https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway's main opposition Labour Party on Friday rejected a government plan to decriminalise the personal use of drugs in small quantities, saying the measure could incite young people to experiment with narcotics. https://www.thelocal.no/20210417/norway-opposition-torpedoes-plan-to-decriminalise-drug-use Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:51:34 +0200 norway-opposition-torpedoes-plan-to-decriminalise-drug-use Two Danes have been arrested in a major narcotics case in Norway, with a large quantity of cannabis seized by police. https://www.thelocal.no/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 A former politician from Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has been charged with possession of illegal drugs and images of child abuse. https://www.thelocal.no/20180426/norway-politician-charged-with-possession-of-child-abuse-images Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:26:42 +0200 norway-politician-charged-with-possession-of-child-abuse-images Police in Norway are cooperating with law enforcement in Germany after a record amount of amphetamine was seized. https://www.thelocal.no/20180222/drugs-seize-in-troms-could-be-part-of-international-network-police Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:13:09 +0100 drugs-seize-in-troms-could-be-part-of-international-network-police Oslo District Court sentenced on Tuesday former policeman Eirik Jensen to 21 years in prison for gross corruption and conspiracy to smuggle hashish. https://www.thelocal.no/20170918/norwegian-ex-cop-sentenced-to-21-years-for-drug-smuggling Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:02:58 +0200 norwegian-ex-cop-sentenced-to-21-years-for-drug-smuggling A Norwegian prosecutor on Friday demanded 21 years in prison, the maximum sentence, for a man accused of allowing nearly 14 tonnes of hashish to be smuggled into the country while a police officer. https://www.thelocal.no/20170520/norway-ex-cop-faces-21-years-in-jail-for-drug-smuggling Sat, 20 May 2017 12:27:46 +0200 norway-ex-cop-faces-21-years-in-jail-for-drug-smuggling Police have arrested dozens of people, mostly between the ages of 16-20, in a series of raids on schools and homes near Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20170329/norway-arrests-40-young-people-in-organised-crime-raid Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:12:36 +0200 norway-arrests-40-young-people-in-organised-crime-raid Surveillance cameras are set to be installed along the border between Sweden and Norway in an effort to catch drug traffickers, after a trial run resulted in treble the amount of drug runs being busted. https://www.thelocal.no/20161024/can-cctv-curb-drug-runs-between-sweden-and-norway Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:50:38 +0200 can-cctv-curb-drug-runs-between-sweden-and-norway The people behind several of Oslo's biggest nightclubs want to collaborate with police to fight the drug problem in the capital. https://www.thelocal.no/20160826/every-fourth-person-in-oslo-nightclubs-on-drugs Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:48:54 +0200 every-fourth-person-in-oslo-nightclubs-on-drugs The youth chapters of Norway’s left-wing political parties have called for decriminalizing personal drug use. https://www.thelocal.no/20160808/norways-youth-parties-call-for-drug-decriminalization Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:47:39 +0200 norways-youth-parties-call-for-drug-decriminalization Eighty people were caught in possession of drugs at at various Norwegian festivals last week alone. Police believe the actual numbers of drug use to be even higher. https://www.thelocal.no/20160712/80-caught-in-possession-of-drugs-at-norway-festivals Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:49:56 +0200 80-caught-in-possession-of-drugs-at-norway-festivals Norwegian customs agents have reported a three-fold increase in the amount of cannabis confiscated at the nation’s borders. https://www.thelocal.no/20160705/cannabis-confiscation-up-threefold-in-norway Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:19:28 +0200 cannabis-confiscation-up-threefold-in-norway Fifteen people have been arrested in what has been characterized as Norway's largest ever drug bust targeting the so-called dark web. https://www.thelocal.no/20160419/norway-police-charge-15-for-dealing-drugs-on-dark-web Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:53:23 +0200 norway-police-charge-15-for-dealing-drugs-on-dark-web The Directorate of Norwegian Customs revealed on Wednesday that officials have pulled off the largest ever drug confiscation in the county of Hedmark. https://www.thelocal.no/20160414/norway-customs-agents-tout-record-drug-bust Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:20:29 +0200 norway-customs-agents-tout-record-drug-bust Norway’s two largest cities could start giving away heroin for free to hardened drug addicts, in an effort to reduce the country’s death rate from overdose, the second highest in Europe after Estonia. https://www.thelocal.no/20151017/oslo-and-bergen-could-give-free-heroin-to-addicts Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:28:22 +0200 oslo-and-bergen-could-give-free-heroin-to-addicts A 22-year-old Norwegian man has died from synthetic marijuana use, making him the first known Norwegian victim of the drug. https://www.thelocal.no/20150713/norway-sees-first-synthetic-marijuana-death Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:25:47 +0200 norway-sees-first-synthetic-marijuana-death A new EU report has found that Oslo, a city that for many years has topped the heroin overdose ranking, still lacks a comprehensive strategy to combat drug use. https://www.thelocal.no/20150704/eu-report-oslo-lacks-drug-strategy Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:02:50 +0200 eu-report-oslo-lacks-drug-strategy Waste water in Oslo contains a significantly higher concentration of methamphetamines than that of any other major European city, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.no/20150605/oslo-methamphetamine-capital-of-europe Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:31:26 +0200 oslo-methamphetamine-capital-of-europe A University of Oslo study has found that amphetamines are often used by blue-collar workers such as carpenters, bricklayers, and rig workers, simply to work harder for longer hours. https://www.thelocal.no/20150305/speed-a-blue-collar Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:34:14 +0100 speed-a-blue-collar Police seized weapons and drugs in a raid last weekend that took place only 250 metres from a police station in central Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20140701/oslo-gang-bust-in-drugs-and-weapon-raid Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:51:00 +0200 oslo-gang-bust-in-drugs-and-weapon-raid