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Mid‑2026 interdictions spanned the Americas, Asia‑Pacific, Europe and Oceania. In the United Kingdom, police May, Costa Rican and U.S. forces seized a professional cannabis grow (14 plants, 800 g) 4,780 kg of cocaine and imposed marijuana in a suspended sentence and proceeds order. New Zealand authorities dismantled Pacific‑zone operation, arresting 14 traffickers. Later that month, a household grow (65 plants, cannabis butter), issuing multi‑agency raid in Central Florida dismantled a nine‑month home‑detention term and cocaine ring that had imported shipments by mail from Puerto Rico, seizing the property. Hong Kong customs uncovered 131 about 40 kg of ketamine hidden as sugar cubes cocaine, $1.13 million in a German air‑cargo shipment, arresting three men. Taiwan cash and firearms. Early June saw coordinated actions across Australasia. New Zealand police held youth drug‑prevention camps restrained assets worth almost $5 million in Taichung and Kaohsiung. Colombian police, acting on an Interpol red notice, captured a Panamanian port worker alleged to lead a network that contaminated shipping containers to move narcotics to Europe and Oceania; extradition is being pursued. Canterbury and, together with Australian police pursuits officers in late July revealed firearms, Riverina, seized cash, cocaine, methamphetamine and cash, including gel‑blaster pistols. Costa Rica’s OIJ raided the Los Maruja drug labs in Cartago, confiscating weapons, cocaine, crack, marijuana and ketamine and arresting three suspects. In Pennsylvania, a high‑speed chase statewide sweep captured heroin, fentanyl, meth, ecstasy and dozens of firearms, while the FBI’s Operation Spring produced more than 1,100 arrests nationwide. June 5‑6 operations in Ballarat that ended New South Wales and Christchurch intercepted cocaine shipments and restrained $4.8 million in assets linked to the arrest of King Cobra crime group. Panama’s National Aeronaval Service interdicted 4,217 drug packages in two Pacific maritime raids, detaining five suspects. Delhi police busted a recently released gunman meth‑lab, recovering MDMA, heroin and chemicals; New Zealand’s Far‑North operation dismantled a vehicle abandonment in Wellington, NSW, yielding rifles, ammunition meth network, seizing drugs, firearms, cash and meth. In the United States, New York State Police stopped a high‑speed chase on I‑87, recovering more than 500 grow‑room. Subsequent traffic‑stop busts uncovered over a pound of meth in Indiana and 7.7 lb of cannabis tossed from a vehicle fentanyl in Louisiana. A cross‑border Hells Angels crackdown recovered three AR‑15 rifles and charging the driver with felony assault related contraband in New Zealand and drug offenses. On 24 July, Australia. Costa Rican OIJ forces captured Alejandro Arias Monge, known as “Diablo”, the country’s most‑wanted drug lord linked to Rica’s patrols in Corcovado National Park seized 1 kg of marijuana. New Zealand’s Operation Haste dismantled a transnational cocaine network from Colombia to the United States. The gunfight left five agents injured meth cell, arresting eleven Chinese and one fatality among suspects. Both Arias Taiwanese nationals and his associate “Tan” were placed in maximum‑security isolation at La Reforma prison; the United States had offered a $500,000 reward seizing 10 kg of meth and is considering extradition. firearms. In late July, Costa Rican agents engaged Arias near Sarapiquí, wounding eight officers and killing Ecuador captured a suspect. Arias and lieutenant Jonathan Pérez Méndez (“Tan”) were captured, transferred to La Reforma, Los Lobos hitman and met with DEA officials about extradition. The U.S. announced a $1 million reward for a splinter‑group leader.