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Nova Scotia traffic stop led to huge cocaine seizure by U.S. Homeland unit
Const. Chad Morrison, an RCMP officer who led an investigation into a cross-border trafficking network, speaks during a news conference in Halifax on Tuesday, Sept.26, 2023 as police displayed seized drugs, cash and drug paraphernalia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton
canada
As Newfoundland drug deaths soar, calls grow for overdose prevention site
Advocates in Newfoundland and Labrador are calling for overdose prevention sites to be set up as the number of deaths from toxic cocaine are on track this year to nearly double. Candice Chaffey opens a Naloxone kit as she poses for a photo in Toronto, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
canada
Canadian border agents seize $6-million in cocaine in Manitoba at North Dakota entry point
A Canadian Border Services agent stands watch at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. The Canada Border Services Agency says they turned back 21 people who tried to enter the country from the U.S. in May to claim asylum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Prescribing psychostimulant medication used for ADHD could help reduce illegal drug use, expert says
A member of the Sinaloa Cartel shows capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, April 4, 2022. To match Special report MEXICO-DRUGS/CHAPITOS REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
world
Cocaine found at White House: Cameras, visitor logs searched by Secret Service
FILE PHOTO: A view of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
u.s. politics
White powder found in West Wing of White House identified as cocaine, Washington Post reports
A view of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
world
Rust armourer accused of handing off cocaine after Baldwin shooting
In an undated photo provided by the Santa Fe County SheriffÕs Office shows, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Prosecutors in New Mexico said in a court filing Thursday, June 30, 2023, that the armorer who loaded the gun on the set of the film ÒRustÓ before it went off during a rehearsal, killing the cinematographer, transferred a small bag of cocaine to someone after she was interviewed by police on the day of the fatal shooting. (Santa Fe County SheriffÕs Office via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; EDITORIAL USE ONLY --
world
Cocaine market booming as meth trafficking spreads, UN report says
FILE PHOTO: Officers of Honduras' Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation carry a package containing cocaine seized during a police operation, at a presentation to the media, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
canada
B.C. and Alberta men face charges in Whitehorse drug raid
A Metro Vancouver man and another from Alberta face several charges related to a weekend drug raid in Whitehorse. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
alberta
Day parole revoked for woman convicted in death of toddler found near Edmonton church
Tasha-Lee Mack is seen in this police handout photo provided as evidence by the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. A woman convicted in the death of a 19-month-old boy found outside an Edmonton church has had her day parole revoked. Tasha-Lee Mack and her then-boyfriend Joey Crier were each charged with second-degree murder in the death of Crier's son, Anthony Joseph Raine. The toddler's lifeless body was found outside the Good Shepherd Anglican Church in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta *MANDATORY CREDIT*
alberta
Two people arrested, 90 kg of cocaine seized in undercover bust, Calgary police say
Police vehicles at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Calgary police have seized more than 90 kilograms of cocaine and arrested two men after a four-month investigation into an alleged drug trafficker. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
british columbia
Class-action lawsuit proposed for shareholders affected by Adastra cocaine claim
A Vancouver-based law firm says it has filed a proposed securities class action lawsuit on behalf of anyone who acquired shares in a B.C. company that recently announced plans to commercialize cocaine. Cocaine from a safe supply being handed out to drug users, is displayed in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
british columbia
B.C. firm walks back talk to commercialize cocaine after drawing Trudeau’s ire
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Liberal party fundraising event at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Trudeau says he is "as surprised as" B.C. Premier David Eby is after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
british columbia
B.C. premier ‘astonished’ firm got Health Canada approval to make and sell cocaine
Martin Steward holds cocaine he received from the Drug User Liberation Front, which was handing out a safe supply of illicit drugs in the Downtown Eastside to mark the five-year anniversary of British Columbia declaring a public health emergency in the overdose crisis, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Health Canada has granted a British Columbia cannabis company the right to possess, produce, sell and distribute cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
film
Cocaine Bear scores $23.1-million opening, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania shrinks fast at the box office
Keri Russell as Sari in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
canada
Winnipeg police estimate fentanyl seized in search of home worth more than $1-million
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen on Sept. 2, 2021, at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg. Police in Winnipeg say a drug-trafficking investigation that began last year has resulted in the seizure of 2.67 kilograms of fentanyl they say is worth more than $1 million.THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
canada
Pivot Airlines says plane crew detained in Dominican Republic back in Canada
From left to right, Christina Carello, Bal Krishna (BK) Dubey, Aatif Safdar, Alexander Rozov, Cpt. Robert DiVenanzo. This is a photo taken recently in the Dominican Republic when BK was sworn in as a Canadian citizen at the embassy, after his ceremony was expedited to ensure he can continue to receive consular support. They have been stuck in the DR for almost two months. Courtesy of Pivot Airlines
world
Police bring down European cocaine ‘super cartel’
FILE- This Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, file photo shows the sun bouncing off the Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
world
British Virgin Islands officials charged in drug conspiracy
world
Niger police seize 440 pounds of cocaine from mayor of town
toronto
Toronto-area cocaine ring dismantled, 22 facing 139 charges, police say
An Ontario Provincial Police crest is displayed on the arm of an officer during a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., Thursday, June 20, 2019. The OPP have asked another force to investigate a "physical confrontation" between an officer and a young person on a scooter in Gravenhurst, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
olympics
Equestrian Nicole Walker loses appeal of positive drug test at Pan Am Games
LIMA, PERU - AUGUST 09: Nicole Walker of Canada riding Falco Van Spieveld competes during equestrian Jumping Individual at Army Equestrian School on Day 14 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games on August 9, 2019 in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Raul Sifuentes/Getty Images for FEI)
sports
Canadian show-jumping team disqualified from Olympics as Walker’s doping appeal denied
LIMA, PERU - AUGUST 09: Nicole Walker Of Canada riding Falco Van Spieveld competes during equestrian Jumping Individual at Army Equestrian School on Day 14 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games on August 9, 2019 in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Raul Sifuentes/Getty Images for FEI)
world
U.S. stops ex-Colombia warlord’s deportation to Italy, sources say
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 13, 2008 Colombian paramilitary leader of the demobilized United Self-Defenses of Colombia (AUC) Salvatore Mancuso (C) aka Santander Lozada, is escorted by policemen before being extradited to the US, in Bogota. - Colombia announced on August 20, 2020 it asked the US to extradite Italian Salvatore Mancuso, former chief of the United Self-Defenses of Colombia (AUC) paramilitary group, who served a sentence for drug trafficking in a US prison. (Photo by - / Colombian National Police / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO / COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISIGN CAMPAIGNS -DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/Colombian National Police/AFP via Getty Images)
british columbia
B.C. Supreme Court strikes down Civil Forfeiture Act provision in Hells Angels case
PREMIUM - Police tape and a fence surround the Hells Angels' clubhouse in Nanaimo, British Columbia Nov. 10/07, a day after RCMP and agents from BC's Solicitor-General's office seized the property under the province's Civil Forfeiture Act. (CP Photo/Don Denton)
olympics
Canadian equestrian show jumping team dropped from Tokyo Olympics; rider Nicole Walker appealing
Canada's Nicole Walker rides Falco van Spieveld, during the Grand Prix event of the National at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, on June 8, 2019.
canada
Feds seize almost 370 pounds of cocaine headed to Canada
Seized packages of cocaine are shown in a government of Martinique handout photo
british columbia
RCMP seize drugs, $350K, arrest two men, during raids in Kamloops, B.C.
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis grow in Gardena, Calif. California is increasing business tax rates on legal marijuana, a move that stunned struggling companies that have been pleading with the state to do just the opposite. Hefty marijuana taxes that can approach 50 percent in some communities have been blamed for pushing shoppers into California's tax-free illegal market, which is thriving. Industry analysts estimate that $3 are spent in the illegal market for every $1 in the legal one. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)