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Topic: Cocaine

Foreign national held at Mumbai airport with cocaine worth Rs 11 cr concealed in his body

The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, are banned in India and were recovered from the man's body by doctors at the state-run J J Hospital Saturday.

Indian-origin couple convicted in UK for exporting over 500 kgs of cocaine to Australia

Arti Dhir, 59, and Kavaljitsinh Raijada, 35, whose extradition was sought by India on charges of the murder of their adopted son in Gujarat, have been sentenced to 33 years in prison.

After crackdown on drug trafficking gangs, Ecuador reels from fresh wave of violence

This highlights challenges ahead for President Noboa, who took power in Nov after pledging to curb violence as drug trafficking gangs increasingly transport cocaine through Ecuador.

Cocaine market booms as meth trafficking spreads beyond established markets, says UN report

Cocaine seizures have grown faster than production, the report said. The upper band of the estimated total supply was higher in the mid-2000s than now.

Italian police seize cocaine worth $880 million stashed in banana crates

The shipment, around 2,700 kg of highly pure cocaine, had come from Guayaquil in Ecuador and its final destination was Armenia, via the Black Sea port of Batumi in Georgia.

New Zealand recovers 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $300 million floating in Pacific

The New Zealand Police said it collected the drugs from the Pacific Ocean in a joint operation with the New Zealand Customs Service and the New Zealand Defence Force.

Former Pakistani bowler Wasim Akram reveals cocaine addiction after retirement from game

Akram has opened up about his dependency in his upcoming autobiography ‘Sultan: A Memoir.’ He said he started to crave 'a substitute for the adrenaline rush of competition'.

BJP youth leader Pamela Goswami arrested with 100g of cocaine in Kolkata

The BJP said it suspected that Goswami was being framed, but added that if she is found guilty, the law should take its course.

Weed, Ketamine, Cocaine — rich Indian teens are putting shady drug dealers out of business

In ‘Stone Shamed Depressed’, Jyotsna Mohan Bharghava writes on issues plaguing today’s teens & how even twelve-year-olds are now experimenting with hard drugs.

Virus affects global cocaine trade, Yemen could see worst outbreak & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.