Bid to seize fugitive cage fighter's ill-gotten gains from drug ring while he's on the run Darren Towler was sentenced to 24 years in prison for running a cocaine operation in his absence Chronicle Live · Feb 23, 2023
Scots prison officer who befriended knife killer jailed for smuggling drugs behind bars Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison, in Lanarkshire, but was rumbled after jail chiefs became suspicious about the level of drugs found in cells. Daily Record · Feb 23, 2023
Judge warns County Lines drug dealer he should thank his barrister as he avoids jail The court heard Christopher Lambert was "pressured" into selling heroin and crack cocaine Liverpool Echo · Feb 23, 2023
Court shown timeline of cocaine divers' journey from Darwin to Newcastle The documents allege that Bruno Borges-Martins, along with another specialist diver from Brazil, were smuggled into Darwin by James Blake Blee, who is also facing a manslaughter charge in relation to Borges-Martins's death. ABC News · Feb 23, 2023
'America Has Lost the War on Drugs,' The New York Times Says, but Should Keep Fighting It Anyway The paper pushes modest reforms while endorsing continued criminalization. Reason · Feb 22, 2023
Drug dealers' empire rumbled after secret tiny prison phone uncovered Ashley Blackett, 35, and then-girlfriend Jamey-Leigh Brook-Parkinson spoke about 'building our empire' Manchester Evening News · Feb 22, 2023
Get ready for ‘Cocaine Bear’ by watching these 5 bear horror films “Cocaine Bear” is rampaging toward a theater near you. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023
Coatbridge dad fractured man's eye socket in 'random' stag do attack in Liverpool pub Scott Carter, 32, was on a stag do and under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when he attacked his victim Aaron Suleman in the early hours of the morning in a Liverpool pub. Glasgow Live · Feb 22, 2023
Genaro García Luna: Mexico’s ex-security minister convicted of bribes and drug smuggling Prosecutors say El Chapo’s cartel couldn’t have built a “global cocaine empire” without García Luna Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2023
Mexico’s former public security chief convicted in US drug case Genaro Garcia Luna was found guilty of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug-trafficking cartels in Mexico. Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023
Mexico's former public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels. WEKU · Feb 21, 2023
'Cocaine Bear' is here to strike a blow to staid Hollywood Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
Drug dealer freed from prison on day release didn't go back for six months Inmate said he failed to return after racking up cocaine debt and being pressured into becoming smuggler Liverpool Echo · Feb 21, 2023
Queensland is to relax its drug laws, even for ice and heroin. How could it affect you? The state government wants to expand its diversion program to personal quantities of anything from cocaine to meth. ABC News · Feb 21, 2023
Chronicle Live · Feb 21, 2023 Drugs gang supplier and courier jailed for their part in major class A drugs conspiracy Christopher Windmill, 47, was sentenced for supplying Liam Pow and his drugs-ring with Class A substances
Daily Record · Feb 21, 2023 Scots dad high on booze and cocaine fractured stranger's eye socket on stag do The 32-year-old, from Coatbridge, hit his victim so hard that the man's head smashed into a metal pole behind him causing him to lose consciousness.
Dublin Live · Feb 21, 2023 Watch trailer for new documentary series Dublin Narcos which explores rise 90s drug trade Heroin, ecstasy and cocaine use all sky rocketed in the 90s as Ireland's economy improved
ABC News · Feb 21, 2023 Queensland to relax drug laws, implement three-strike rule for people carrying small amounts of drugs for personal use Anyone caught carrying small quantities of illicit substances like heroin, cocaine or ice, will be given three chances before facing a criminal charge.
Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2023 Cocaine haul worth £35m set for London seized by Met Police on boat off Sussex coast Three men have been charged over the ‘huge, significant’ shipment
Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023 Woman funded life of Louis Vuitton handbags and foreign holidays by selling drugs Danielle Stafford tried to claim she was looking after large amounts of cash for a Liverpool man
Glasgow Live · Feb 20, 2023 Glasgow truck driver died in crash horror hours after taking cocaine A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of David Provan was told the 58-year-old died at the scene after ploughing into a stationary lorry carrying a static caravan.
Manchester Evening News · Feb 20, 2023 Drug dealer broke down in tears after being caught in compromising position by police "It was perfectly evident that he was holding his buttocks tightly clenched because he was holding something there"
Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023 Caught by drone camera while dealing drugs Man hiding heroin in bum breaks down in tears after 'unclenching'
Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023 Policeman bought cocaine outside pub while looking after toddler Former constable Jonathan Brown told his superiors he had been using cocaine for a "period of time"
Liverpool Echo · Feb 19, 2023 Sacked grandad made 'nonce' threat to manager then became £11million drug courier Warehouseman turned to trafficking heroin and cocaine in his van after losing his job