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A gang which smuggled up to £7 billion worth of drugs from the continent over two-a-half years have been jailed.

A drugs gang who used children to peddle heroin and cocaine from the Midlands across the UK have been locked up for more than 29 years. The ’complex network of dealers’ supplied their stash of drugs using the AB Line and Jay Line.

Europe is facing a growing threat from potent synthetic substances, new drug mixtures, and evolving usage patterns, particularly after the Taliban imposed a ban on opium poppy cultivation, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) warned in its latest report published on Tuesday.

Sophie Richardson had come into some money in the days before death the detective investigating her death revealed. She was found dead having taken heroin

Cocaine remains Britain's top drug seized more than any other apart from cannabis, the Home Office says, but heroin and ketamine were the main drug seen by some UK police forces

Professor Chris Pudney, from the University of Bath, says that benzodiazepines - a class of drugs used for the treatment of anxiety in medical settings - are being sold on the black market and used by opioid addicts, creating a deadly drug cocktail that can easily kill

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Grace Rose Baez began her career as a police officer more than 10 years ago, but has now been charged with distributing drugs after arranging to sell fentanyl and heroin to a police informant whilst she was on duty

The Met Police had been accused of failing in their duty of care after Mikias Tekeste, 30, was found unwell in his cell after ingesting an unknown substance while in a police vehicle in Croydon

Drug outreach workers in Tower Hamlets, London, say they've seen a disturbing rise in users with flesh-eating abscesses sparking belief there is a new opioid on the rise disguised as heroin

Hunter Michael Shepard, 28, from West Virginia, US, was admitted to rehab five times but it was when he entered a "scary" zombie-like state his life changed forever

Laced pills flooding the illicit drug market increasingly claim lives, with the horse tranquillizer Xylazine causing a shocking spike. Users could get gangrene and even amputation of limbs

The wives of twin brothers who helped to bring down El Chapo when they informed on him are to be jailed. Vivianna Lopez, 42, and Valerie Gaytan, wives of Pedro and Margarito Flores, admitted to money laundering

Cara Tatarelli was painfully thin, had sores on her face and tried to take her own life when she hit rock bottom - but now, three years on, she's enjoying life again.

Hull Crown Court heard graduate Danielle Stafford was an "enthusiastic" cannabis and cocaine dealer as a drugs stash with the street value of £33,600 was found in her Cottingham home

The Royal Navy crew on board the HMS Lancaster work to dismantle the global narcotics trade – busting criminals who pose as fishermen to ship heroin and meth

The law does not fully legalise the substances but means Canadians over the age of 18 in British Columbia who possess up to 2.5g for personal use will not be arrested or charged

Teacher Frank Thompson, 57, is thought to have been under the influence of fentanyl, which he had stashed in the cupboard of his classroom at the school he worked at in New Jersey, when he was found unresponsive