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Is this what happens generations after your country sponsored the world's first #narcotics #traffickers on a global scale?🤔 #opiumwars
#colonialist 👇

Large bags full of possessions are not allowed by the Vinaya. Monks/nuns are allowed only one small shoulder bag/purse. If lay people want to send school supplies and sweets to another country, they should either use the Post or use their own airline baggage.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Monks-nabbed-at-BIA-with-over-110kg-of-narcotics/108-338755
#buddhism #vinaya #monk #nun #drugs #narcotics #post #mail #airtravel #airlines #baggage #luggage

Monks nabbed at BIA with over 110kg of narcotics - Breaking News | Daily Mirror

A group of young monks pursuing higher education in various institutions across Sri Lanka has been apprehended at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for allegedly smuggling a large stock of narcotics into the country. ..

Salim Dola, Dawood syndicate drug lord behind Rs 5,000 crore empire, arrested in Turkey. India plans UAE extradition to dismantle ISI-funded narco-terror network -- major blow to Pakistan-backed smuggling. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/salim-dola-arrest-in-turkey-delivers-major-blow-to-dawood-ibrahim-syndicate-seo3g8jm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Underworld #Narcotics #Interpol #CBI #NationalSecurity

#Pakistan is becoming a major center for terrorism and #narcotics production!

Opium and other narcotics are widely cultivated in Gulistan, Qila Abdullah, Chaman, Toba and many other areas of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Now there is a war over the lands of tribals who ...

Source: Hafiz Umari (@HafizUmari313)
[ https://x.com/HafizUmari313/status/2044086802655420679 ]

#Afghanistan #Pakistan

#OperationPandora nets three #Swedes tied to darknet #narcotics
"Lind, arrested at a rented house in Bangkok, had lived in #Thailand for ~13 years.. Swedish & Australian authorities requested Thailand's assistance in locating te suspects, believed to be key figures behind #darknet platforms. Te sites controlled >80% of te #European #online #drug market & facilitated shipments to #Australia. EU police earlier seized >1000kg of drugs linked to te network"
#deport #blacklist
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3212183/operation-pandora-nets-three-swedes-tied-to-darknet-narcotics

#OTD (Mar 01) in 1926, federal officials drop a years-old #narcotics charge against Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Kerala Excise and police say MDMA inflow has surged over eight years but the source remains unknown. Lack of interstate coordination, small-scale labs and deportation of foreign accused hamper probes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/where-are-the-factories-kerala-excise-police-struggle-to-trace-mdma-source-he112dcr?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Kerala #MDMA #DrugTrafficking #Narcotics #Excise

Authorities in #Estonia have released a Bahamian-flagged container ship stopped earlier on suspicion of drug #smuggling. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board found no #narcotics on board the vessel, which was en route from #Ecuador to #Russia.

https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-no-drugs-found-on-stopped-container-ship/

Estonia: No drugs found on stopped container ship

Estonian authorities have released a Bahamian-flagged container ship stopped earlier on suspicion of drug smuggling, ERR reports. The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (EMTA) found no narcotics on board…

Via Baltica