11 Feb 2020Yesterday, the Reykjavík District Court sentenced two men to seven years in prison for smuggling 37.8 kg of amphetamine and almost 5 kg of cocaine to Iceland on board the ferry Norröna last summer.
8 Aug 2019The East Iceland Police Department is involved in international cooperation with Europol after 45 kg of amphetamine and cocaine were discovered on board the ferry Norröna.
7 Nov 2018Two Icelanders are being held by police authorities in Melbourne, Australia after trying to smuggle seven kilos of cocaine. The cocaine is worth around 2.5 million USD.
30 Jul 2018The number of victims of date rape drugs seeking help at Stígamót, an Icelandic education and counseling center for survivors of sexual abuse and violence, has never been as high as last year.
7 Nov 2016Iceland tops the Nordic table in the use of addictive painkillers, stimulants, sleeping pills, tranquilisers, sedatives and anticonvulsants, it has emerged.
22 Sep 2016A new study has shown that 15-16-year-olds in Iceland smoke and drink considerably less than their European counterparts, with results improving dramatically over the years.
13 Sep 2016Police seized sizeable quantities of drugs and arrested six people on Friday following the discovery of a sophisticated large-scale cannabis factory in the Greater Reykjavik municipality of Kópavogur.
7 Jun 2016The 26-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were caught on Boxing Day 2015 in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza with four kilos of cocaine hidden in condoms and false-bottomed suitcases.
4 May 2016According to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Icelanders are one of the world's biggest users of cannabis, with over 8% of Icelanders using the drug.
