Cocaine

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    Mother dies after bag of cocaine explodes in her stomach before boarding a flight

    An inquest has concluded that a teacher and mother-of-three accidentally killed herself after swallowing a bag of cocaine before boarding a flight at Manchester Airport. According to the BBC, Victoria Buchanan, 42, is thought to have ingested the

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  • ScienceAOL

    Are eels in the River Thames high on cocaine?

    People are grappling with the possibility that eels in London's famous river are getting high off of the cocaine-loaded sewer water than enters the waterway during storms. Research by a team at King's College London found that Londoners

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    Smugglers hide half a tonne of cocaine in frozen strawberries

    Authorities in Colombia have seized half a tonne of cocaine smuggled in frozen strawberries. Blocks of cocaine were hidden with frozen strawberry pulp bound for Europe, reports Reuters. See also: Woman caught smuggling £47k of cocaine in

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    UK's biggest-ever cocaine haul: £500 million worth seized from boat

    Cocaine believed to be worth more than £500 million has been recovered from a ship intercepted at sea in what is believed to be the UK's biggest class-A drug seizure. More than three tonnes of the drug were recovered from the MV Hamal in

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  • BusinessAOL

    Huge cocaine haul for Aldi store

    Aldi workers have uncovered several parcels of cocaine - about 140kg worth secreted in Aldi banana crates - with a street value as much as €12m. It's the second largest drugs find in the city of Berlin for almost 20 years - and a

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    Drug driving to become criminal offence next year

    Drivers who are under the influence of drugs are set to be prosecuted as part of a 'zero-tolerance crackdown' as of next year. The new offence of driving or being in control of a vehicle with a specified controlled drug in the body is

  • LifestyleAOL

    Coop staff find cocaine inside banana crates

    Staff at a Coop in Denmark were somewhat surprised when they opened crates of bananas from Columbia, because nestling in among the fruit was 220lbs of cocaine. The company contacted the police and their banana supplier, but so far no arrests