For a long time, the war on drugs has relied on the ‘kingpin strategy’ – take out the big guns, and a syndicate will fall apart. That’s proving to be a flawed approach.
For the 800 000 residents of Culiacán, a city in northwestern Mexico, violence is an almost daily part of their lives.
The world’s most popular online drug market, Empire Market, has mysteriously disappeared and enquiring minds want to know why.
Dozens of children have been issued with punishments harsher than those dealt out to adults, for similar crimes.
In July last year, Carte Blanche looked into the so-called ‘Drug Squad’, which was a fake organisation run by a conman. It appears that old habits die hard.
Those chaps aren’t wearing face masks because they’re conscientious, and want to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 to those around them.
Police in Italy intercepted “the largest drug haul in the world” hidden in paper cylinders.
Before El Chapo, there was Griselda Blanco – a Colombian ‘queenpin’ commonly known as the ‘Godmother of Cocaine’.
Early on Sunday morning, a truck carrying an estimated R30 million worth of cocaine was intercepted en route to Cape Town. The Hawks, along with the driver, deserve a great deal of credit.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a truck transporting cocaine was intercepted en route to Cape Town.
A new series coming to Netflix takes a look inside the world of celebs and their adventures in psychedelics.
A video has been doing the rounds on social media of a man violating lockdown, and bragging about drug use with some colourful language.
US authorities have uncovered another border tunnel between America and Mexico, and this one contained a massive drug haul.
Drug dealers in the UK aren’t going to let a little thing like a global pandemic get in the way of the hustle.
A synthetic drug has made its way into schools in Durban, causing panic in some communities.
Just by scanning a person’s fingerprints, the test can tell whether that person has handled, or used, cocaine.
Tetrahydrocannabiphorol, or THCP, is a newly discovered weed compound that could deliver a serious knockout punch.
This past weekend, a 19-year-old man has died, and a number of people were taken to hospital, after taking MDMA pills with the distinctive ‘Red Bull’ branding on them.
US authorities have found what they say is the longest drug-smuggling tunnel ever discovered on the south-west border of Mexico.
At a certain age, you start to take pride in your Christmas jumpers. I’m not sure everyone would approve of these efforts, though.
A funeral in Germany ended on a high note when mourners were accidentally served hash cake after the service.
If you enjoyed watching ‘Breaking Bad’, consider this a look at the real-life Heisenbergs who are cooking up a crisis.
If you thought your sewage was free from scrutiny, think again. Scientists are using it to figure out which drugs are the most popular worldwide.
A four-year-old boy who was with his mom when she was caught smuggling drugs into Mauritius has been returned to South Africa.
Not only have you wasted a bunch of money, and talked utter nonsense to some poor soul you trapped in the corner, but you’ve also contributed towards ruining the environment.
Police raided a home in Italy, where they found a secret door in the shower that led to a serious stash of marijuana.
If SAA was hoping to rehabilitate its reputation, this recent drug bust in Hong Kong isn’t doing them any favours.
The US Coast Guard loves a good drug bust, and law enforcement is pretty chuffed with the haul from their latest submarine discovery.
With the Ashes urn remaining in Australia, at least the Brits are winning when it comes to another type of powder.
Back in 2011, Nobanda Nolubabalo was busted trying to smuggle 650g of cocaine in Bangkok. Now she’s coming home.