The defendants were arrested last April in Austria and Slovenia, during an international police operation codenamed “Spider Web.”

Eight people have been charged for their part in the “biggest ever” cocaine ring in Sweden, in which several tons of cocaine at a value of 4.5 billion kronor ($665 million) had been imported from Colombia.

A senior official with Europol, the EU crime-busting agency, has voiced concern about "worrying" new trends in the illegal drugs market.

Men from Brazil, Santo Domingo, Paraguay stopped at Malpensa.

Gains made in tackling global use of cocaine and heroin are being offset by rising consumption of synthetic and prescription drugs, the UN says

A middle-aged drug trafficker was jailed for 18 years today for masterminding an attempted one million euro (£873,700) cocaine deal

Italian police have arrested 22 Albanians allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring.

Spanish police have arrested more than 20 British citizens in Ibiza this weekend in a major operation against drug traffickers on the holiday island

Fifteen suspects assumed to be part of Darko Šarić’s drug gang have been arrested in Slovenia, according to reports

One of Britain’s most notorious gangsters was arrested by armed police yesterday at his £8million villa on Spain’s Costa del Sol