https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian police have seized over two tonnes of pure cocaine from Colombia in Italy’s biggest drugs bust in 25 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20190131/italy-thwarts-colombian-cartel-with-massive-cocaine-haul Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:02:12 +0100 italy-thwarts-colombian-cartel-with-massive-cocaine-haul A local drug dealer in San Benedetto dei Marzi, Lazio was busted after swapping two bags of cocaine for a live lamb. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/italy-teen-swaps-his-dads-lamb-for-cocaine Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:50:40 +0100 italy-teen-swaps-his-dads-lamb-for-cocaine Police in the Sicilian city of Catania have sized 1.3 kilograms of cocaine that was being transported in a bag containing the popular spicy Calabrian sausage,'nduja. https://www.thelocal.it/20151231/police-find-coke-stashed-among-spicy-sausage Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:52:39 +0100 police-find-coke-stashed-among-spicy-sausage Police in Italy have been ordered to seize a herbal tea from Peru that has been on general sale in the country for years after it was discovered that the tea contained cocaine. https://www.thelocal.it/20151222/cocaine-herbal-tea-pulled-from-italy-shelves Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:09:13 +0100 cocaine-herbal-tea-pulled-from-italy-shelves Costa Rican police on Wednesday smashed a drug ring linked to the Italian mafia that smuggled cocaine hidden in shipments of vegetables to the United States and Europe, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151015/costa-rica-busts-cocaine-ring-linked-to-italy-mafia Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:39:56 +0200 costa-rica-busts-cocaine-ring-linked-to-italy-mafia Italy’s financial police found a 49kg stash of cocaine hidden among frozen totani, a type of squid, in the Calabrian port town of Gioia Tauro. https://www.thelocal.it/20150810/italian-police-find-cocaine-haul-under-frozen-squid Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:55:07 +0200 italian-police-find-cocaine-haul-under-frozen-squid Italian police announced on Wednesday they had seized 185 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Genes. https://www.thelocal.it/20150618/cocaine-worth-85-million-seized-in-northern-italy Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:34:57 +0200 cocaine-worth-85-million-seized-in-northern-italy A man was caught allegedly trying to sell cocaine to people queuing to see the Shroud, which went on display in Turin for the first time in five years on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150420/man-caught-selling-cocaine-to-shroud-pilgrims Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:34:54 +0200 man-caught-selling-cocaine-to-shroud-pilgrims Italian police on Tuesday made 31 arrests in connection with an alleged plot by an offshoot of the notorious 'Ndrangheta crime group to take control of Rome's cocaine trade. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/italy-swoops-against-notorious-ndrangheta Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:15:00 +0100 italy-swoops-against-notorious-ndrangheta Police on Friday arrested ten people accused of running a cocaine trafficking operation with its criminal headquarters in the heart of Venice. https://www.thelocal.it/20141219/cocaine-channeled-to-heart-of-venice-by-mob Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:22:00 +0100 cocaine-channeled-to-heart-of-venice-by-mob The parents of a six-month-old child in Padua, northern Italy, are being investigated by police after their baby tested positive for cocaine. https://www.thelocal.it/20141127/italian-baby-tests-positive-for-cocaine Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:03:00 +0100 italian-baby-tests-positive-for-cocaine An Italian priest arrested at a drug-fuelled party in Milan, for allegedly dealing cocaine, is facing a fast-track trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20141112/italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:18:00 +0100 italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial Her drug dealing career spanned over 50 years, but now an 82-year-old woman, nicknamed “the grandmother of drug pushers”, has finally been arrested at her home in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20140929/82-year-old-granny-pusher-arrested-in-sardinia Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 82-year-old-granny-pusher-arrested-in-sardinia A member of a drugs trafficking gang from Puglia was almost fed to pigs over a botched cocaine deal in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20140924/man-almost-fed-to-pigs-over-drugs-feud Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:14:00 +0200 man-almost-fed-to-pigs-over-drugs-feud Two Italian men are in French jail after they allegedly used an official Vatican vehicle to try to smuggle several kilos of cocaine and cannabis through France, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/italians-arrested-over-drug-stash-in-vatican-car Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:46:22 +0200 italians-arrested-over-drug-stash-in-vatican-car More and more Italian teenagers are experimenting with cannabis, with almost one in four having tried the drug at least once in the past year, a new government report on drug addiction has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/one-quarter-of-italian-teens-has-tried-cannabis Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:44:00 +0200 one-quarter-of-italian-teens-has-tried-cannabis The mayor of a town in Puglia lost his "Honourable" title after being embroiled in a drugs and sex scandal in 2008, but now he's told staff he wants it back, despite still facing charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20140723/mayor-on-cocaine-charges-wants-title-back Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:11:00 +0200 mayor-on-cocaine-charges-wants-title-back A priest in northern Italy has been arrested for allegedly dealing cocaine, after police raided a drug-fuelled party in Milan, Italian media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140717/drug-dealing-priest-caught-at-cocaine-party Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:16:00 +0200 drug-dealing-priest-caught-at-cocaine-party A mother of three in Sicily has been jailed after her toddler son was admitted to hospital with bruises, scratches, burns and a suspected cocaine overdose. https://www.thelocal.it/20140417/baby-hospitalized-with-cocaine-overdose Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:36:00 +0200 baby-hospitalized-with-cocaine-overdose Police on Wednesday discovered a €43 million cocaine haul, hidden among Ecuadorian bananas, at a port in southern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140402/huge-cocaine-haul-stashed-among-bananas-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:06:00 +0200 huge-cocaine-haul-stashed-among-bananas-2