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Man found dead hours after threatening messages to stab him were received

Neighbours had heard shouting in the early hours of the morning.

Manchester Evening News

Three-strike personal drug use rule expanded in Qld

Changes to Queensland drug laws are expected to divert thousands of people caught with small amounts including cocaine and heroin away from the justice system.

AAP

Snapchat, 'slavery' and how gang bosses are lining their pockets off the misery of children

Many of the children affected hundreds of miles away - in care or recent care leavers, and many are still not old enough to have completed high school

Manchester Evening News

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Snapchat, 'slavery' and how Merseyside gang bosses are lining their pockets off the misery of children

"Both of you had been manipulated by those above you into thinking this was the life for you"

Liverpool Echo

New Queensland drug laws will keep thousands of people out of justice system, advocates say

The new laws mean police will issue a warning for first-time minor drug possession and offer a place in a diversionary program. It's hoped thousands of people will be kept out of jail as a result.

ABC News

Schoolboy arrested after being found with heroin and cocaine

840 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin where found at an address

Liverpool Echo

Crime gang with 'secret Scots lab' who trafficked truckloads of drugs across border sentenced

Stephen King, from Dumbarton, was one of a drugs ring that trafficked truckloads of heroin and cocaine between Merseyside and Scotland.

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Gang behind secret £1million amphetamine lab used Costco car park for dodgy dealings

Organised crime group also trafficked lorry loads of heroin and cocaine between Merseyside and Scotland

Liverpool Echo

Brothers jailed for dealing heroin and crack cocaine to more than 1,000 people in Camden

They ‘ruthlessly’ exploited children and people with significant disabilities, getting them to act as drug dealers on their behalf

Evening Standard

Three arrested, €400,000 worth of heroin and cocaine seized as gardai launch raids on Finglas gang

Gardai seized the drugs over a number of searches yesterday in Finglas and Lucan

Dublin Live

Heroin overdose data strengthens case for new Melbourne injecting room, peak body says

Long-time heroin user Sean has lost at least six people to fatal overdoses. He says if drug users had the same kind of safe spaces offered to alcohol drinkers, lives would be saved.

ABC News

Remembering David Crosby, a giant of American songwriting who gave the ‘60s a voice

As architect of two ‘60s supergroups – and spokesman for the peace and love generation – Crosby will be remembered for his contribution to the counterculture, not the darkness in his life

Guitar World

Reunion Hotel: The emotional moment a Welsh former heroin addict reunites after 16 years with man who helped him get clean

BBC's Reunion Hotel shows emotional stories of people reuniting with important figures from their past

Wales Online

Walker man with 'small mountain' of drugs told being preyed on isn't a 'get out of jail free card'

Mark Simmonette, of Byker, was found with heroin, crack, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs during a raid at his home

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Manchester Evening News

Dad used contacts in Colombia to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs

The cocaine importer and his business partner were armed with grenades and had "lads who blow any c***'s head off"

Liverpool Echo

Dad with contacts in Colombia flooded UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs

Cocaine importer and business partner armed with grenades had "lads who blow any c***'s head off"

Bangkok Post

Three drug smugglers killed in Chiang Rai firefight

Three suspected drug smugglers were killed and 160,000 speed pills, 5.6kg of heroin and some raw opium were seized following an exchange of gunfire along the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai on Tuesday night.

Daily Record

Scots dealer who hid £12k worth of heroin in woods jailed for six years

Paul Boardman, 36, was arrested by officers investigating a country lines drugs supply from Liverpool to Aberdeen in June 2021.

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Liverpool Echo

Dealer jailed after police find £12k of heroin buried in woods

Paul Boardman played a leading role in the supply of heroin between Aberdeen and Liverpool

Dynamite News

Mizoram: Police seizes Rs 5.5 cr heroine; Myanmar national apprehended

Police seized 1.117 kilograms of heroin worth over Rs 5 crore in Champhai district early Tuesday morning, informed officials. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Petit Samedi review – intimate exploration of the loneliness of drug addiction

Shot like still tableaux, this poignant documentary follows a mother and son as they try to extricate the latter from the clutches of heroin

Daily Record

Series on Edinburgh gangsters explores war on drugs in city's roughest schemes

Filmmaker and former heroin addict Garry Fraser used non-actors from working class communities to portray real life trauma of those caught up in the drug trade.

Wales Online

Full list of the 24 most wanted men in the UK

National Crime Agency wants help to find men accused of crimes including murder, rape and drug smuggling

The Canberra Times

Accused drug trafficker found with alleged Breaking Bad-style 'Heisenberg kit'

The man's bail application was granted with strict conditions on his fourth attempt.

Daily Record

Drugs gang plotted to ship cocaine to Glasgow and armed themselves with hand grenades

Graham Minards used a network of criminal contacts to arrange to import tens of millions of pounds of heroin and cocaine to the UK.

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