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Seven people have been arrested after a thousand kilos of cocaine was found hidden in frozen fruit pulp in a joint operation by the National Police and the Agencia Tributaria (Spain's tax and customs office). [Read More] 10/03/10

Commission on Narcotic Drugs opens in Vienna. At its fifty-third session, the Commission will focus on effective ways of raising awareness about the risks of abusing drugs, including cannabis [Read More] 9/03/10

Afghan and British security forces have seized £150m worth of heroin allegedly due to be used to fund weaponry for the Taliban.The 15-tonne haul was recovered from 2 trucks on consecutive days following intelligence gathered by the Afghan intelligence ser [Read More] 8/03/10

Spanish authorities in the port at Valencia have seized 1,200 kilos of pure cocaine, hidden in the false floor of a container on a freighter whose last port of call was Dominican Republic, consigned to a company in Madrid. [Read More] 5/03/10

THE CABINET decided to ban a range of substances sold in head shops. Spice, Charge+, Snow Blow, White Ice, Magic, Liquid Ecstasy, BZP Derivatives and Mephedrone. The ban will come into effect in June. [Read More] 4/03/10

UK Drug Situation: UK Focal Point on Drugs 2009 Edition Annual Report to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Available as download [Read More] 3/03/10

Drugnet Europe 69. Newsletter [European Monitoring Centre of Drugs and Drug Addiction] [Read More] 2/03/10

The head of Russia's federal drug control agency has accused Nato of not doing enough to curb the production of heroin in Afghanistan. [Read More] 1/03/10

It is now illegal for drug dealers to import or sell mephedrone after Health Minister Eddie Teare tabled a motion to change the Medicines Act 2003. Anyone dealing in the chemical substance, known as 'plant food' or 'miaow miaow', will face a fine of up to [Read More] 26/02/10

UNODC issued a report Crime and Instability: Case Studies of Transnational Threats. It focuses in particular on the impact of flows of drugs (cocaine and heroin), piracy around the Horn of Africa and smuggling in Central Africa. [Read More] 25/02/10