DRC drug manufacturing plan sparks safety concerns
Kinshasa – Sitting at his desk overlooking a pharmaceutical factory floor on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa,... Read more
4 Jul, 2022
PICS: R111m worth of cocaine seized from truck-ferrying vessel at Durban Habour
Cape Town – Investigations are under way after more than 260 bricks of cocaine were seized from a vessel... Read more
21 Jun, 2022
Ivory Coast arrests 30 in cocaine swoop
Abidjan – Police in Ivory Coast have arrested around 30 people after making a massive cocaine haul in two port... Read more
10 Jun, 2022
Taxi driver, 30, held after allegedly trying to smuggle heroin worth R2m from Namibia into SA
Cape Town – Police say they arrested a 30-year-old minibus driver from Philippi in Cape Town for allegedly trying... Read more
11 May, 2022
Eastern Cape drug dealer tries to burn drugs as police close in on him
Cape Town – Aliwal North police in the Eastern Cape arrested a 39-year-old suspect for possession and dealing in... Read more
7 May, 2022
Moroccan police seize record cannabis haul
Rabat – Moroccan police on Wednesday said they had seized a record haul of cannabis and arrested a man in... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Drug kingpin wanted by US escapes Colombian prison
Bogota – A notorious drug lord wanted by prosecutors in the United States escaped from a prison in Colombia... Read more
19 Mar, 2022
Nigeria seizes smuggled opioid capsules in Lagos port
Lagos – Nigeria’s narcotics agency has seized three million capsules of opioids at the main seaport in the commercial... Read more
12 Mar, 2022
As inflation bites, Nigerians turn to herbal medicines
Katsina – Despite his financial services job in the north Nigerian city of Kano, two years ago Usman Ahmad started... Read more
10 Mar, 2022
Nigeria’s ex ‘super cop’ pleads not guilty to drug charges
Abuja – A high-profile Nigerian police commander once dubbed the country’s “super cop” pleaded not guilty to drug smuggling charges... Read more
8 Mar, 2022
