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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an urgent meeting of anti-narcotics agencies and Airports of Thailand (AoT) on Friday after the arrest of a Thai Airways International flight attendant in Australia on allegations of attempting to smuggle heroin into the country.

Bangkok Post

“I’m like, ‘I don’t know, man! I’m in Arizona!’” In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil

When trying to score drugs at a South American festival, Nirvana’s leader turned to what he believed to be a local expert

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Investigators asking if flight attendant knew about drugs

Thai authorities are looking into the case of a Thai flight attendant who was arrested for carrying heroin into Australia, to determine whether she was knowingly involved in drug smuggling.

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Thai Airways launches investigation after cabin crew member arrested for smuggling heroin worth £380k

Airline vows full cooperation as Australian police allege drugs were hidden in 12 tote bags

The Independent UK

Thai Airways hostess arrested smuggling heroin into Australia

Thai Airways International has pledged full cooperation with Australian authorities after a Thai air hostess was arrested and heroin seized from her bags at Melbourne airport.

Bangkok Post

Drone loaded with heroin crashes in Pakistan's Punjab en route to India

A drone allegedly being used to smuggle narcotics into India crashed near the India-Pakistan border in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said on Monday.

The Times of India

Thai airline employee arrested in Australia on suspicion of smuggling €302,000 of heroin

The 26-year-old woman was on duty on board an international flight when she arrived at Melbourne Airport on Thursday.

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Thai airline employee arrested in Australia on suspicion of importing heroin

Australian police have arrested a Thai airline employee for allegedly importing over a kilogram of heroin into Melbourne

The Independent UK

Air steward arrested in Australia on suspicion of importing heroin after tote bags searched

Police said an X-ray found white powder concealed in the linings of her tote bags

The Independent UK

Thai Airways hostess arrested smuggling heroin into Australia

Thai Airways International has pledged full cooperation with Australian authorities after a Thai air hostess was arrested and heroin seized from her bags at Melbourne airport.

Bangkok Post

Thai air crew member arrested at Melbourne airport with heroin worth B11m

Australian police have arrested a female member of a Thai aircrew on an international flight at Melbourne airport after an x-ray by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers allegedly found one kilogramme of heroin concealed in her tote bags.

Bangkok Post

Airline worker's alleged tote bag drug smuggle attempt

A 26-year-old woman will face court after being accused of trying to smuggle about $500,000 of heroin concealed in tote bags into Australia.

AAP

Bikramjit Brar, Hardeep Thind and Purshotam Dhillon: Three Indian-origin men jailed in London for running £174,000 drugs network

In a significant crackdown, authorities have dismantled a large drug trafficking operation in London, orchestrated by incarcerated dealer Hardeep Thind. Three men of Indian descent, including an active magistrate, received prison sentences for their involvement in distributing cocaine and heroin worth £174,000. Following Thind's release, the illegal network expanded, prompting…

The Times of India

Moment magistrate who helped run major London drug dealing operation arrested on bed - as he is jailed for seven years

Purshotam Dhillon, 59, was a serving magistrate when he was a key member of a crime ring selling heroin and crack cocaine

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The Independent UK

Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

Myanmar authorities have burned more than $600 million worth of seized illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, marijuana and opium, in nationwide events marking the U.N.’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

The Economic Times

ED arrests prime accused Harpreet Talwar in 3000 kg Mundra port Heroin seizure case

Enforcement Directorate has arrested Harpreet Singh Talwar, a key figure in a money laundering probe linked to a massive heroin seizure at Mundra Port in 2021. Searches at six Delhi locations led to his apprehension. Talwar is accused of facilitating drug smuggling for an international syndicate, receiving goods and cash…

The Economic Times

ED raids Delhi nightclub owner, others in 2021 Mundra port drugs seizure case

The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches across five locations in Delhi as part of a money laundering probe linked to the massive 2021 Mundra port drug haul. The investigation targets businessman Kabir Talwar and others, focusing on alleged investments of narcotics funds into Delhi nightclubs. This follows a seizure of…

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When Aerosmith's Steven Tyler offered to help Kurt Cobain kick heroin, the response from Nirvana's frontman was savage

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler offered to help Kurt Cobain kick his habit, got verbally slapped down

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The Conversation

The over-50s are most likely to overdose. Here’s how older people use drugs

When many of us think about drug overdose, we picture young people at a music festival or people dependent on street heroin.

Bangkok Post

Love scam bust nets B25m drugs

Three people, including two Nigerian nationals, were arrested after police uncovered a drug trafficking operation linked to a romance scam. Authorities seized cocaine and heroin worth over 25 million baht.

Bangkok Post

Heroin and phone smugglers caught at Phuket airport

PHUKET - Three smugglers have been caught at Phuket airport - a South African woman taking 16 kilogrammes of heroin to Uganda and two suspected scammers, Uzbeks, bringing 35 mobile phones into Thailand.

Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: No Protection for Heroin Trafficker

Fifth Circuit reaffirms Rahimi’s “dangerousness” standard in § 922(a)(1) case

The Guardian - UK

‘Football saved me’: Street Soccer coordinator Sarah Rhind on life after heroin addiction

Sarah Rhind tells Suzanne Wrack how football was her focus as she recovered and how it helped her create ‘beautiful friendships’

The Mary Sue

Deepfake Turns A Harrowing Eye Towards Personal Identity At Tribeca [EXCLUSIVE CLIP]

Deepfake is premiering at Tribeca this week, and The Mary Sue has an exclusive clip from the new film! Filmmaker Matt Eames is bringing Deepfake to Tribeca on June 6th. In this new feature, Jessica DiGiovanni plays Jane. She is a millennial who after a heroin breakup hires a team…

The Independent UK

Indian businessman spends 57 days in jail after airport scanner mistakes spice mix for heroin

Petitioner argued that the detection machine, manufactured in Canada, was not calibrated to handle aromatic Indian spices

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