Drugs trade

Class A drug use up despite county lines crackdown
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
16 December 2023
Two men who imported drugs in animal feed jailed
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Somerset
Posted
15 December 2023
£10m cocaine find is largest ever in NI police say
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 December 2023
'Kingpin' of huge cocaine gang jailed for 24 years
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Gloucestershire
Posted
14 December 2023
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
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Asia
Posted
12 December 2023
The Story. China’s deadly role in America’s fentanyl epidemic. Audio, 27 minutes
Is China deliberately fuelling its rival’s opioid crisis?
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Bike-borrowing policeman 'surprised' by reaction
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Northampton
Posted
11 December 2023
Drugs stronger than heroin linked to 54 UK deaths
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UK
Posted
11 December 2023
Gang jailed after £1.6m drug haul seized
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
8 December 2023
Newry searches over largest-ever Irish drugs haul
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Northern Ireland
Posted
5 December 2023
Police seize £4.5m worth of drugs in three months
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Scotland
Posted
3 December 2023
Underground drugs hoard found by police
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Cornwall
Posted
1 December 2023
County lines gang sentenced over drugs operation
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Norfolk
Posted
28 November 2023
£1.2m cannabis haul found in old mill building
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South Scotland
Posted
28 November 2023
The Documentary Podcast. Sweden: Living with guns and gangs. Audio, 27 minutes
How Sweden became a European hotspot for gangs, drugs and deadly violence
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The Story. Inside the Kinahan crime cartel and their €1 billion empire. Audio, 30 minutes
John Mooney considers if the net is finally closing in on Christy Kinahan and his gang.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Ecuador police arrest alleged leader of Los Lobos gang
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
27 November 2023
Alleged security chief for El Chapo's sons detained
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
23 November 2023
More than 400 cannabis plants found at empty house
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Essex
Posted
22 November 2023
Biden's plan to end fentanyl crisis may not be enough
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US & Canada
Posted
21 November 2023
Gang flooded Midlands with cocaine worth £1m
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Derby
Posted
20 November 2023
Cocaine with street value of £1m seized in Aberdeen
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
15 November 2023
Drugs raids seize £110,000 worth of cocaine
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Humberside
Posted
11 November 2023