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Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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New deadly and lucrative ‘taco drug’ coming to Australia

Mexican cartels are making deadlier, synthetic drugs worth millions of dollars on the same machinery used to produce tortillas. See more in our Narcos on the front line docuseries.

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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 . Police in Colombia’s Caribbean port of Cartagena, which is a source of drugs for Australia, dive under ships each day to check if they have been compromised., A video of one of the searches shows police divers removing a drug shipment bolted to the base of a ship in that port.

Fast cash bribes: Aussie lawyers, real estate agents move drugs

Trusted insiders are working for drug cartels to bring their shipments to Australia. This is how they operate. See more in our Narcos on the front line docuseries.

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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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Aussie bikie billionaires’ new drug goldmine revealed

Comanchero, Lone Wolf and Hells Angels bikies have expanded their foreign power bases and are brokering billion dollar drug deals. Watch how in episode 4 of Narcos on the front line now.

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$122b drug cash: Crims and bikies buying up Aussie homes

Cartels are now laundering billions through Australian properties, leaving mum and dad investors to “bid against crims”. See how in our new episode of Narcos on the front line.

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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 Navy in the streets of Lazaro Cardenas where known Narcos gangs operate. The streets are very dangerous with patrols and escorts armed at all times.Lazaro Cardenas: Mexico's Navy, known as Semar, shows the security measures in place at the port of Lazaro Cardenas, 622km west of Mexico City. Semar has control of all ports in the North American (correct) country, making it the front line force in the war on drug cartels on May 27, 2023. Picture: Jason Edwards

‘Dog eat dog’: Crims sabotage each other in Aussie drug war

The criminal underworld has been turned on its head as drug cartels sabotage each other to get control over the lucrative cocaine and ice market in Australia. See how in our docuseries.

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inside the jungle drug labs in latin america

‘Fire in the hole!’: Where Aussies’ $400 coke comes from

Bang, bang, bang. A heavy weapon fires four warning shots before rapid machine gun fire. This is what’s inside Mexican cartel drug labs. Watch episode 3 of our Narcos on the front line series now.

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Undercover Aussie blows lid on Narcos

The AFP’s undercover cocaine disruptor has revealed the brazen and violent ways cartels safeguard their lucrative drug crops. Watch the latest episode of Narcos on the front line now.

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A mirror with cocaine and a razor blade.

What’s hidden in Aussies’ cocaine

The seven steps to making cocaine have been revealed and while many Australians are addicted to the party drug — what’s inside it is vile.

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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 Colombian National Police have a purpose built anti-narcotics training camp 182km southwest of Bogota named Cenop. The camp also has cocaine labs that are used by farmers, and a submarine that was caught in a drug shipment. Picture: Jason Edwards

Revealed: What’s really in your cocaine now

Cocaine might be a glamorous party drug in Australia, but how it is made in the depths of Colombian jungle is putrid. See how it’s made in our video.

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