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Crime bosses helped 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin and one of country's most wanted evade with dodgy passports

Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, were caught providing fraudulently-obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals in a covert sting.

Manchester Evening News

Cocaine use has risen across Europe, study shows

Cocaine use has increased across Europe, an EU-wide wastewater study showed on Wednesday, with the highest levels of residues found in Belgium, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands.

Reuters

Ayrshire health staff given advice on how to help cocaine users

Health staff were trained on how to help cocaine users at the special event.

Daily Record

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Passport gang who helped 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin evade capture

The gang's masterminds were found guilty for supplying fraudulent passports to the likes of "Premier League" Scouse cocaine kingpin Michael Moogan

Liverpool Echo

Everton star dubbed "Goodison Gazza" who retired at 21 and lost 25 years to cocaine

Billy Kenny won the man of the match award in the Premier League's first Merseyside derby before depression and addiction took hold and ruined 25 years of his life

Daily Mirror

'I am surprised I am alive' - Everton star retired at 21, lost years to cocaine but turned life around after tragedy

Billy Kenny had tried everything to get clean. In the end it took the sadness of his mum's death to provide the turning point after drink and drugs destroyed his career

Liverpool Echo

Drugs gang run by mum and two sons uncovered after police raid Alderley Edge home

Julie Finney, 48, Marcus Finney, 28, and Dylan Hepburn, 19, all appeared at Chester Crown court where they were sentenced for conspiracy to supply Class A (cocaine) and conspiracy to supply Class B (cannabis) drugs

Manchester Evening News

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Teenager found with heroin and crack cocaine in Cardiff park

Mohammed Radman, 18, also had a lock knife, which he said had been given to him by those asking him to sell drugs

Wales Online

Thieving barmaid stole £34k from grieving grandad to spend on 14-month 'almighty bender'

Nicole Taylor from Lancashire pilfered thousands from her grandad's life savings in a 14-month campaign to fund an 'almighty bender', involving cocaine, holidays, takeaways, and tattoos

Daily Mirror

Woman stole £34k from her Grandad for cocaine, tattoos and takeaways

He told the thief "your grandmother would be ashamed of you"

Liverpool Echo

Thief took £34k from her grieving 'granddad' and spent it on cocaine and holidays

Nicole Taylor's 'grandfather' was mourning his wife and had been diagnosed with dementia

Wales Online

Grieving family told 'remember Connor for the person you know and love'

An inquest found Connor Allan Jones died as a result of cocaine toxicity

Liverpool Echo

Benwell and Walker cocaine dealers jailed after police stop and search at petrol station

Sultan Miah, of Benwell and Craig Smith, of Walker, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply after they were caught in Gateshead

Chronicle Live

Scots roofer who dealt drugs for crime gang caught red-handed with cocaine worth almost £100k

Gareth Speirs was caught and faces jail time following the discovery of the Class A drugs.

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Dublin Live

Ireland among countries with the most cocaine users in the world

The study warns that a growing number of children as young as 10 to 14-years-old are taking part in "intimidation practices" such as throwing stones at houses and damaging cars

Irish Mirror

Revenue officers seize millions worth of cocaine hidden in freight unit in Rosslare

It was hidden in the overhead area of the cab when a Latvian-registered freight unit

Wales Online

Award-winning barber caught dealing drugs

Anthony Hancock, 37, was detained by police in Swansea and was found in possession of cocaine worth more than £1,000

Dynamite News

Brazilian passenger arrested with 85 cocaine capsules at Delhi airport

Customs officials seized 85 oval-shaped capsules of cocaine worth nearly Rs 11.28 Crore at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Liverpool Echo

House raided after man 'spotted selling drugs' by police

Cannabis, cocaine, and cash were all found by police

Manchester Evening News

Drugs baron who flooded UK with cocaine entered crime at 'Premier League level' and became one of the country's most wanted

Michael Moogan was jailed for 12 years for helping to import 62 kilos of the class A drug

Tribune News Service

Cocaine production, smuggling on the rise after pandemic-related slowdown

Cocaine production and trafficking is surging around the world after slowing down considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bristol Post

Three dealers jailed at Bristol Crown Court after M5 stop led police to cash and drugs

A judge described the operation as a 'high-level criminal network'

Liverpool Echo

Sophisticated drug gang smuggled cocaine and cannabis in modified cars

Liverpool man Joshua Brizell was intercepted travelling to North Wales and linked to the gang bosses through his phone's postcode searches

France 24

Cocaine production hits record high as post-Covid demand picks up in Europe

Global production of cocaine has jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the first report dedicated to the global cocaine market from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Liverpool Echo

'Premier League' cocaine kingpin fled the country after Dutch 'cartel café' bugged

Michael Moogan was introduced to two shadowy brothers operating out of the now notorious Café de Ketel

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