Drugs

Investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests worldwide and the seizure of hundreds of tons of drugs, French, Dutch and European Union prosecutors said Tuesday.…

The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council said GCC countries are making a significant effort to combat illegal drugs, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. GCC Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi was speaking on the occasion of UN…

Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, carried out an inspection of new scanners at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut on Friday. The scanners, donated by Germany, have been installed in the cargo shipment, goods…

The Jordanian army said on Friday that units on the country’s eastern border shot down a drone carrying weapon parts from Syria. Border guards, in coordination with other security agencies, spotted the drone and downed it on Jordan’s…

Tighter security measures by customs authorities at Cairo International Airport have helped thwart several smuggling attempts, officials said. Separate attempts to smuggle memory cards, drugs and swords into Egypt were foiled at terminal…

Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America, they said on Saturday. Police seized two suspect containers at the port of Piraeus…

Italian police arrested 40 people on Tuesday in a new crackdown targeting the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs trafficking with counterparts in Latin America using shadow networks of Chinese money brokers. “Today’s raid…

Peruvian anti-drug police seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag on the outside and the name Hitler printed in low relief. The discovery occurred in the port of Paita, on Peru’s northern Pacific…

On December 8, 2021, at Rattanawapi Naval Station, Rattanawapi District, Nong Khai Province, admiral Sombat Jutanom Commander of the Mekong River, Lt. Gen., Putipong Musikul Nong Khai Police Chief, Panutat Thipwong Panutat Thipwongthong,…

In a discussion held with senior political, economic, and sports figures, Iraq's Minister of Youth and Sport Adnan Dirjal has shed light on the unprecedented challenges that threaten youths and the reality of the sport. He attributed the…