Tag: drugs

Police crack international drug ring

An international drug ring with links to at least 20 countries across several continents  has been uncovered by the Norwegian state police KRIPOS, in...

Couple charged with drug smuggling

A couple from Lithuania, operating from a rural home in the small community of Våler southeast of Oslo, have been indicted for organized smuggling...

New proposals to decriminalize drugs

Justice Minister Knut Storberget is joining the chorus of state officials urging new, perhaps radical means of tackling Norway's drug problem. Storberget called Friday...

Free heroin proposal sparks protests

A proposal to use heroin in a controlled setting for attempted rehabilitation of hard-core Norwegian drug abusers was generating plenty of debate on Wednesday....

‘Shocking’ lack of prison security

Just weeks after Norway opened one of the fanciest prisons in the world, security seems out of control at an older jail in Oslo....

Big cocaine bust shakes Bergen

Police in Bergen started their long holiday weekend by announcing the city's biggest cocaine bust ever. In addition to seizing relatively large quantities of...

Bolivia’s president in town

Bolivian President Evo Morales has been in Oslo this week for meetings with top Norwegian officials, including King Harald. His visit was mostly aimed...

Mental illness common in murders

Of the 132 murders occurring in Norway during the past five years, fully a third of the murderers showed signs of mental illness. Psychiatric...

Norwegians sentenced to jail in Bolivia

Two young Norwegian women who were caught with cocaine in their luggage while leaving Bolivia nearly two years ago have been sentenced to 13...

Defendants deny cocaine smuggling

Two Norwegian women on trial in Bolivia continue to deny they had any idea that they were carrying 22 kilos of cocaine in luggage...
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