An alleged Colombian Drug Cartel in rural Canterbury was exposed after fifty kilograms of cocaine were seized in New Zealand and overseas as the 10-month police investigation dubbed Operation Mist ended with multiple arrests.
Colombia's President Ivan Duque has high hopes for the medical marijuana industry despite the ongoing drug war in his country and considers it a different story than cocaine.
Colombia's President Ivan Duque likened the arrest of Gulf Clan leader Dairo Antonio Usuga to the capture of late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar three decades ago.
After nine-month surveillance, the anti-narcotics teams in Turkey's capital Ankara revealed the drug pipeline between the drug cartels in Colombia and Turkey, authorities said.
The southwestern province of Valle del Cauca in Colombia witnessed the ninth massacre in the region after residents from the town of Tulua found the victims on Sunday, increasing the number of massacres in the region.
One of Colombia's Navy operations resulted in the seizure of 1.8 tonnes of cocaine being transported onboard a semi-submersible vessel in the south Pacific.
Authorities in the Central American nation seized 4.3 tons of cocaine which were originally produced by drug cartels in Colombia, Costa Rican authorities stated on Sunday.
After working with their counterparts in Panama and the United States, Colombian authorities seized 5.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $185 million, Colombia's Navy stated Wednesday.
A court in Colombia has accused 10 military members and a civilian of being involved in the forced disappearance of 24 people and murdering at least 120.
The government of Colombia offered a reward amounting to nearly $800,000, in exchange for the information on the attack of President Ivan Duque's helicopter.
At least 36 people were injured in Colombia after car bomb explosions took place at a military base near the country's border with Venezuela on Tuesday.
