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Q&A: Creating different punishments for crack and powder cocaine never made sense and was unscientific, experts say

While we wait for the United States Senate to pass the Equal Act, effectively and finally eliminating the sentencing disparity between two forms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland outlined additional policies for federal prosecutors to pursue equalizing charges, pleas, and sentencing in those drug cases.

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Woman 'driving Kia badly' was disqualified and tested positive for cocaine

Police said the woman's driving was "not up to the standard we are used to"

Liverpool Echo

Drugs gang caught red-handed with designer watches and thousands of pounds in cash

The gang were using encrypted devices to buy cocaine and cannabis

Manchester Evening News

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Notts men among 22 criminals who flooded UK with industrial amounts of Class A drugs

Three men from Nottingham are among the 22 people who are now facing a total of more than 200 years in prison after Encrochat - communication service which was found to be used by criminals to plan and coordinate illegal activity - was taken down

Nottingham Post

Healthcare assistant smuggled cocaine and ketamine into prison where she worked

Megan Woodham was sentenced alongside two men

Wales Online

Woman sobs 'I love you' to her family as she's jailed after £1million cocaine plot

Megan Woodham, a healthcare assistant at HMP Risley in Warrington, has been jailed for her role in a multi-million pound drugs plot which included smuggling ketamine into prison

Daily Mirror

Dad who fled Liverpool after being shot in mistaken identity jailed for drugs operation

Barry Weadock ran the operation from a property loaned to him by a church charity

Liverpool Echo

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Belgian port of Antwerp says record volume of cocaine seized in 2022

Belgian authorities said seizures of cocaine at the port of Antwerp, the main gateway into Europe, hit a new record last year. This comes amid mounting concern over the power of violent international gangs.

Radio France Internationale

Prison worker smuggled drugs into jail and turned home into 'safehouse' for gang

Megan Woodham reportedly 'formed a relationship' with an inmate.

Daily Record

Dramatic police chase as officer breaks hand clinging to crack dealer's van

Lee 'Pop' Davies unsuccessfully tried to get rid of his crack cocaine wraps during the pursuit

Wales Online

Prison health worker smuggled ketamine into jail after 'forming relationship' with inmate

Megan Woodham, 30, allowed her home in Wigan to be used as a "safehouse" for a multi-million pound drug gang

Manchester Evening News

Despite record cocaine seizures, drug cartels roil Europe

Cocaine is spreading at an alarming rate through Europe, much of it through the world ports of Antwerp in Belgium and Rotterdam in the Netherlands

The Independent UK

Woman sobs 'I love you' to her family as she's jailed for six years

Megan Woodham handed over packages of drugs to an inmate and was part of £1million cocaine gang

Liverpool Echo

County lines dealer jailed for five years after running drugs from Hackney to Norfolk

Tyrone Harris, 32, supplied crack cocaine through his ‘Tray county line’ which he advertised by bulk text

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Wales Online

Drug dealer found with heroin and cocaine in his pants when searched by police

Augustus Simmons, 25, and Kenneth Obih, 47, were stopped in Cardiff by police after witnessing a drug deal with another man

Daily Mirror

Gwyneth Paltrow jokes about 'doing cocaine' and 'going home with random men' in the 90s

Gwyneth Paltrow reflected on life in the public eye during the 1990s before social media, joking about 'doing cocaine and not getting caught'

Daily Record

Young man found dead at country park after sending heartbreaking message to girlfriend

Jake Burton was discovered with a high level of cocaine and alcohol in his system.

The Independent UK

Kevin Hart says fame is a bigger drug than cocaine or heroin: ‘People get shellshocked’

‘Nobody prepares you for the world of fame. There is no handbook,’ comedian said

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Manchester Evening News

Young man's harrowing Snapchat message to girlfriend before he was found dead in country park

Jake Burton, 24, was found dead by a dog walker in Reddish Vale Country Park

Daily Record

Drugs gang who pushed kilos of coke and cannabis into Scotland exposed by ledgers and burner phones

The gang used a network of drug runners to supply dealers across the UK.

Liverpool Echo

Notebooks and burner phones exposed extent of national crime ring trading kilos of cocaine

Jamie Walsh kept ledgers showing thousands owed to him by his customers and thousands that he owed out to his suppliers

Wales Online

Dealers filmed themselves with drugs and piles of money

George Medcraft and Nathan Parsons were found to be dealing cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis after their phones were seized by police

Manchester Evening News

The links between a £10m cocaine and ecstasy gang and the Arena terrorist Abedi brothers

Five dealers were jailed last week

Irish Mirror

Daniel Kinahan drug cartel channelling drugs through Africa on much bigger scale than first thought

A report has found both substantial local consumption and expanding transit flows to Europe and Australia from South America.

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry could lose his US visa after admitting taking cocaine and magic mushrooms

The Duke of Sussex's shock revelation in his Spare memoir could see him miss out on extending his visa

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