Tag Archives: Cocaine
Luck betrayed a 65-year-old grandmother, Hassan Fatimat Abike also known as Chika Okoye, who attempted to smuggle 1.740kg of cocaine into London concealed in herbal syrup. It was not her fist time of going to London as the drug was … read more »
October 12, 2011 by benim
Banjul – A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced eight foreigners to 50 years in prison for trafficking cocaine worth a billion dollars. The convicts are four Venezuelans, two Dutchmen, a Mexican and a Nigerian, an AFP correspondent reported. Another accused … read more »
Posted in Gambia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Banjul, Cocaine, Gambia, Illegal drug trade, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 16, 2011 by benim
The record company behind U2 and Lady Gaga was allegedly used by a drug-trafficking ring for its cases stuffed with cocaine and $20 bills. Rap music manager James Rosemond, 46, known as ‘Jimmy Henchmen’ was indicted three months ago on … read more »
Hundreds of mourners who gathered for a traditional Greek Orthodox funeral service near Athens were in for a surprise when they were served cocaine-coated biscuits. Relatives of the deceased had ordered the traditional biscuits or “kouramiedes” for the reception following … read more »
Posted in Australia, Global Issues, Miscellaneous, Odd News
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Tagged Addictions, Athens, Biscuit, Cocaine, Drugs, Health, Illegal drug trade, Substance abuse
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A FORMER Nigerian soccer player and his wife had their young daughter with them when they were caught smuggling cocaine into Brisbane, a court heard. In the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Commonwealth prosecutor Kylie Ward explained most of the submissions … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Association football, Australia, breaking news, Brisbane, Cocaine, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, News local news, Nigeria, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States, World news
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February 22, 2011 by benim
Lagos – A Nigerian ex-convict has excreted 65 wraps of cocaine and heroin he had ingested with the aim of trafficking them to Australia, the anti-drug agency said on Tuesday. “The drug convict, Dunu Chukwunyere Enoch, was nabbed on February … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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December 14, 2010 by benim
Embassy cables reveal concerns over Latin American cartels and terror groups using west Africa as drug route into Europe. When an unidentified plane crashed into the desert in northern Mali in November 2009, it was immediately suspected of smuggling cocaine … read more »
Posted in Ghana, News, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Africa news, African cocaine route, African news, breaking news, Canada, Cocaine, Drug Enforcement Administration, Espionage, Far East, geography, Ghana, Ghana newspaper, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, internet censorship, John Atta Mills, local news, national security, Political, political-news, Politics, Samburu, security, Smuggling, toronto, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, Wikileaks on Africa, wikileaks on Ghana, World news, World Wide Web
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November 2, 2010 by benim
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, a study by British researchers has found. The research, by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD), examined the harm caused by substances including alcohol, tobacco, heroin, crack … read more »
Posted in Health, News
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Tagged addictive-drugs, alcohol, Australia, Chemistry, Coca, Cocaine, Drug addiction, drug-use, ecstasy, England, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, Heroin, London, medical-research, Medicine, Opioids, pharmacology, Steve Hambleton, Stimulants, United Kingdom
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October 25, 2010 by benim
Ejiro Henry, a 19-year old cocaine trafficker, currently standing trial for his involvement in the illicit trade, has been arrested again for peddling hard drugs. Mr Henry, who was apprehended the second time on his way to Port Harcourt, Rivers … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ahmadu Giade, Air France, arrest, causes-news, Chemistry, Cocaine, Dopamine reuptake inhibitors, Drug addiction, Ejiro Henry, Indepth Africa, Italy, Lagos, Law enforcement in Nigeria, Local anesthetics, Medicine, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria, pharmacology, Port Harcourt, rivers state, Stimulants
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October 19, 2010 by benim
Social divisions, racial preconceptions and government blunders have as much a role in famines as crop failures. History is littered with catastrophic examples of government-induced disasters. A new book by the University of Hong Kong’s Frank Dikotter, Mao’s Great Famine, … read more »
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Tagged Addictions, Africa news, Brazil, Cape Town, Chemistry, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Drugs, Geography of Africa, health-news, Indepth Africa, Jean Carlos, Law, lifestyle-news, Medicine, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Stimulants, Tessa Beetge, Tropanes
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October 19, 2010 by benim
A Brazilian police officer yesterday told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that Tessa Beetge was not surprised when he ordered her to accompany him to an interrogation room after finding cocaine in her suitcase at a Sao Paolo airport in 2008. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Addictions, Africa news, Brazil, Cocaine, Drugs, Health, Indepth Africa, Jean Carlos, Law, South Africa
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