Police say the drugs – enough to supply New Zealand for 30 years- were probably destined for Australia.
Opposition wins mayoral races in two largest cities, adding to the president’s woes.
Manila had argued it was conducting its own investigation into deaths under the controversial policy.
Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021.
Dairo Antonio Usuga David, or ‘Otoniel’, was leader of the Gulf Clan, one of Colombia’s largest paramilitary groups.
After decades of fumigating and pulling up coca plants, Gustavo Petro announces drop in forced crop eradication goals.
Large hauls of crystal meth were smuggled inside tea and coffee packages and hidden in secret compartments of vehicles.
101 East investigates the Singaporean government’s claims that the death penalty deters drug trafficking.
Teenage mother and baby shot dead ‘assassination style’ in attack likely linked to a gang or drug cartel, sheriff says.
Almost 500,000 methamphetamine pills found after clash between Thai forces and suspected smugglers in Thailand’s north.
Ten soldiers among those killed during arrest of drug kingpin’s son, which sparks violence by cartel, government says.
Cartels have sometimes unleashed violence on cities in retaliation for the arrest of prominent cartel figures.
Authorities ask hundreds of senior officers to resign in government crackdown on police involved in drugs trade.
President Petro has asserted that five armed groups, including the ELN, committed to six months of peace through June.
