Drug traffickers using commercial flights halted by international coalition
Coordinated efforts by Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Eurojust and Europol, have resulted in the arrest of 21 suspected members
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Drugs
Smuggling of drugs and narcotics
The largest synthetic drug lab located to date in Navarre has been dismantled
The Civil Guard and the Foral Police have dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the manufacture, adulteration, storage and distribution
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Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand into Europe: Europol highlights growing threat
Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand in Europe has seen a sharp rise, driven by oversupply in legal markets
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An international drug trafficking organization that operated as a money laundering network for organized crime has been dismantled
The organization, based in Spain and linked to prominent figures in international drug trafficking, smuggled cocaine into Europe from Colombia
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New York man arrested after CBP officers seize 65 pounds of khat in passenger baggage at Dulles Airport
A New York City man is facing felony drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered 65 pounds
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Ketamine among more than 12 kg of drugs seized at Madrid airport in operation co-led by Frontex
Ketamine, cannabis and a substance resembling toxic mushrooms, some of it hidden inside shoe boxes, were seized at Madrid airport
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More than 156 tonnes of drugs seized and dozens of criminal networks dismantled in a global operation co-led by Frontex
More than 156 tonnes of drugs were seized and over 490 people arrested in an international operation that dismantled dozens
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Chilean Customs adds new drug seizures in Ollagüe and detects more than 7 kilos in three operations
The findings correspond to cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride and ketamine, which were transported through false bottoms in suitcases and different
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Over 490 arrests. More than 156 tonnes of drugs seized. 35 countries working as one
Operation ATLAS NEXUS, led by the Belgian Federal Police and jointly coordinated by EMPACT MTCNI (Operational Action 6.1), Frontex, and
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Four members of a drugs smuggling gang who were part of a plot to import cannabis worth £13.8 million into the UK via Birmingham Airport have been sentenced
The NCA investigated the group, who were arrested by Border Force officers in 2024 when the class B drugs were
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478 kilos of hashish seized hidden in a truck on the AP-15 in Navarra
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested a person for a crime against public health of drug trafficking after locating 478
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They were intended for sale during the holidays: Chilean Customs intercepts more than 150 kilos of cocaine in Quillagua
The substances were hidden in a false bottom of a truck. The shipment, distributed in 142 packages, was destined for
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19-year-old woman placed under house arrest for international and domestic trafficking of dangerous drugs
A 19-year-old woman was arrested and is being investigated for committing crimes of international and domestic trafficking of dangerous drugs. The
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Chilean Customs officials detect ketamine strapped to a passenger’s body at Diego Aracena Airport in Iquique
The procedure originated from an alert issued by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC), which, in accordance with established
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1,283 kilos of cocaine intercepted hidden in a shipment of coconuts in Seville
The Spanish Civil Guard and the Tax Agency have seized 1,238 kilos of cocaine hidden in a shipment of coconuts
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Chilean Customs alert allowed the detection of more than 100 shipments associated with poppers to dismantle a clandestine laboratory
Following coordinated work with the PDI (Chilean Investigative Police) and the Western Criminal Analysis Prosecutor’s Office, a group dedicated to
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US CBP officers seize more than $25 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $25,167,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine concealed
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More than 4.5 kilos of cocaine base and other illicit substances were detected during checks in Antofagasta, Chile
Officials from the Antofagasta Regional Customs Office also seized 347 cartons of cigarettes and more than 390 articles of clothing
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