Cocaine

Army officers say they have seized power in Guinea-Bissau

Military officers announced a coup in Guinea-Bissau, suspending elections, deposing President Embalo and triggering unrest as regional bodies urge a return to constitutional order.

Soldiers patrol on the main road in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, November 21, 2025.
A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Dentist accused of importing cocaine faces extended detention in Haifa

Bags of cocaine that were seized by Israel Police.

Police seize half a kilo of cocaine from a kindergarten teacher arrested for drug trafficking

Undercover agent leads to the arrest of over 50 weapons, drug traffickers, police say

Undercover agent leads to the arrest of over 50 weapons, drug traffickers, police say


Israeli sentenced to death in UAE hopes execution not carried out

43-year-old Haifa native Fida Kewan was sentenced to death for drug trafficking after being accused of possessing half a kilogram of cocaine.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Israeli receives death penalty in UAE for drug possession

Fida Kewan's sibling alleged she was "tormented and beaten" in Emirati prison as he called for the Foreign Ministry to intervene.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Drug kingpin Otoniel captured by Colombian armed forces

Colombian president Duque said Otoniel's capture is the biggest blow to drug trafficking since the death of Pablo Escobar.

 Dairo Antonio Usuga David, alias "Otoniel", top leader of the Gulf clan, poses for a photo escorted by Colombian military soldiers after being captured, in Necocli, Colombia October 23, 2021

Irish horse jockey suspended for testing 1,000 times above cocaine limit

He gave a reading of 150,300 nanograms per millilitre, with the threshold for riding set at 150 ng/ml.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Police now believe Dubai-based Israeli behind failed cocaine smuggling

Last November, Israeli media reported the biggest ever failed smuggling attempt of cocaine into Israel.

Cocaine

Memory triggering increases chance of drug addiction relapse - Hebrew U.

The research backs the claim that in the process of recovery from drug addiction, distancing oneself from contextual cues attached to drug use is imperative.

PhD student Anna Terem takes part in a research study at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

US accuses ex-Venezuelan lawmaker of drug conspiracy with Hamas, Hezbollah

Federal prosecutors also charged Adel al Zabayar, a former member of Venezuela's National Assembly, with helping to recruit Hezbollah and Hamas operatives to plan attacks against US targets.

Hamas and Hezbollah fighters

UN: Coronavirus pandemic is pushing up the price of illegal drugs

In the Andean countries where the coca plants from which cocaine is made grow, the picture was varied.

A NEEDLE used for shooting heroin and other opioids litters the ground in Philadelphia last year. The effect of many opioids can be made stronger through injection

Dutch right-wingers share image of Anne Frank snorting cocaine

The meme uses a well-known portrait of Anne, a Jewish teenage diarist who died in a German Nazi camp in 1945 after spending two years in hiding in Amsterdam with her family

A screenshot of the meme of Anne Frank shared on the WhatsApp group of the young supporters of the Forum for Democracy Party in the Netherlands.

$30 million in drugs seized in tunnel under US-Mexico border

The nearly three-story-deep tunnel stretches for more than 2,000 feet (610 meters).

ICE agents make drug bust in Arizona desert