Airports anti-drug chief Col. Jose Piedrahita says that Colombian authorities found the unusual statue during a routine security check by anti-drug agents Friday in a mail warehouse at Bogota's international airport.

The 36-centimeter-high (14-inch-high) statue was inside a box headed for Madrid, Spain. The statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base.

Piedrahita said Saturday that laboratory tests confirmed the cup was made of 11 kilos (24 pounds) of cocaine mixed with acetone or gasoline to make it moldable.

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Authorities in Ecuador, joined by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, have seized a submarine built secretly in the jungles of the South American country, according to a DEA press release.

The electric-powered submarine, 30 feet long, was intended to transport multi-ton quantities of cocaine. But after acting on intelligence obtained by the DEA, authorities in Ecuador were able to seize the clandestine vessel on Friday before it was ever deployed, the DEA said.

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Gerade gestern habe ich die neue Webseite mit ausführlichen Mephedron Infos zur Verfügung gestellt – und heute kommt die Nachricht, dass Mephedron in die Betäubungsmittel-Listen von Italien eingetragen wurde. Jetzt wird es das nicht mehr zum Onlinekauf geben und der Gedanke kommt auf, dass sich andere Stoffe unter dem Namen verbergen werden.

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A SOUTH African judge has dropped drugs charges against American party girl Paris Hilton, after she was arrested for possession of marijuana at the World Cup.

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Words of wisdom from those seemingly ageless stoners:

"For some reason, we're timeless," marvels Tommy Chong.

"Yeah, we're like the immigration problem. We're never going to go away," pledges Richard (Cheech) Marin.

Right they are. Cheech and Chong, credited by many with creating the stoner genre of film and comedy, have been sparking together, and apart, for more than 40 years. Clearly, the pot hasn't killed them or their careers.

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A DRUGS peddler who grew his crop in a disused church could have his prison sentence doubled if he doesn’t pay his debts.

Paul Pratt, 44, owned the former methodist church in Park Road, Blackhill, Consett, County Durham.

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In recent weeks, Mexican television viewers have been deluged with an advertisement in power rotation on all networks, including cable channels, from an apparently wealthy consortium called “Iniciativa México,” or, the Mexico Initiative.

The ad features head coach Javier Aguirre of Mexico’s national soccer team (the original ad appears here) strutting around the Mexico City monument known as the Angel of Independence, wearing a suit jacket and unbuttoned white shirt, noting that 2010 marks the bicentennial of Mexican independence and the centennial of the revolution of 1910. And, he encourages the people of the nation not to fall into “the old complexes” this time and to be positive and sunshiney in this historic year.

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Der Berner Andrea Stafforte war der erste Mensch, der vor rund 20 Jahren in Europa einen Hanfladen eröffnete. Obwohl er für zwei Jahre ins Gefängnis müsste, gelang ihm die Ausreise.

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