https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police in North Jutland are to issue fines against 123 people for 158 instances of purchasing cannabis or cocaine on a social media website. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190814/police-in-denmark-fine-123-for-buying-drugs-on-social-media Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:33:01 +0200 police-in-denmark-fine-123-for-buying-drugs-on-social-media Six people were arrested Tuesday morning as part of a major investigation into cannabis and cocaine dealing, Copenhagen police have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181107/three-held-after-copenhagen-drugs-bust Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:32:38 +0100 three-held-after-copenhagen-drugs-bust Two Danes have been arrested in a major narcotics case in Norway, with a large quantity of cannabis seized by police. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180629/danish-smugglers-arrested-in-norway-with-over-100-kilograms-of-cannabis Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:45:54 +0200 danish-smugglers-arrested-in-norway-with-over-100-kilograms-of-cannabis Danish police have become the first in the world to hunt down internet drug traffickers by analysing their bitcoin transactions. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170222/danish-police-first-to-use-bitcoin-to-trace-traffickers Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:54:28 +0100 danish-police-first-to-use-bitcoin-to-trace-traffickers The Danish National Police said on Thursday that 2015 saw a “significant increase” in the amount of confiscated heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and cannabis, with the latter at its highest level in 16 years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160407/danish-police-great-year-for-drug-busts Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:38:50 +0200 danish-police-great-year-for-drug-busts South Jutland Police announced on Tuesday that six people had thus far been arrested in an ongoing investigation into what police said was the biggest confiscation of cocaine ever in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160119/police-tout-biggest-cocaine-bust-in-danish-history Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:05:11 +0100 police-tout-biggest-cocaine-bust-in-danish-history A package likely containing cocaine was found washed up on a beach on the Danish island of Fanø by a pet dog on Monday. Local police have dismissed suggestions of drug smuggling routes through the North Sea island. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151230/pet-dog-makes-class-a-drug-find-on-west-denmark-beach Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:49:46 +0100 pet-dog-makes-class-a-drug-find-on-west-denmark-beach New figures show that drug-related deaths have increased dramatically over the past two years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151102/danish-drug-deaths-set-new-record Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:04:57 +0100 danish-drug-deaths-set-new-record New figures from the Danish National Institute of Public Health show that cannabis use is up among high school students while drinking is down. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150723/young-danes-prefer-cannabis-to-alcohol Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:55:01 +0200 young-danes-prefer-cannabis-to-alcohol Danish municipalities have spent millions of kroner sending criminal youths and drug abusers on Caribbean cruises, Metroxpress has revealed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150608/denmark-spends-millions-on-troubled-youths-cruises Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:18:54 +0200 denmark-spends-millions-on-troubled-youths-cruises Denmark’s legal drug injection rooms have saved upwards of 301 lives according to figures from the Health Ministry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150527/denmarks-injection-rooms-save-hundreds-of-lives Wed, 27 May 2015 15:21:18 +0200 denmarks-injection-rooms-save-hundreds-of-lives Two recent studies suggest that Danish teenagers smoke more cannabis than previously thought and start at an earlier age. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150420/one-in-four-danish-boys-has-smoked-cannabis Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:51:57 +0200 one-in-four-danish-boys-has-smoked-cannabis Police said that new and stricter laws on doping gave them the tools they needed to bust two men who had "at least a tonne" of illegal steroids. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150313/denmark-steroid-bust-largest-history Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:27:21 +0100 denmark-steroid-bust-largest-history Three women were caught carrying 61 kilos of khat that officials believe the Danes planned to sell in Britain. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150312/danish-khat-smugglers-plead-guilty-in-kenya Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:47:28 +0100 danish-khat-smugglers-plead-guilty-in-kenya Uwe Jensen was imprisoned in 2006 for his plans to send weapons to the Colombian paramilitary group AUC in exchange for $25 million of cocaine. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150119/danish-mp-us-prison-weapons-drugs Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:36:00 +0100 danish-mp-us-prison-weapons-drugs Seven men were found guilty and sentenced to a total of 32.5 years in prison while more than 70 others await their day in court. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150106/denmark-jails-seven-christiania-drug-case Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:22:00 +0100 denmark-jails-seven-christiania-drug-case Losing weight, exercising more and drinking less are standards on many people’s lists of New Year’s resolutions. But as Danes get ready to ring in 2015, that last item may be even more popular than usual. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141231/majority-of-danes-want-to-drink-less Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:48:00 +0100 majority-of-danes-want-to-drink-less In what could be a small but important change in the nation’s drug policies, a political agreement to distribute nearly one billion kroner in research funds sets aside money to study the medicinal effects of cannabis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141031/denmark-funds-medicinal-cannabis-research Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:05:02 +0100 denmark-funds-medicinal-cannabis-research Agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had plans to send up to a half tonne of cocaine from Colombia to Denmark, a current drug trial in Aarhus has revealed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141009/americans-wanted-to-send-500-kilos-of-cocaine-to-denmark Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:14:00 +0200 americans-wanted-to-send-500-kilos-of-cocaine-to-denmark After the success of an alcohol-free club event in Stockholm, the organiser is considering bringing the dry party to Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141002/booze-free-party-could-come-to-copenhagen Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:31:00 +0200 booze-free-party-could-come-to-copenhagen