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News just in: Actress Anne Heche declared BRAIN DEAD
lifestyle

Autopsy reveals cocaine in Anne Heche’s system at time of crash

cocaine
News

Cocaine worth over R29 MILLION found – declared as hair pieces

Watch R75m cocaine shipment from SA seized in the UK video
News

WATCH: Cocaine shipment from SA seized in the UK [VIDEO]

News just in: Actress Anne Heche declared BRAIN DEAD
Celeb News

Autopsy reveals cocaine in Anne Heche’s system at time of crash

cocaine
News

Cocaine worth over R29 MILLION found – declared as hair pieces

Watch R75m cocaine shipment from SA seized in the UK video
News

WATCH: Cocaine shipment from SA seized in the UK [VIDEO]

international drug
News

International drug ring to face racketeering charges in Pretoria

By Storm Simpson01-11-2022 16:41

The Hawks have identified Israeli national, Ahmed Isa, and two Lithuanians, Donates Jukna and Jonas Zulpha, as suspects who remain at large.

Hawks boat cocaine
News

Hawks, FBI and Australian Feds arrest international drug ring members – ‘kingpin’ in their sights

By Storm Simpson01-11-2022 10:20

The suspects are allegedly part of a drug ring smuggling cocaine between Brazil and South Africa, said the Hawks.

woman drugs
News

Woman arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine worth R1.4m into SA

By Storm Simpson17-10-2022 10:30

The 23-year-old allegedly brought the cocaine to South Africa on a flight from Brazil via Doha, Qatar. She was arrested on Saturday.

SK Khoza
Celeb News

‘I got a video of you doing drugs’: Gogo Maweni to SK Khoza [watch]

By Nokuthula Ngcobo12-10-2022 13:11

Gogo Maweni opened up about allegedly doing ‘coke’ with her baby daddy and actor SK Khoza, who she says wanted her to abort their son.

man
News

Man flying from Dubai tried to bring R2.4m in ‘coke’ to Cape Town

By Storm Simpson05-10-2022 08:45

The Cape Town Narcotics Unit received a tip-off and searched passengers as they disembarked from the flight. The cocaine was covered with chocolate sweet wrappers.

Bongani Fassie
Celeb News

‘The cocaine stuff is true’: Bongani Fassie slapped with R6m lawsuit

By Nokuthula Ngcobo24-08-2022 18:44

‘I want to find out where my R25 million went to. He has got a fight coming’: Bongani Fassie denies receiving a summons from Lance Stehr.

woman cocaine singapore
News

SA woman bound for Singapore arrested with cocaine at O.R. Tambo

By Storm Simpson22-08-2022 11:15

The woman in her late twenties aroused the suspicions of airport staff with her behaviour. A brick of cocaine was found in her belongings.

anne heche
Celeb News

BREAKING: Actress Anne Heche dies week after horror crash

By Cornelia Le Roux12-08-2022 22:22

US actress Anne Heche has passed away after she was comatosed and critically injured in a fiery car crash in Los Angeles exactly a week ago.

cape town cocaine
News

Cape Town metro cops find 30 packets of coke in sock driver threw from car

By Storm Simpson06-08-2022 19:13

‘The officers pulled over the vehicle, and as they approached, the driver threw a sock out of the car window,’ said Cape Town Metro Police.

Hawks cocaine
News

Hawks make R400m cocaine bust in Cape Town – three arrested [pics]

By Storm Simpson05-08-2022 10:15

The Cape Town-bound cocaine was found hidden in false wooden boards in the back of the truck. The suspects will appear in court on Monday.

durban hawks cocaine
News

Hawks seize 265 bricks of cocaine from vessel in Durban Harbour

By Storm Simpson21-06-2022 15:47

The cocaine shipment was found aboard a vessel ferrying trucks after a tip-off to the Hawks and police on Saturday.

Zoleka Mandela
Celeb News

‘I had my first drink at the age of 9’: Zoleka Mandela is proud of her sobriety

By Nokuthula Ngcobo15-06-2022 15:59

‘I had my last drink and the last cocaine binge at the age of 30’: Zoleka Mandela is looking forward to celebrating 12 years of sobriety.

Danger
Celeb News

Wrong side of the law: Big NUZ member, Danger, arrested in Durban

By Nokuthula Ngcobo10-06-2022 10:23

Danger, who is a member of Big NUZ, will be appearing at the Durban Magistrate’s Court after he was reportedly arrested in Amanzimtoti.

Drug market
Lifestyle

‘A dynamic drug market’: Cocaine and meth use on the rise in Europe

By AFP06-05-2022 14:33

Europe is facing record levels of drug availability increased by violence, corruption and
record levels of trafficking.

Nespresso cocaine
Lifestyle

Coffee and coke? Cocaine found in delivery to Nespresso plant

By AFP06-05-2022 14:13

Police in Switzerland seize more than 500 kilograms from a shipment of coffee beans from Brazil delivered to a Nespresso plant.

Prince Kaybee pranks fans with video
Celeb News

‘Prince Pablo’? Kaybee teases fans with ‘cocaine’ video [watch]

By Megan van den Heever09-02-2022 09:53

*Watch till the end*: Prince Kaybee shocked fans with a video on social media in which he appears to be handling drug paraphernalia.

Tragedy: Seventeen dead, 56 in
News

Tragedy: Seventeen dead, 56 in critical condition after taking laced cocaine in Argentina

By Agence France-Presse03-02-2022 04:45

At least 17 people died and 56 more were hospitalized in a northwestern suburb of Buenos Aires after consuming cocaine cut with a toxic substance, possibly opioids, authorities said Wednesday.

Bonang
Celeb News

‘Courts are open’: Is Bonang’s R500k lawsuit against Rea Gopane loading?

By Alicia Naidoo19-01-2022 09:22

Media personality Bonang Matheba is not done with YouTuber Rea Gopane after he accused her of introducing rapper AKA to drugs.

jeffreys bay cocaine beach
Offbeat

White Christmas? SAPS baffled as R20m of cocaine washes up on beach

By Tom Head15-12-2021 16:53

The answer to this crime might be right under SAPS’ nose, after a huge batch of cocaine washed up on Jeffrey’s Bay beach today.

international drug
KwaZulu-Natal

A whopping 600kg of cocaine recovered in Durban harbour

By Corné van Zyl01-12-2021 00:49

The Hawks recovered a whopping 600kg of cocaine in an MSC vessel sailing, transporting wooden flooring board containers in the Durban harbour.

West Africa: A growing drug-tr
Africa News

West Africa: A growing drug-trafficking hub

By Agence France-Presse15-10-2021 11:39

Gl said in April that smugglers traffic a variety of drugs across the Sahara, but that “cocaine is by far the most profitable […]

Glastonbury Festival: High lev
Environment

Glastonbury Festival: High levels of illegal drugs in river harm fish

By AFP30-09-2021 18:08

The damagingly high levels of cocaine in the Whitelake River that runs through the Glastonbury Festival grounds, interfere with the life cycles of the rare and protected European eel.

Tokyo Police at Olympic Village
World News

Cocaine: Four Olympic contractors held in Tokyo over drug use

By AFP13-07-2021 09:00

Four Olympic contractors have been arrested in Tokyo for alleged drug (cocaine) use, police and Games organisers said on Tuesday.

‘Some coke would help’: Bruce
Celeb News

‘Some coke would help’: Bruce Lee’s letters to actor expose drug use

By Alicia Naidoo12-07-2021 11:52

Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee was a ‘secret drug user’, according to letters he sent to actor Robert Baker. Here’s what we know.

drug bust
News

Drug Bust: Now police seize R400m cocaine hidden in ski-boat

By Lyse Comins03-06-2021 10:23

Police swooped on a suspect and seized almost a tonne of cocaine that was being transported in the hull of a boat along the N1.

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