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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
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9 Colombian Soldiers Dead In Chopper Crash
Nine Colombian soldiers died Monday when their helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department, where the military is battling the biggest cocaine cartel, authorities said.
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Cocaine Price Drop Big Blow For Colombian Coca Farmers
Colombia remains the world's largest producer of cocaine -- of which coca is the main ingredient -- and the United States its biggest buyer.
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Drug Smugglers Deliver Shipment Of Cocaine Worth 68 Million Pounds To Czech Supermarkets By Mistake
Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds has been seized by police in the Czech Republic after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in banana shipments.
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Colombian Police Seize 1,300 Kg Cocaine Camouflaged As Potatoes: Report
The police in Colombia have seized more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine disguised as frozen potatoes and chips, the ABC News reported. Authorities said they consider it as one of the most innovative attempts to traffic drugs in recent years.
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Man Traveling From Colombia Ingested 246 Bags Of Cocaine, Died Midflight
The man, identified only as Udo N., 42, began suffering seizures Friday on the flight, prompting an emergency landing in Hermosillo, a city in Sonora, Mexico, authorities said.
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Colombia's "Narco Culture": Pablo Escobar's Legacy Lingers After 25 Years
Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where he ran his cocaine empire with a mix of brutality and largesse.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
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A Miami 'Cocaine Cowboy' Finds Redemption With Love Locks
When he was one of Miami's notorious "cocaine cowboys" in the 1980s, Mickey Munday made millions of dollars flying loads of drugs for Colombia's Medellin and Cali cartels.
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Colombia Nabs Record-Breaking 8 Tons Of Cocaine
Colombian police have seized eight tons of cocaine from the country's main organized crime ring, the largest ever haul in the nation's history, the president said Sunday.
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Colombian Cocaine Smugglers Hide Beneath The Waves
For the US Coast Guard at least, Bigfoot is real -- and is proudly on display here in Key West, on the southernmost tip of the United States.
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Pallets Made of 'Wood-Lookalike' Cocaine Seized in Spanish Port
Spanish police said Friday they have seized 40 pallets made out of 1.4 tonnes of compressed cocaine that was made to look like wood that arrived on a shipping container from Colombia.
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Woman Carrying Cocaine in Breast Implants Arrested at Airport
A Honduran woman carrying 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, police said.
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Reward in Hunt for Father of 11-Year-Old Colombian Drug Mule
Colombia offered $10,000 on Wednesday for the capture of the father of an 11-year-old girl in intensive care following emergency surgery to remove 104 cocaine-filled capsules from her stomach.
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Record Cocaine Seizure in Peru Totaled 7.6 Tons
Peru's interior ministry said on Saturday the final tally of a record cocaine seizure this week totaled 7.6 tons, valued at more than $300,000 million.
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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
-
9 Colombian Soldiers Dead In Chopper Crash
Nine Colombian soldiers died Monday when their helicopter crashed in the northern Bolivar department, where the military is battling the biggest cocaine cartel, authorities said.
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Cocaine Price Drop Big Blow For Colombian Coca Farmers
Colombia remains the world's largest producer of cocaine -- of which coca is the main ingredient -- and the United States its biggest buyer.
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Drug Smugglers Deliver Shipment Of Cocaine Worth 68 Million Pounds To Czech Supermarkets By Mistake
Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds has been seized by police in the Czech Republic after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in banana shipments.
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Colombian Police Seize 1,300 Kg Cocaine Camouflaged As Potatoes: Report
The police in Colombia have seized more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine disguised as frozen potatoes and chips, the ABC News reported. Authorities said they consider it as one of the most innovative attempts to traffic drugs in recent years.
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Man Traveling From Colombia Ingested 246 Bags Of Cocaine, Died Midflight
The man, identified only as Udo N., 42, began suffering seizures Friday on the flight, prompting an emergency landing in Hermosillo, a city in Sonora, Mexico, authorities said.
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Colombia's "Narco Culture": Pablo Escobar's Legacy Lingers After 25 Years
Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where he ran his cocaine empire with a mix of brutality and largesse.
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Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches All Time High: US
Coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia reached an all-time high in 2017, the office of the US "drug czar" said Monday, calling on the government in Bogota to do more to reverse the trend.
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A Miami 'Cocaine Cowboy' Finds Redemption With Love Locks
When he was one of Miami's notorious "cocaine cowboys" in the 1980s, Mickey Munday made millions of dollars flying loads of drugs for Colombia's Medellin and Cali cartels.
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Colombia Nabs Record-Breaking 8 Tons Of Cocaine
Colombian police have seized eight tons of cocaine from the country's main organized crime ring, the largest ever haul in the nation's history, the president said Sunday.
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Colombian Cocaine Smugglers Hide Beneath The Waves
For the US Coast Guard at least, Bigfoot is real -- and is proudly on display here in Key West, on the southernmost tip of the United States.
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Pallets Made of 'Wood-Lookalike' Cocaine Seized in Spanish Port
Spanish police said Friday they have seized 40 pallets made out of 1.4 tonnes of compressed cocaine that was made to look like wood that arrived on a shipping container from Colombia.
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Woman Carrying Cocaine in Breast Implants Arrested at Airport
A Honduran woman carrying 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, police said.
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Reward in Hunt for Father of 11-Year-Old Colombian Drug Mule
Colombia offered $10,000 on Wednesday for the capture of the father of an 11-year-old girl in intensive care following emergency surgery to remove 104 cocaine-filled capsules from her stomach.
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Record Cocaine Seizure in Peru Totaled 7.6 Tons
Peru's interior ministry said on Saturday the final tally of a record cocaine seizure this week totaled 7.6 tons, valued at more than $300,000 million.
