Turkish authorities have detained 22 more people as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation involving figures from the entertainment industry, local media reported on Thursday.

Authorities in China and the United States have arrested five suspects in a coordinated cross-border drug smuggling investigation.

A criminal network described as a “gringo cartel” has been linked to a wider transnational drug trafficking operation involving US-based actors and Mexican criminal organizations, according to a report published by Borderland Beat.

An ambulance driver has been arrested in Baku over a drug-impaired driving case.

Turkish prosecutors on Thursday requested the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with a ship carrying 10 tons of cocaine seized by Spanish authorities near the Canary Islands earlier this month.