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The Taliban's Trojan horse: What really happened after Afghanistan's opium ban

Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium…

The Times of India

ED searches 9 locations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir in narco-terror funding probe, freezes Rs 49.9 lakh

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jammu Sub Zonal Office has conducted search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 on July 23 at 09 locations in Punjab and Jammu and Kasmir Inear Line of Control (LOC) in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation relating…

The Economic Times

Motley Crue and Nikki Sixx injected Jack Daniels

At the height of their addiction, Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx injected whiskey when they ran out of heroin.

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Anti-drug campaign starts in childhood

Tackling drug problems on Koh Samui requires more than just arrests, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), with cures ranging from early-childhood prevention programmes to methadone treatment and prisoner rehabilitation.

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Airport checks tightened in 'Meena' heroin probe

Authorities have widened their investigation into a transnational drug network linked to Thai Airways flight attendant Meena Kondo and tightened airport screening of airline crews.

Bangkok Post

Police hunt for drug network kingpin abroad

Police have identified a Thai woman known as RoseRose as a suspected key figure in a cross-border drug network accused of using a Thai Airways flight attendant to smuggle heroin to Australia.

Bangkok Post

Women nabbed in heroin bust

Anti-narcotics officers have arrested two women accused of helping international heroin smuggling operations following investigations linked to separate airport drug seizures.

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Key figure in flight‑crew heroin smuggling arrested

A prime suspect in a heroin trafficking network linked to the case of a Thai flight attendant detained in Australia was arrested in Phayao province on Thursday night, authorities said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Two Lao men wanted in ‘Meena’ heroin case

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has sought warrants for the arrest of two Lao men suspected of using Thais, including a flight attendant arrested recently in Australia, to smuggle heroin to third countries.

Bangkok Post

Standard Fentanyl Addiction Treatment Doses Are Failing in High-Potency Markets

LA study: standard methadone and buprenorphine doses may be inadequate for high-potency fentanyl users. Families should advocate for appropriate dosing. Here's the clinical guidance.

Medical Daily

‘All suspects identified’ in flight crew heroin smuggling case

Authorities have identified all members of the gang that used a Thai flight attendant to smuggle heroin into Australia, including suspects in Laos, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board.

Bangkok Post

A brief history of Grey Lynn junkies

First-hand accounts of living with the rock band Dragon in 1970s Grey Lynn and the subsequent spiral into heroin addiction.

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Thai expat in Australia intended recipient of heroin from Thai stewardess

SURAT THANI - A Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over a decade would have been the receiver of tote bags with hidden heroin from a Thai stewardess had she not been arrested, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

Bangkok Post

Air hostess heroin case tied to transnational syndicate

The Department of Special Investigation had taken over the heroin-smuggling air hostess case because it involves a transnational and organised drug network, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board said on Monday.

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Another arrest in heroin trafficking case

One more suspect has been arrested in the heroin trafficking case linked to a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested in Australia on June 25, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau says (NSB).

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Heroin carried by Thai air hostess traced to Myanmar

Police tracing the heroin carried to Australia by a Thai Airways air hostess believe it was produced in Myanmar and smuggled into northern Thailand through Laos.

Bangkok Post

Courier ‘sorry’ for delivering drugs to flight attendant

The man who delivered a parcel containing heroin to the home of a Thai Airways flight attendant who was later arrested in Australia has apologised for the trouble he caused her.

Bangkok Post

Thai cabin crew heroin case expands

Thailand is preparing to elevate a cross-border heroin trafficking investigation involving a Thai cabin crew member detained in Australia to special case status, as a wider syndicate and overseas recipient network come into focus.

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African-led transnational drug ring busted

Authorities have arrested 13 Thai and foreign suspects who were members of a transnational drug network led by a fugitive African known as “Big Jot” and seized 130 kilogrammes of heroin and cocaine worth over 400 million baht.

Bangkok Post

Loei couple suspected of heroin links questioned in Bangkok

A Thai man and his Laotian wife were brought to Bangkok from Loei on Friday for questioning by narcotics investigators, who are trying to shed light on a network linked to the heroin carried by a Thai Airways International flight attendant who was arrested in Melbourne.

Bangkok Post

Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

The intended recipient of heroin found in the luggage of a Thai flight attendant in Australia has been partly identified, while Thai authorities are attempting to locate the car that delivered the drugs to the woman’s residence in Bangkok.

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The 5th Circuit Says a Houston Cop Reasonably Killed 2 Innocent People Falsely Accused of Selling Heroin

The officer's avowed reasons for killing Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were contradicted by the physical evidence.

Bangkok Post

Thai man, Lao wife detained in connection to drug smuggling case

LOEI - Police have detained a Thai man and his Lao wife for questioning in connection with a parcel they allegedly sent to a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested at Melbourne Airport on charges of attempting to smuggle in about one kilogram of heroin concealed in her luggage.

Bangkok Post

Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

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One dead, three ill after unknowing heroin intake

Health authorities are issuing a warning to party drug users after heroin was found in methamphetamine and cocaine products across one state.

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