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Drug-related killings soar
Afghans seize 'largest drug haul'


June 2008 ... more > Top ^

Jun. 11   Southern Afghanistan
  Afghan police working with British special forces have uncovered a drugs stash of 237 tonnes of hashish, world's biggest seizure of drugs


May 2008 ... more > Top ^

May.23   Mexico
  Mexico's attorney general: The number of murders linked to organised crime has jumped by almost 50% so far this year to 1,378
May.7   Washington
  Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo, known in Colombia as 'Macaco', pleaded not guilty to drug-trafficking charges in a court after his extradition


April 2008 ... more > Top ^

Apr.29   Colombia Major trafficker killed
  Police killed Miguel Angel Mejia, for whose capture the U.S. government offered a $5 million reward


February 2008 ... more > Top ^

Feb.18   Colombia Soldiers convicted of killing drug cops
  A lieutenant colonel and 14 soldiers were convicted of murdering 10 elite counternarcotics police agents in an ambush Feb.5   Southern Afghanistan More opium likely in Afghan south
  The amount of opium poppy cultivated in volatile provinces will increase this year, according to an annual UN assessment Feb.4   Afghanistan Report urges Afghan farmer boost  A new report on drugs trade urges more investment to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers Feb.2   Venezuela Top Colombia drug lord killed   A man shot to death in the Andean city of Merida is Wilber Varela, one of Colombia's most-wanted drug lords

January 2008 ... more > Top ^

Jan.16   Southern California Ike Turner overdosed on cocaine  Soul legend, who died last month at the age of 76, was killed by a cocaine overdose, coroners have established

year 2007 Top ^

Benazir Bhutto assassinated Nov.22   European Union Steep rise in Europe cocaine use  An annual report on drug use says 4.5 million Europeans are likely to have used cocaine in the past year, a million more than in 2006 Aid stopped after kidnap Oct.2   Washington US claims success in war on drugs  John Walters, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has said anti-drug efforts are having the best results of the past 20 year... Sep.3   Colombia Military: Key rebel Caracas killed  Medina Caracas, the fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment, was killed in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment Aug.27   Afghanistan Afghan opium at record high   UN: opium production in Afghanistan has soared to record levels, with an increase on last year of more than 1/3 Aug.7   Sao Paulo Alleged Colombian drug lord arrested  Ramirez Abadia wanted by the United States was arrested in a luxury condominium Jul.19   Colombia 'Drug baron' sent to US  Colombia has extradited Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante, 49, to the US, where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering Jun.27   Rio de Janeiro Police kill 13 suspected drug traffickers  A huge operation aimed at ending a war between authorities and gangs that has raged for nearly 2 months in a slum Jun.25   Afghanistan Afghan opium production 'soars' May.24   Switzerland Arson suspected in synagogue fire May.1   Colombia Colombia cuts drugs haul figure Mar.19   Panama 19.4 tons of cocaine seized Mar.17   Mexico Drug raid targets police Mar.11   Colombia   Bush thanks Colombia for drug aid
  US President has thanked President Alvaro Uribe for his support in the anti-drugs war

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Dec.20   Venezuela Chavez demands US 'drug apology'
Dec.14   Mexico Soldiers kill drug traffickers  Soldiers killed several traffickers in a gunbattle near Aguililla in the rugged mountains of western Mexico Dec.11   Mexico Troops sent to fight drugs Nov.3   USA Sex-row pastor 'bought drugs' Oct.6   Mexico Police 'probed on drugs' Sep.26   Florida Colombian drug lords jailed Sep.13   Kenya Kenya now cocaine trafficking hub Sep.2   Afghanistan Huge rise in Afghan opium Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move Apr.11   Mexico Drugs seized on plane from Venezuela Mar.7   Afghanistan Fight to stem bumper opium crop Mar.1   France 'Tennis drugs' trial opens Feb.19   Italy Police find syringes at Olympics

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Dec.1   Singapore Young Australian hanged
  Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia
Nov.19   Peru Ex-airline owner arrested on drug charges  The US has labeled Fernando Zevallos as a cocaine kingpin and chargef him of drug trafficking, homicide May.21   Kabul   Afghan president pressed on opium  US officials say Karzai is partly responsible for the failure of poppy eradication efforts

year 2004 Top ^

Agency halts aid projects after kidnap Apr.16   Colombia Cocaine found on U.S.-bound Navy ship Feb.12   Washington 4 charged over designer steroid

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Dec.20   Gulf US stops 'al-Qaeda drugs boats'
  2 Arab sailing boats carrying illegal drugs have been seized in the northern Arabian Sea Suicide bomb kills 4 U.S. soldiers


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Jun.26   China China kills 57 on anti-drug day  Thousands of spectators attended a rally at a stadium where 20 were sentenced to death to mark a U.N. anti-drug day. Apr.10   Colombia FARC commander sought

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