
Pårørende av Hamas-gisler: Israels regjering jobber ikke for gisselavtale
Israel stiller urealistiske krav og prøver ikke virkelig å lande en avtale om løslatelse av Hamas-gislene, sier familiene til Hamas-gislene i en uttalelse.


- Fullstendig ødelagt
Konstanze Klosterhalfen (28) var en av verdens beste langdistanseløpere. Så ble det stopp i to år.


Om bestefar-rollen: – Skandale
Proffbokseren gjør comeback i bokseringen – samtidig som han nylig har blitt bestefar.


Brann slo tilbake etter Europa-fiaskoen: Biter seg fast i gullkampen
Brann snudde den dårlige trenden da de vant 4-1 borte mot Sarpsborg 08.


De raner, truer og dealer – og de er for unge til straff
Det holder ikke lenger bare å snakke om ungdomskriminalitet. Vi må snakke om grov kriminalitet begått av barn. Også her i Fredrikstad.


- Store utfordringer
Ved kraftig regnvær, fosser kloakk og annet avfall rett ut i Glomma. Indre Østfold kommune erkjenner utfordringer med avløpssystemet.


Brannsjefen reagerer: – Dette kan potensielt bli veldig farlig
Tett i tett med biler under en fiskehjell i Henningsvær uroer brannsjef Lars Ottemo Gärtner.


Murder inquiry begins after teenager stabbed in ‘targeted attack’ in Bury
Man, 19, was stabbed several times in a car park and Greater Manchester police are appealing for information Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a teenager died in Greater Manchester in a “targeted attack”, police have said. The 19-year-old man sustained several stab wounds and died later from his injuries. Continue reading...


– Tror de kan gjøre mye mer
Øya-boikott er i vinden. Rapperen KØBER trekker seg fra Øyafestivalen til fordel for tre mot-festivaler i støtte til Palestina.


Gaza hospitals say 18 killed by Israeli fire as aid site shootings continue to rise
UN says 859 have died near GHF sites since May while hospitals report growing number of hunger-related deaths Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli fire killed more than a dozen people on Saturday, eight of them while trying to get food, as malnutrition-related deaths continue to rise in the territory. The bloodshed comes a day after Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, visited an aid distribution site run by the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Continue reading...


- Kunne aldri drømt om det
Tom Holland bryter tausheten etter spekulasjonene om hvem som skal ta over rollen som James Bond.


- Fullstendig knust
Etter flere år med kameraene tett på, står Jeremy Clarkson nå midt i en kostbar krisesituasjon på gården.


Lever med dødsdommen
I 2021 fikk Glenn Råna påvist sykdommen man sjelden overlever tre år med. Nå ønsker han å hjelpe andre som får dødsdommen.


Labour does not deserve to win next election without change, Reeves says
Chancellor admits voter frustration as government faces renewed calls from Labour politicians for a wealth tax Labour does not “deserve” to win the next election if it does not change the country, Rachel Reeves has said, as she acknowledged some voters were disappointed with the party’s record since entering government. The chancellor said she understood the unhappiness felt by some voters towards a government that has U-turned on winter fuel allowance and welfare policies in recent months. Continue reading...


Dukket opp sammen
- Hun er her som støttekontakt, sier Gjert Ingebrigtsen til Dagbladet om kona Tone Ingebrigtsen.


Skrev under på ny megakontrakt: Får 1,7 milliarder
Luka Doncic har forlenget med NBA-laget Los Angeles Lakers.

Stillestående kø på E6 i Oslo
En trafikkulykke på E6 ved Karihaugen i Oslo skaper store trafikale problemer.


Forged signatures listed on New York City mayor’s re-election campaign petition – report
More than 50 signatures were revealed to be fraudulent on Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent in election More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday. The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatures from people who said their names were forged, including signatures of three people who turned out to be dead. The publication cited others who said they were deceived into signing the petitions. Continue reading...

Oslo: Store trafikale problemer etter ulykke på E6
Nødetatene er på E6 nordgående etter en ulykke.


Korrupsjon rundt dronekjøp avdekket i Ukraina: – Oppblåste priser
Ukrainas antikorrupsjonsmyndigheter sier de har avdekket storstilt korrupsjon rundt anskaffelse av droner og såkalte jammere.

Trondheim: Gutt på sykkel påkjørt i boligområde
Gutten er sendt til St. Olavs hospital for videre undersøkelser og har trolig fått bruddskade, opplyser politiet.


Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’
Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said. While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business. Continue reading...

Gutt (10) på sykkel påkjørt av bil i Trondheim – sendt til sykehus
En gutt i tiårsalderen ble lørdag ettermiddag påkjørt av en bil mens han syklet i et boligstrøk på Tyholt i Trondheim.

Barn påkjørt av bil på lokalvei i Trondheim, opplyser Trøndelag politidistrikt
Saken oppdateres.


Det er ikke nok
100 palestinske pasienter og pårørende, inkludert mange barn, har nå ankommet Norge. Men flere bør hentes ut fra blodbadet.


Ryktene svirrer: Ny beskjed
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (52) er under press i Tyrkia. Nå bryter Besiktas-ledelsen stillheten.


Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways
Kevin Simmons was charged criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident. Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said. Continue reading...


Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’ Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor. Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024. Continue reading...


Tysklands utenriksminister: – Israel blir stadig mer isolert
– Situasjonen må bedre seg fundamentalt for folk på Gazastripen. Hele verden ser på, sier Tysklands utenriksminister på besøk i Midtøsten.


Lillestrøm tok sin ellevte seier – viktig triumf for Rekdals AaFK
Lillestrøm fortsetter å nærme seg direkte opprykk til Elitserien. Lørdag ble det 2-1-seier borte mot Åsane. Andreplasserte Start slo Mjøndalen 4-0.


Prisbelønt birøkter: – Vi har større utfordringer nå enn tidligere
Kjartan Dahl (59) fra Trøgstad lager honning i verdensklasse og spiser mer honning enn folk flest. Han advarer mot billigimport, sykdommer og klima som truer bienes framtid i Norge.


Erstatteren hylles etter debuten: Reddet Fredrikstad borte mot Tromsø
Valdemar Birksø fikk en drømmedebut for Fredrikstad borte mot Tromsø.


Fikk feriesjokk: – Ble kjempesur
Ferien mor og datter drømte om blir det ingenting av.

Lover 18 mrd. kroner: – Blir Europas mest moderne sykehus
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) på besøk i Moelv lover penger til bygging av Mjøssykehuset.


Protesters oppose one another at London hotel housing asylum seekers
Anti-racism protesters outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation Anti-racism demonstrators have turned out in large numbers outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation. Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London. Continue reading...


- Jeg er ubrukelig
Charles Leclerc skal for første gang denne sesongen starte fremst i et Formel 1-løp. Teamkamerat Lewis Hamilton slakter seg selv.

VG: Regjeringen satser 18 milliarder kroner på nytt sykehus
Det bekrefter statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre og helse- og omsorgsminister Jan Christian Vestre overfor VG.


- Kan være farlig
Jonas Gahr Støre åpner valgkampen med å advare mot «statsminister Sylvi» og hennes Europa-politikk.


Erna vaker i sivet
Jonas snakker om Sylvi. Sylvi sier ingenting. Erna sjauer øl.


Svidde av alle pengene
- Det er i konfliktene man utvikler seg, sier forfatter Helga Flatland (40), og tar til orde mot privatliv-grafsing.


Forbereder flytting av hele landet
Øystaten Tuvalu kan om få år være ubeboelig. Innbyggerne må delta i loddtrekninger om å bli klimaflyktninger.


Stor jackpot i søndagens V64-galopp på Jägersro
Det er norske vinnersjanser og jackpot med 283 163 SEK ekstra i sekserpotten i søndagens V64-omgang på Jägersro


Gult farevarsel: – Venter mye regn
Lokalt kan det komme 30-50 millimeter på seks timer, sier meteorologene.


Maria Mena rennes ned av meldinger: – Hold kjeft
Artisten får ofte bemerkninger om morsrollen.

Hamas: Legger ikke ned våpnene før en palestinsk stat dannes
Hamas vil ikke legge ned våpnene før det opprettes en uavhengig palestinsk stat, melder islamistbevegelsen i en uttalelse lørdag.


Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown was ‘rigged’ to make him look bad Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July. The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US. Continue reading...

Bil mot MC i Andøy: – Fremstår som alvorlig
En person er sendt med luftambulanse til Tromsø etter en trafikkulykke i Andøy kommune lørdag ettermiddag.


«Ugjenkjennelig»: - Uhyggelig
«Wednesday»-stjerna overrasket på rød løper, men hun er langt fra alene om å ta det iøynefallende grepet.


- Salget har eksplodert
Salget har økt med 700 prosent. Men det finnes et mer prisgunstig alternativ til en av sommerens store slagere.


- Jeg blir provosert
Heidi Anita Rahm (55) trenger én ting. Etter tre Nav-avslag har hun tatt saken i egne hender.


Fire nye astronauter på den internasjonale romstasjonen
Fire astronauter som forlot jorda fredag, ankom lørdag den internasjonale romstasjonen (ISS), der de skal være i minst et halvt år.


Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’
They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’ Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism. Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Continue reading...


Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’
Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content The Online Safety Act together with the proscription of Palestine Action could result in platforms censoring Palestinian-related content, human rights organisations have warned. Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship and others have written to Ofcom calling on it to provide clear guidance to platforms on distinguishing lawful expression from content deemed to be in support of terrorism. Continue reading...


Ta ansvar som din far, Jens
Å etablere en statskontrollert bedrift i et av verdens verste diktaturer innebærer et betydelig ansvar, et ansvar du enda ikke har tatt. Det er uanstendig og Norge uverdig.


Tror ikke at Listhaug kan bli statsminister
Partileder i KrF, Dag-Inge Ulstein, sier partiet som har mest tillit bak seg, får statsministeren. Han er ikke enig i at det største partiet får topposisjonen.

En person fraktet til sykehus med luftambulanse etter MC-ulykke
Saken oppdateres.

MC-fører alvorlig skadet etter kollisjon med bil i Sarpsborg
En MC og en bil er involvert i ulykken. Det skal dreie seg om alvorlige skader, ifølge politiet.


Nordås får direkte plass i NM-finalen
Sandnes-løperen går rett til finalen av 1500-meteren.

Ulykke med bil og MC i Sarpsborg
Luftambulanse er sendt til stedet etter trafikkulykke på Rakkestadveien i Sarpsborg.


Bil mot MC i Sortland: – Fremstår som alvorlig
Nordland politidistrikt melder om trafikkulykke i Sortland.


- Åpenbart
Gjert Ingebrigtsen sier lite om prosjektet som hans 32 000 følgere har fått servert i sosiale medier. Utøverne hans, derimot, snakker mer enn gjerne.


Grue vant Norseman – tidligere verdensmester måtte bryte
Etter to andreplasser fra 2021 og 2022, kunne Kristian Grue endelig strekke armene i været som vinner av det som blir omtalt som verdens tøffeste triatlon.


Durham disclosures further undermine Gabbard’s claims of plot against Trump
Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emails Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup. But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has further undermined Gabbard’s case. Continue reading...


VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m
DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust They were the lucrative deals that epitomised the “VIP lane” set up by Boris Johnson’s government during the Covid pandemic, which gave priority for personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts to people with political connections. Peter Gummer, a former PR boss who has been Tory peer Lord Chadlington since 1996, had smooth access at his fingertips. The erstwhile adviser to John Major has “close personal friendships with many senior Conservative party politicians”, he has said, and as president of the Witney constituency association in the Cotswolds is “close friends” with its most notable MP: David Cameron. Continue reading...


En sjelden diagnose – og et sjeldent fellesskap
Frambu kompetansesenter tilbyr sommerleir for ungdom med sjeldne diagnoser. Men tilbudets fremtid er usikker.


NÅ: Sjokkerte
Kristian Grue vant Norseman - tidligere verdensmester måtte bryte.


Slagsmål i Norway Cup: Nå har lagene fått sin straff
Juryen har konkludert etter tumultene.


India to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats, say officials
No pause on Russian imports by Indian oil firms which base decisions on ‘price, grade of crude, logistics and economic factors’ Indian oil refineries will continue to buy oil from Russia, officials have said, before threatened US sanctions next week against Moscow’s trading partners over the war in Ukraine. Media reports on Friday had suggested India, a big energy importer, would stop buying cheap Russian oil. Trump told reporters on Friday that such a move would be “a good step” if true. Continue reading...


Budkov Kjær klar for finale etter ny sterk seier
Nicolai Budkov Kjær tok seg videre til finalen av ATP Challenger-turneringen i Astana lørdag.


Man charged with child cruelty offences after suspected poisoning at UK summer camp
Jon Ruben, 76, remanded in custody in connection with the incident at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire A man has been remanded in custody charged with child cruelty offences after children became unwell at a summer camp in Leicestershire. Jon Ruben, 76, appeared in Leicester magistrates court on Saturday morning after being charged with three counts of wilfully assaulting, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning or exposing children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to health, where he was told he would be remanded in custody and appear at Leicester crown court on Friday 29 August. Continue reading...


United i voldsom kamp om stjernesignering
Flere troverdige kilder hevder at Manchester United og Newcastle kjemper om samme spiss.


Økt salg av alkoholfritt: – Det smaker ikke som vann lenger
Vinmonopolet tror at høy temperatur har påvirket kundenes handlemønster denne sommeren. Salget av alkoholfritt har økt med hele 24 prosent.


- Styr dere!
Ordfører med bønn til turister.


Mener de feiger ut
Arendal-trener Vegard Hansen (55) kommer med klar beskjed til forhenværende kollegaer i TV-bransjen.


‘A sign of how we live now’: friction in Notting Hill over counter-terrorism barriers
Film tourists, market traders and residents react as council imposes traffic control measures on famous London street If Richard Curtis had shot his romcom classic Notting Hill over the past month, things might have turned out very differently. Julia Roberts would have had to stumble past huge concrete blocks while losing the hand of her British sweetheart and Hugh Grant might have missed his departing lover as he struggled to exit the area in an overstuffed Peugeot 406. Continue reading...


Man who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne in 1974 claims innocence
Ian Ball now says kidnap was always supposed to have failed and was plot to garner publicity to sell autobiography The gunman who shot police officers during a botched attempt to kidnap Princess Anne has claimed he is innocent, six years after being released from a psychiatric hospital. Ian Ball, who uses the pseudonym Anthony Stewart, claimed he expected Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter to have been swapped for a double and the gunpowder removed from his bullets ahead of the attempt in March 1974. Continue reading...


Sommersmaker er enkle – men aldri uskyldige
«Sommersmaker er enkle, men aldri uskyldige», skriver Johanna Holt Kleive etter en sommer full av kontraster.


– Hilst på døden mange ganger
Linni Meister har mistet mange, og er glad for å bli eldre så lenge helsen holder.


How the courts became the biggest roadblock to Trump’s plans
Judges issued about 35 nationwide injunctions blocking various Trump orders before the supreme court stepped in, according to independent analysis from the Guardian A federal judge’s ruling last week to maintain a sweeping nationwide ban on Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order highlights the dizzying legal battle that has defined the administration’s opening months, with courts issuing dozens of such sweeping orders to systematically halt abrasive elements of the president’s agenda. US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston rejected Trump administration arguments to narrow his nationwide injunction, a court order that prohibits the federal government from enforcing a law or policy against anyone across the nation, and not just the people who filed the legal challenge. Continue reading...


Højlund vil kjempe for plassen i United: – Planen min er veldig klar
Rasmus Højlund har fått alt annet enn en drømmestart på karrieren i Manchester United, men er klar på at han vil bli og kjempe om plassen.


- Aldri opplevd liknende
Frognerseteren restaurant i Holmenkollåsen må stenge midlertidig etter at det er påvist hepatitt A blant en ansatt og en gjest.


Utbrudd av hepatitt A i Oslo
Frognerseteren restaurant i Holmenkollåsen må stenge midlertidig etter at det er påvist hepatitt A blant en ansatt og en gjest.


Trygler bilister
Kø, venting og utålmodige bilister preger veiene når sommerferiefolket vender hjem


- Enormt viktig
Forskerne testet ut tanntråd innsatt med influensavaksine som mulig alternativ til sprøyte. 50 mus fikk tennene flosset – og det var ikke akkurat enkelt.


Growing number of Jewish American groups speak out over Gaza famine
Prominent groups, including traditional defenders of Israel, urge action on aid as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens ‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones As global outrage intensifies over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a growing number of prominent Jewish American organizations, including some traditional defenders of Israel, are speaking out and imploring the country to ensure that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza. This week, a UN-backed food security group warned that a “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza and health authorities there report dozens of deaths from starvation. Continue reading...


Wes Streeting said to be eyeing up No 10 – but how will doctors’ strikes affect his chances?
Some MPs question Streeting’s framing of dispute as a ‘war’, but wider mood is likely to depend on how NHS holds up From Jeremy Hunt and Alan Johnson to Andy Burnham and Ken Clarke, politics is littered with ambitious former health secretaries who did not make it into No 10. The aspirational current health secretary, Wes Streeting, is believed by colleagues to have his sights on bucking that trend, and one day replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street. Continue reading...


Nå skifter unge menn identitet for å passe inn
De har myke verdier og er opptatt av estetikk. De vet hvilket stjernetegn de er født under, og de leser om feminisme. I alle fall tilsynelatende.


Unormalt høye badetemperaturer denne sommeren
Har det vært litt ekstra behagelig å ta seg en dukkert denne sommeren? Det er nok ikke tilfeldig, opplyser havforsker Jon Albretsen.


Raseri etter TV-intervju
Den tyske fjellklatreren Thomas Huber reagerer kraftig på kritikk i kjølvannet av Laura Dahlmeiers dødsfall.


Germany’s ‘oldest and biggest’ gay nightclub declares bankruptcy
SchwuZ, a 50-year-old dance hotspot, falls victim to inflation and rising rents threatening Berlin’s club scene Germany’s oldest and biggest gay dance club has declared itself bankrupt after near half a century in business, falling victim to inflation and an evolving party culture threatening Berlin’s nightlife. Management troubles and dating apps were among the factors putting SchwuZ on the ropes last year and in May the club shortened its opening hours, laid off staff and asked regulars for help to plug a growing shortfall, to little avail. Continue reading...


- Hun er ferdig
Eksperter er skeptiske til Kamala Harris' eventuelle comeback i Det hvite hus.


Norsk spiller trodde han var solgt – møtte opp til falsk medisinsk test
En person er anmeldt for å utgitt seg for å representere ulike utenlandske klubber og lagt inn falske bud på spillere fra Allsvenskan, ifølge Fotbollskanalen.


- Var ingen der
En person er anmeldt for å utgitt seg for å representere ulike utenlandske klubber og lagt inn falske bud på spillere fra Allsvenskan, ifølge Fotbollskanalen.


Bjella runder av Notodden Bluesfestival med gratis storkonsert
Mange store norske musikere har spilt på søndagskonserten under Notodden Bluesfestival. I år er det Stein Torleif Bjella med band som skal i ilden.


Bekrefter
Venstrebacken David Møller Wolfe fortsetter karrieren hos Wolverhampton i Premier League. Han er solgt fra nederlandsk fotball.


David Møller Wolfe klar for Wolves
Premier League-klubben bekrefter overgangen på sine hjemmesider.


Good, mad and ugly: the US economy’s performance under Trump – in charts
Despite president’s claims of an economic boom, picture is chaotic – healthy GDP growth but weak jobs figures According to Donald Trump’s White House, the US economy is booming, inflation is dead and jobs are surging. A blizzard of economic reports has cast a pall on such claims in recent days. This week’s data on Trump’s early economic record was mixed – good, mad and ugly – with jobs numbers so weak he reached for the catchphrase he once used to build himself into a reality TV star: you’re fired. Continue reading...


Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave
Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961 Cold Nordic countries are being seared by “truly unprecedented” heat, as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to roast northern Europe. A weather station in the Norwegian part of the Arctic Circle recorded temperatures above 30C (86F) on 13 days in July, while Finland has had three straight weeks with 30C heat. Continue reading...


How a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall
Operation also shed unique light on backgrounds of those involved in running drugs into UK from ‘mother ships’ Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast To the surfers and dog walkers on the Cornish beach it must have looked like a scene from a crime thriller. An ocean chase ending with two boats crunching aground on the sand, a stumbling attempt by three men to escape into the dunes, dramatic arrests and the discovery of millions of pounds of cocaine. For the investigators it was the start of a painstaking investigation that has shone a unique light into a tactic used by South American drug gangs and British organised crime groups known as at-sea drop-offs or Asdos, in which bales of cocaine fitted with GPS trackers are dumped at sea from a transatlantic “mother” ships to be picked up by small vessels and smuggled into the UK via quiet coves and harbours. Continue reading...


Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast
Crime agency says there were more than 60 investigations into at-sea drop-offs last year with 34 people arrested How a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall Law enforcement agencies have urged people living in coastal communities in the UK to help them catch drug gangs that are using ever more imaginative methods to get vast quantities of cocaine into Britain. They have warned that gangs are favouring a method called “at-sea drop-offs” (Asdos) in which packages of drugs are released into the ocean from “mother ships” for smaller vessels to pick up and take into the UK via small coves and harbours. Continue reading...