All news on the topic: Drugs

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Teens hang out car windows as they gather for A66 crash funeral – after schools shut early over ‘quadbike chaos’ fears
Teens have been seen hanging from car windows as they gather for the funeral of a teenager who died in the A66 crash with schools across Middlesbrough closed early.
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"Gun factory in a van": Woman spared jail after laundering £53,000 for husband and son
A woman who laundered cash for her husband and son after they set up a gun factory in the back of a van has been spared jail - because of prison overcrowding.
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Massive stash of ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine found buried beneath Creamfields
A massive stash of party drugs has been discovered buried beneath Creamfields.
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Police storm illegal rave near quiet Norfolk village with riot shields as seven men are arrested
Seven people were arrested and equipment including speakers were seized after police shut down an illegal rave near a quiet Norfolk village.
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“Besotted” prison nurse struck off after smuggling drugs and phones for gang
Prison nurse Kiera Burton, 35, who was part of a sophisticated gang helping to smuggle drugs into HMP Preston and HMP Lancaster Farms has now been struck off by a tribunal
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78 arrested as Spain-led operation smashes violent Mediterranean smuggling network using "ghost boats"
A Spanish-led international police operation supported by Europol arrested 78 suspects in Spain and Algeria, dismantling an alleged violent smuggling network across the western Mediterranean, Europol stated Friday
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Revealed: Albanian people smugglers forcing migrants into Britain’s drug supply chain
A Sky News investigation has uncovered how the UK’s illegal drug trade is being supported by people-smuggling networks
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Edinburgh traffic stop leads to £210,000 drug seizure and arrest
A man has been arrested and charged after drugs were recovered during a traffic stop in Edinburgh.
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Five-year-old brings "cocaine" to elite £16k-a-year school in shock incident
A five-year-old student at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools attended class with ’cocaine’ in their bag.
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Inquest hears Bibey attacked partner before being found dead in hotel room
Former British rugby league player Ricky Bibey was found dead in Italy after allegedly beating up his girlfriend while high.
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Banker held over Putney Pusher case re-arrested on Class A and B drug offences
A man arrested in connection to the ‘Putney Pusher’ case of 2017 has been detained again after police found drugs at his London home.
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Essex criminal led gang that smuggled Afghan migrants into UK in secret truck compartment
An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
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Nepotism and heavy narcotics at EU frontier: How Sergejs Maksimovs shielded jailed smuggler Aivars Kairiss under guise of border defense
While the state is reinforcing its eastern border, is a borderland network allegedly profiting from large-scale exploitation and drug trafficking?
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Raheem Sterling seen swerving across motorway lanes in dashcam footage before Lamborghini crash and arrest
Raheem Sterling can be seen driving erratically and swerving across three lanes on the motorway in new footage filmed shortly before he crashed his £270,000 Lamborghini.
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Matthew Perry death case closes with prison sentence for assistant who administered fatal drug
Matthew Perry’s personal assistant has been jailed for three years and five months after buying ketamine for the Friends star and injecting him with the dose that killed him.
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Former Baader-Meinhof militant sentenced after 30 years on the run and €2.4m robbery spree
The 67-year-old had been on the run since the 90s when the gang, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, disbanded.
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Drugged-up dad loses custody after leaving five-year-old son home alone while high on ketamine
A drugged up dad has lost custody of his six-year-old son after leaving him home alone while he was high on ketamine.
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Man arrested on drug supply suspicion after police shooting in Whitefield traffic stop incident
Armed police shot a motorist who ‘drove directly at them’ while trying to ‘get away’ from a traffic stop.
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Bloodshed outside London shop leaves five stabbed and one suspect under arrest
Five people have been stabbed outside a shop in west London.
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Five men stabbed in broad daylight Acton street altercation as police launch urgent investigation
Emergency services were called to Horn Lane in Acton this afternoon to reports five men were assaulted and stabbed in an altercation.
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Sandoz warns Europe risks dependence on China for key antibiotic ingredient
Drugmaker Sandoz has called for the European Commission to launch an investigation into Chinese imports of a key ingredient used in a popular antibiotic, alleging unfair state subsidies.
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London "Rolex ripper" gangs are drugging nightlife victims to steal luxury watches
Rolex ripper gangs are drugging partygoers on nights out to steal their luxury watches in a new disturbing crimewave to hit London.
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Two arrested after €198,000 drug haul seized in Dublin raid
A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.
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Drug counselor jailed over Matthew Perry ketamine death
A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, to two years in prison for his role in the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.
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Drug cartel money and financial flows from Donbas: how the €75 million scheme of Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin operated
After the uncovering of a Europol-linked money laundering scheme exceeding €75 million, brothers Vladlen and Hennadiy Hiriny have reportedly launched an aggressive effort to cleanse their digital footprint.