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Colombia seizes 12 tons of cocaine, its biggest ever haul
Police seized more than 12 tons of cocaine from Colombia’s top crime gang on Nov. 8, the biggest haul ever in the nation’s long-running fight against drug trafficking, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
A Record 12 Tonnes of Cocaine were Captured in Colombia
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced the capture of 12 tonnes of cocaine - a historic record for the country, which according to UN data is the world's largest producer of this drug, the France press reported.
Major cocaine trafficking ring busted
A crime ring that imported large quantities of cocaine into Greece from Colombia has been unraveled, police said on Monday.
Four members of the gang - a 47-year-old Greek and three Albanians aged, 29, 30 and 49 - were arrested in Athens and the central Greek town of Larissa. Another 40-year-old accomplice, also from Albania, is being sought.
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Lithuanian Authorities Seized 600 kg of Cocaine Worth EUR 49 Million
Lithuania's customs office said it had seized 600 kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador, France press reported.
Cocaine worth 24.5 million Turkish Liras seized from Liberia-flagged ship off Mersin
Anti-drug police seized cocaine worth 24.5 million Turkish Liras from a foreign-flagged ship as it was approaching the harbor in the southern province of Mersin on Aug. 7.
Police raided a Liberia-flagged cargo ship after a tipoff that it was carrying drugs, according to a statement from the Mersin Chief Prosecutor's Office.
Greek link in French drug haul being investigated
A motor yacht believed to have carried almost 2 tons of cocaine into France before sinking appears to belong to a young Greek with an offshore company in the Pacific, police sources have indicated.
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"Albanian gangs control drug trafficking in UK"
Violent Albanian criminal groups have "considerable control" over drug trafficking in Great Britain.
At the same time, Serbians and Turks "dominate high volume maritime cocaine logistics."
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Eleven Greeks tied to huge haul of cocaine in France
French authorities on Wednesday provided the Attica Police's narcotics division, the Hellenic Coast Guard and the Financial Crimes Squad with the names of 11 Greek nationals arrested on Tuesday in southern France in connection with a massive haul of cocaine.
According to sources, the suspects are all young men, none of whom has been previously convicted in Greece.
212 kilograms cocaine seized from ship in Istanbul
A total of 212 kilograms of cocaine were seized from a ship which was anchored in a harbor in Istanbul on June 13, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Anti-drug police conducted the search on a ship which was anchored in Ambarlı Harbor in Istanbul's Avcılar district following a tipoff.
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Greek police bust large drug network
Greek police have dismantled an 11-member drug trafficking ring in the prefect of Ilia in the Peloponnese. The gang had set up a delivery network transporting large amounts of narcotics, including cocaine and marijuana over the past six months in Amaliada and Athens. The suspects included 10 Albanian nationals aged between 22 and 40 and a 30-year-old Greek.
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