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Aussie drug kingpin and bikie broker’s cunning move

An Australian fugitive on the run for a decade in Mexico, who is a key drug broker for bikie gangs, is suspected of taking a dramatic step to avoid capture.

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Busted: Cocaine dealers convicted in NSW revealed

Cocaine use might have dwindled in NSW but Sydney is still classed as the coke capital of Australia. Here we take a look at some dealers who were caught and convicted across the state.

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The AFP has seized the largest shipment ever detected in Australia of the deadly opioid fentanyl, stopping more than five million potentially lethal doses of the drug hitting the streets, following a joint operation with the Australian Border Force (ABF). Picture: AFP via NCA NewsWire

New deadly drug turning users into zombies

A drug that is 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin and morphine – and turning users into zombies – could be heading to Australia’s streets, authorities warn.

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WATCH NOW: Narcos on the front line Episodes 1-7

From cocaine fields in Colombia, ice labs in Mexico and Panama’s ports, Narcos on the front line takes you into the drug cartels and bikies running Australia’s drug war. See every episode.

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‘Narco tour’: Tourism boom in murder capital

The drug-torn city of Medellin, once ruled by Pablo Escobar, is experiencing a tourism boom, but for many residents the trauma is never far away.

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** MUST SPEAK TO KRISTI MILLER BEFORE USING ** NETWORK FIRST USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS Abel Zapata, 63, is a builder in Comuna 13, He was asked by his boss to build a private room in a jail for Pablo Escobar while he was imprisoned. Zapata refused because he feared Escobar would kill him once the job was finished. Abel sitting in the new house he is building for his son.Comuna 13, Medellin, Colombia. - Medellin was once known as the murder capital of the world, with drug lord Pablo Escobar taking control of Comuna 13, a poor suburb in the hills on the outskirts of the city, Escobar's story has led to a narcos tourism boom in Comuna 13 in Medellin, with former US President Bill Clinton among those who have visited. Picture: Jason Edwards

‘I said no to Pablo Escobar’: Drug lord’s brutal reign

Colombian builder Abel Zapata bravely refused to work for Pablo Escobar – a man who struck fear into the heart of most locals.

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Chinese crims’ new Aussie party drug plot

Chinese organised crime gangs are infiltrating new countries to sell drugs as cartels find new ways to get ice into Australia. Watch how in our Narcos on the front line docuseries.

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**HOLD FOR NWK** Network Special - Drug Busts: MARCH 06 - South Africa to Melbourne -, Man, 52, sentenced to 16 years jail over his role in the importation of 63kg of pure methamphetamine. AFP said the man was a key facilitator in importing the drugs inside a consignment of meat smokers which arrived in Melbourne from South Africa in 2021. The estimated street value of the methamphetamine is more than $12 million.,

‘Drugs in cow hides’: Jailed Aussie drug traffickers exposed

These are the Australians who have been caught and jailed for their involvement in drug busts this year. See the full list.

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** MUST SPEAK TO KRISTI MILLER BEFORE USING ** NETWORK FIRST USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS Tunnel 1. A narcos tunnel uncovered in a warehouse about 80 metres from the United States and Mexican border. The tunnel was concealed behind a secret door. Rubbish can be seen strewn across the floor including food wrappers, water bottles and clothing from the tunnel builders as well as graffiti including games and a picture of a man being shot and hung next to tons of excavated soil from tunnel.Fiscalia Genera explain the Narcos Tunnels Mexico's Fiscalia General uncovered narco tunnels on the Mexican and United States border in Tijuana on May 30, 2023. The officers showed News Corp Australia three narcos tunnels, which are designed for the movement of drugs and people into the United States. The tunnels are also used to bring guns into Mexico to fuel the drug cartels' bloody wars. Picture: Jason Edwards

WATCH: Inside Narco tunnels bringing drugs to Australia

We take you inside three Narco tunnels that have made cartels filthy rich as they move drugs to Australia and the rest of the world. Watch the Narcos on the front line series now.

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**HOLD FOR NWK** Network Special - Drug Busts: MARCH 23 - OFF WA COAST - Third man wanted over the alleged importation of more than 300kg of cocaine into Western Australia arrested after allegedly found hiding under a home spa. The 49-year-old was arrested after an alleged six-week manhunt.

Home spa hideout: Who’s been caught in our biggest drug busts

These are some of the biggest drug busts stopped by authorities from hitting our streets just this year alone. See the list and who was caught.

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** MUST SPEAK TO KRISTI MILLER BEFORE USING ** NETWORK FIRST USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS Mexico's special operations forces doing training exercises in a secret location in the North American country (correct) on May 28, 2023. They also showed how the special forces raid and secure clandestine ice labs, gathering evidence for criminal charges. The raids require protective equipment because of the dangers posed by the toxic chemicals at the labs, which are also a fire risk. No names were allowed on the day of the photoshoot. Near Mexico City. Picture: Jason Edwards

Gallery: Where Australia’s 7-tonnes of ice is made

The Narcos on the front line docuseries went into cocaine and ice labs where seven tonnes of methamphetamine is produced. See the photos.

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