Drug traffickers

Canada's Communications Security Establishment conducted offensive operations against a ransomware-as-a-service gang, an online foreign extremist group, and drug traffickers in 2025.

DGP C.V. Anand stated that drug traffickers are more dangerous than terrorists. Telangana aims to become a drug-free state by 2029.

Police in Kozhikode have intensified scrutiny of rental properties as part of 'Operation Toofan' following intelligence about drug traffickers and repeat offenders using such properties to store smuggled synthetic drugs and other narcotics.

Drug traffickers are using social media platforms like TikTok to recruit Thai airline staff as couriers. A flight attendant for a regional budget carrier received a suspicious message about flying to Australia and carry-for-hire, while another Thai Airways flight attendant was charged with smuggling over one kilogram of heroin into Australia.

Police have increased their vigilance in response to allegations that drug traffickers are using women as carriers. The situation highlights concerns over drug trafficking methods involving vulnerable individuals.

The U.S. military conducted a strike against an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people and leaving six survivors. The attack is part of a campaign since September targeting 'narcoterrorists,' with over 60 strikes and 210 deaths reported, though evidence of drug trafficking was not provided. A follow-up strike killed two initial survivors, which the White House called self-defense, but critics questioned its legality.

The article claims Israel is protecting the last stronghold of drug traffickers in Syria. Syrian security forces under the new authorities burned a pile of captagon in the suburbs of Damascus.

Guatemala's government under President Bernardo Arevalo denied agreeing to US strikes against drug traffickers, stating they requested security cooperation but did not approve attacks.

The U.S. military conducted strikes on two suspected drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific, resulting in five deaths. This action aligns with the Trump administration's efforts to combat drug trafficking in Latin America.