Tag: drugs

Cocaine use high among young Norwegians

A new study suggests young Norwegian adults have the highest rate of cocaine use in Europe. Not so surprising, perhaps, given Norwegians' party culture,...

Ten men charged in narcotics network

Police in Bergen have seized large amounts of heroin and other illegal drugs, and arrested and charged 10 men in Bergen as being part...

Murders sink, drug violence soars, as ‘complex’ crime crosses borders

A total of 19 people were murdered in Norway last year, the lowest number of registered homicides since 1990. At the same time, though,...

Høiby’s grandmother paid his court costs

Questions have been raised lately in Norway over where the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been getting the money to pay for his...

Customs officers seize more cocaine

Someone keeps trying to smuggle cocaine into Norway, hidden in more boxes of bananas from South America. Customs agents and police seized 147 kilos...

Cocaine use keeps rising in Oslo

An international analysis of wastewater from sewage systems in more than 100 European cities reveals that cocaine use in Oslo has tripled in just...

Member of Parliament faces drug charges

A Member of Parliament for Norway's conservative Progress Party has been charged with bringing what police call "a small amount of narcotics" into the...

More cocaine seized in Oslo

Workers at Norway's fruit and produce importer Bama in Oslo found another stash of cocaine hidden within crates of bananas this summer. It's the...

Russ on the loose again, and in hospital

Norway's graduating high school seniors known as russ (roughly prounced "roose") have once again launched their annual season of wild partying, and it immediately landed...

Even more cocaine seized, this time attached to a ship’s hull

Norwegian authorities mounted an unusual operation this month that resulted in the largest cocaine seizure ever in Western Norway, and the arrests of six...
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