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Putin and Xi pledge to keep peace in Central Asia, after US withdrawal from Afghanistan sparks fears of drug trafficking & terror

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021By Editor

Moscow and Beijing will work together to secure the region around Afghanistan, after Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier Xi Jinping reiterated their commitment to Central Asia in a telephone call on Wednesday. … Read More >Putin and Xi pledge to keep peace in Central Asia, after US withdrawal from Afghanistan sparks fears of drug trafficking & terror

Journalism & Mass media

Inside US Afghanistan pullout, CIA opium ratline, pipeline conflict, new cold war

Posted on August 20, 2021August 20, 2021By Editor

Moderate Rebels live: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the US military pullout from Afghanistan with journalist Pepe Escobar, who has extensive experience reporting in the country and was even arrested by the Taliban. … Read More >Inside US Afghanistan pullout, CIA opium ratline, pipeline conflict, new cold war

World

Suspect acquitted after cops replace cocaine with ICING SUGAR to nail would-be Australian trafficker

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021By Editor

An attempted sting operation backfired for Australian police, after they intercepted a shipment of cocaine, swapped it with icing sugar, then busted the recipient. Transporting icing sugar, it turns out, is not a crime. … Read More >Suspect acquitted after cops replace cocaine with ICING SUGAR to nail would-be Australian trafficker

USA

Photo: CBP Agents Arrest 18-Year-Old With $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine in Texas

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021By Editor

Back in April, another 18-year-old woman was arrested at a US-Mexico border checkpoint after officers with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered she was transporting more than $50,000 worth of methamphetamine into the US. … Read More >Photo: CBP Agents Arrest 18-Year-Old With $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine in Texas

Italian-German Europol operation detains 31 mafia suspects over drug trafficking and money laundering

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021By Editor

Europol has announced the arrests in an international operation with German and Italian authorities, as officers targeted members of the ’Ndrangheta mafia group over allegations of drug trafficking and money laundering. … Read More >Italian-German Europol operation detains 31 mafia suspects over drug trafficking and money laundering

World

Australian police seize over HALF A TON of liquid meth disguised as cooking oil from Mexico

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021By Editor

Police in the Australian state of Victoria have opened an investigation after they seized 540kg of liquid methamphetamine hidden among more than 9,000 canola oil bottles imported from Mexico. … Read More >Australian police seize over HALF A TON of liquid meth disguised as cooking oil from Mexico

Middle East

Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit & vegetables over drug smuggling

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021By Editor

Imports of Lebanese produce to Saudi Arabia will be banned indefinitely starting from Sunday as they’re being used to smuggle drugs, Riyadh has announced, delivering another blow to Lebanon amid its harsh financial crisis. … Read More >Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese fruit & vegetables over drug smuggling

Asia & Pacific

Singapore anti-drugs agents make largest drugs seizure in decades with $1.7 million haul

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Singapore’s anti-drugs authority announced on Monday that it has seized the nation’s largest haul of illegal substances in 25 years, after busting an attempt to distribute around US$1.7 million worth of narcotics. … Read More >Singapore anti-drugs agents make largest drugs seizure in decades with $1.7 million haul

Shows

Biden, cocaine, and glyphosate & the 18th anniversary of the Iraq war

Posted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021By Editor

The Biden administration is under fire for supporting the Colombian government’s toxic and dangerous efforts in the War on Drugs. Burn pits and bureaucracy are killing US war veterans. Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin speaks truth to power on the 18th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. … Read More >Biden, cocaine, and glyphosate & the 18th anniversary of the Iraq war

1,500 Belgian police swoop in 200 dawn raids in a major operation against cocaine-smuggling gangs

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

Belgian police conducted some 200 raids simultaneously on Tuesday morning in a coordinated strike against cocaine- and drug-smuggling gangs focused on the port of Antwerp. … Read More >1,500 Belgian police swoop in 200 dawn raids in a major operation against cocaine-smuggling gangs

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