Man accused of ‘cocaine brick’ plot is a construction boss by day

Man accused of ‘cocaine brick’ plot is a construction boss by day

In the middle of the night,a small crew set out into the ocean off Australia’s east coast. Police say they had been tasked with one objective:to collect bricks of cocaine.

  • byCloe Read

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Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches
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Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches

Federal police say the drugs were offloaded from a cargo ship into waters off Brisbane. However,“adverse weather conditions” scuppered the cocaine drop.

  • byJessica McSweeney,Cloe Read andMillie Muroi
Psychedelics and trauma:How one survivor of festival terror attack ‘felt no fear’

Psychedelics and trauma:How one survivor of festival terror attack ‘felt no fear’

For a group of Israeli researchers,the attack on the music festival has created a rare opportunity to study the intersection of trauma and psychedelics.

  • byNatan Odenheimer,Aaron Boxerman andGal Koplewitz
Record-breaking seizure of more than 700kg of Xanax

Record-breaking seizure of more than 700kg of Xanax

Estimated by police to be worth more than $12 million,the seizure from a storage unit in Sydney’s south is the largest for pharmaceutical drugs in NSW history.

  • byAnthony Segaert andSally Rawsthorne
‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to prison drug program will help ‘missed’ inmates
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Prisons

‘Once-in-a-generation’ overhaul to prison drug program will help ‘missed’ inmates

Prisoners across the state will now have access to treatment for drug and alcohol issues immediately after arrest under a new $2.5 million intervention pilot.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
Dogs can sniff out bombs,cancer and now PTSD. They don’t have the same success with drugs
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Science

Dogs can sniff out bombs,cancer and now PTSD. They don’t have the same success with drugs

A new study has found dogs can sniff out responses in people with post-traumatic stress disorder. But here’s why they can get it so wrong with drugs.

  • byAngus Dalton
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Five more cocaine ‘bricks’ washed up on Sydney beaches as drug mystery deepens

Five more cocaine ‘bricks’ washed up on Sydney beaches as drug mystery deepens

More than a quarter of a tonne of cocaine has bobbed up on beaches in the region since December,with the latest packages found at Freshwater and Curl Curl.

  • byBen Cubby
Woman who died after mass drug overdose on Gold Coast named
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Tragedy

Woman who died after mass drug overdose on Gold Coast named

Police have named the 40-year-old who died in the mass drug overdose involving seven women.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
If the Easter Bunny delivered cocaine,would you be outraged? Discuss

If the Easter Bunny delivered cocaine,would you be outraged? Discuss

Studies that try to show chocolate is a health food succeed only in showing that it causes happiness.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

Zeeshan Arain says he documented a disturbingly high prevalence of illicit drug use among players at the Melbourne Football Club and wanted to expose a cultural problem,not blow up the league’s drugs policy.

  • byChip Le Grand
Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged,middle-class women do them too

Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged,middle-class women do them too

All drugs can destroy lives,finances,relationships. But in the spirit of openness,let’s not lie. They’re fun,and therein lies the rub.

  • byKate Halfpenny