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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.

** 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

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‘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.

**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.,

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‘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 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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A photo released by the Mexican Navy on April 24, 20323 shows boxes of liquid meth concealed in bottles of tequila, seized at the port of Manzanillo. - SECRETARÍA DE MARINA/SEMAR

$1b meth bust: Ice detected in 11,520 Tequila bottles

Police have smashed an alleged cartel ring after stopping a four tonne ice haul, which would have been the one of largest drug busts in Australia’s history. See the photos.

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‘Crazy’ coke price warning for Aussies

This is why the cost of party drugs is rising, leaving users with blood on their hands as it kills cops every week. Watch the second episode of Narcos on the front line now.

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Cover blown: Photo exposes new Aussie drug kingpin’s hideaway

Anthony Sitar is an Australian fugitive who is a global drug kingpin working with a Mexican cartel, Comanchero and Lone Wolf bikies. See how in our new docuseries Narcos on the front line.

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‘Narco terror’: Bikies and cartels’ new super-ice wave

Australia’s cocaine and ice market is now being hit with a new super strength drug as cartels in Mexico, Asia, the mafia and bikies cash in. See episode one of our new docuseries Narcos on the front line now.

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Cocaine explosion horror: ‘I lost my legs’

Many Aussies are obsessed with snorting cocaine, but it costs lives. Colombian National Police patrolman Jose Carvajal explains how he lost his legs. See the video.

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WATCH: AN0M fugitive Hakan Ayik taunts with new selfie

New footage of drug lord Hakan Ayik has emerged showing him living the high life in Turkey. See more in our new Narcos on the front line docuseries.

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