Members of the Rastafarian community have started a lucrative dagga business in the Eastern Cape.
The US Coast Guard chased down a boat crew of drug smugglers, who decided it wasn’t worth holding on to the evidence.
Marc Batchelor appears to have made many dangerous enemies, but a massive cocaine consignment disappearance may hold some clues to his death.
Drug smugglers are always coming up with creative ways to outsmart authorities. This guy clearly didn’t get that memo.
The Australian police found 384 kilograms of cocaine hidden in an unlikely transport vehicle on route to New South Wales.
This video of a US Coast Guardsman taking down a narco-submarine is straight out of a Hollywood action film.
Desperate parents are being conned out of thousands of rands by a man who claims to be able to help their drug-addicted children.
The latest wonder drug to hit the market will cost you a serious wad of cash, and could set a worrying precedent.
Spare a thought for these shrimp, living off bespoke, artisanal scraps after moving to the country to avoid the temptations of big city living, who are now being plied with drugs.
Venezuela may be collapsing but their cocaine trafficking isn’t. In fact, it’s soaring – literally.
One man sets out to find a legendary $2 million stash of cocaine reportedly hidden on an island in the Caribbean, and it’s all action right from the start.
A new documentary investigates the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes.
If you’re thinking of getting into the drug trafficking game, Posh Pete’s story should be of interest to you. I think we can all learn some lessons here.
El Chapo looks set to spend the rest of his life behind bars, which has created a gap in the cartel market. Enter El Mencho, who will do anything to win that battle.
Italian police are pretty chuffed with their latest massive cocaine bust, where they managed to get one over the smugglers with some crafty work.
The British are very fond of their cocaine at the moment, with an increase in younger users, and the drug seems to turn up everywhere.
Walter White’s descent from schoolteacher to drug kingpin is the stuff of legend. Looks he inspired a few copycats, too.
Golden Mtika looks into nyaope, the drug cocktail that combines heroin, rat poison or antiretrovirals which is plaguing South Africa’s townships.
We were always going to keep a close eye on what was happening over in Brooklyn, as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman stands trial on a number of charges, but the case really is delivering the goods.
The SAPS have arrested three people in separate incidents of alleged drug smuggling at OR Tambo International Airport.
Other than the drugs and the smuggling and the ruthless killings, drug cartel leaders are just like normal people. Let’s take a look at El Chapo’s texts.
What are the most addictive substances in the world? According to one landmark study, these five come out tops.
In the heart of Jozi’s Randburg is a café, openly operating as the first “official” venue to sell dagga in South Africa.
The trial of Joaquin ”El Chapo” Guzman has reached the one-month stage, and it has had plenty of fireworks along the way.
When Tiger’s infidelities were laid bare in 2009, Jamie Jungers shot to prominence. Things haven’t exactly gone to plan since then.
Jesús Zambada García was the Sinaloa cartel’s chief accountant for more than 15 years, and he is now singing for his freedom and exposing his old boss.
Yesterday was day one in the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Prosecutors wasted no time in going for the jugular.
Joaquin Guzmán, or El Chapo as he is known around the world, is about to go on trial. Spare a thought for the jurors who will have to decide his fate.
After Gary Lee Smith was busted for smuggling drugs in Brazil, he spent four years in some of the country’s most infamous prisons.
Many travellers venture deep into the Amazon to experience an ayahuasca ceremony. Now, thanks to VR, that’s been made a little easier.