Tag: drugs

Mafia law snares Hells Angels bikers

A Norwegian court has convicted eight individuals tied to the Hells Angels motorcycle club on narcotics charges, using, for the first time, Norway's so-called...

Police warn of rising gang violence

As Norway moves into summer, gang-related violence is on the rise in the capital. Tension is so high between Oslo’s rival gangs, police warn,...

Police crack drug smuggling network

Norwegian police, acting on tips from colleagues in Denmark, have seized more than 500 kilos of hash and NOK 3 million in cash after...

State set to allow heroin smoking

Health Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, claiming that the heroin overdose rate in Norway is "shamefully" high, wants to allow addicts to smoke the illegal drug...

Men tied to Hells Angels go on trial

The largest narcotics trial in the history of northern Norway got underway in Tromsø this week, with all eight defendants linked to the motorcycle...

Customs seizes a record haul

Customs officials made a record number of seizures last year involving drugs, alcohol and cigarettes that were smuggled into Norway. Smuggling remains an enormous...

Norwegian killed in police drug raid

A 49-year-old Norwegian man was shot and killed in what's being described as a "dramatic" exchange of gunfire between police and alleged drug smugglers...

Seven arrested in major heroin bust

Police in Oslo have seized 24 kilos of heroin and arrested seven persons, two of whom are suspected of being couriers in an organized...

No fines for minor drug offenses

Norway's left-center government seems ready to try using "motivational dialogue" with drug users instead of simply issuing fines to those found with relatively minor...

Police bust up open drug-dealing

Nowhere in Europe is drug-dealing on the streets as open as it is in certain parts of Oslo and Bergen. Now politicians and police...
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