 6:37 | No Comment
Police bust £1m ‘cocaine factory’

Two men have been arrested after an illegal drugs factory with £1m worth of cocaine and mixing agents was discovered in South Lanarkshire.
Officers from the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) raided an outbuilding …

HMS Gloucester helps in £4m cocaine seizure
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 4:14 | No Comment
HMS Gloucester helps in £4m cocaine seizure

Cocaine worth about £4m was found when a Royal Navy destroyer intercepted a yacht in the mid-Atlantic.
The Portsmouth-based HMS Gloucester was on its way to the Falklands when it was diverted to help authorities on …

Benzocaine targeted in drugs war on cutting agents
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 4:11 | No Comment
Benzocaine targeted in drugs war on cutting agents

Police say they are making a major dent in drug dealers’ profits by seizing large quantities of chemicals used to dilute cocaine and other class A drugs.
Pharmaceutical drugs benzocaine and lidocaine cost around £10 a …

Two arrested over cocaine seizure
Friday, 6 Aug, 2010 – 7:58 | No Comment
Two arrested over cocaine seizure

Two people have been arrested after cocaine with an estimated street value of £260,000 was found at a house in the north of Glasgow.
Police acting under warrant raided the property in Mansel street, Springburn, at …

Thirteen drug arrests at Surrey’s Guilfest
Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 – 0:53 | No Comment
Thirteen drug arrests at Surrey’s Guilfest

Police arrested 13 people over drug offences at Guilfest, as this year’s event was hailed as a major success.
Surrey Police said officers seized ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis at the three-day event in Guildford.
Of the 13 …

Jailed Lanarkshire drug dealer will miss baby birth
Friday, 11 Jun, 2010 – 3:59 | No Comment
Jailed Lanarkshire drug dealer will miss baby birth

A man caught with £114,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed despite a plea from his lawyer that he will miss the birth of his first child.
Police found drugs after searching John Graffen’s van in …

Arrests after Dawlish holiday park drugs raid
Friday, 11 Jun, 2010 – 3:52 | No Comment
Arrests after Dawlish holiday park drugs raid

Three men from Manchester have been arrested at a Devon caravan park following a drugs raid.
The men, aged 21, 24 and 29, were arrested after police searched Cofton Farm Caravan Park in Dawlish at about …

Colombian beauty queen arrested on drug charges
Wednesday, 26 May, 2010 – 23:15 | No Comment
Colombian beauty queen arrested on drug charges

A Colombian beauty queen has been arrested in Argentina on charges of leading a drug trafficking ring.
Angie Sanclemente Valencia, 31, is accused of persuading young women to smuggle cocaine from Argentina to Europe via Mexico.
Argentine …

Police seize drugs worth £500,000 in Nottinghamshire
Monday, 17 May, 2010 – 23:05 | No Comment
Police seize drugs worth £500,000 in Nottinghamshire

Drugs worth more than £500,000 have been seized during an eight-month police operation in Nottinghamshire.
Fifty-seven people were arrested after drugs raids in Broxtowe and Aspley as part of Operation Barnstormer, which began in September.
Class A …

Police lab technician admits snorting cocaine at work
Monday, 17 May, 2010 – 23:02 | 2 Comments
Police lab technician admits snorting cocaine at work

A police lab technician was caught on camera snorting cocaine in her office, it has been revealed.
Lyndsey Dinning, 31, who worked for Greater Manchester Police, was caught in the act in an undercover operation last …