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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"

Manchester Evening News

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"

Liverpool Echo

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.

Bangkok Post

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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.

Daily Record

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

Liverpool Echo

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:

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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

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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.

Daily Record

Judicial complex theft: Two held, stolen articles including heroin seized in Rajouri

JAMMU: Two persons were arrested for stealing seized articles including four kilograms of heroin from a Judicial complex in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.

The Times of India

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

Wales Online

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.

The Canberra Times

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.

Daily Record

Gang that imported cocaine and heroin armed themselves with hand grenades and had 'lads who blow heads off'

Gang boss used international networks of contacts to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs

Manchester Evening News

Cocaine importers armed with hand grenades had Leeds links and 'lads who blow heads off'

The gang, who had supply lines to Leeds and Bradford, would organise a fleet of vehicles to stash their illicit goods

Leeds Live

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Fentanyl Caused ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio’s Death

“Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Thursday. The county agency also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a…

The Guardian - UK

‘Mother’s smack spoon’: how one woman’s search for her addict parent reinvents film-making

Blue Bag Life, Lisa Selby’s intimate documentary about her mother’s death, inspired the film-makers to adopt a new, more collective way of working

Liverpool Echo

The 24 most wanted men in the UK as police issue 'do not approach' warning

The National Crime Agency has updated its list of the most wanted men in Britain

Wales Online

Fentanyl killed 1990s rapper Coolio, former manager reveals

The synthetic opioid painkiller is 100 times stronger than heroin and such drugs account for about 75 per cent of all overdose deaths in the US

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Chicago Sun-Times

Coolio’s cause of death was fentanyl, manager says

‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper also had traces of heroin and methamphetamine in his system.

Los Angeles Times

Rapper Coolio's primary cause of death revealed by coroner: fentanyl and other drugs

LOS ANGELES — Rapper Coolio died in September due to the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, the Los Angeles medical examiner determined Thursday.

Salon

What is xylazine?

Although xylazine is not an opioid, naloxone can reverse the effects of it when mixed in fentanyl and heroin

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine importers armed with hand grenades had 'lads who blow heads off'

Gang boss used international networks of contacts to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat dad 'WoodenJay' caught after sending pictures of new baby

William Davidson and Steven Gorry were involved in the supply of 108kg of cocaine and 14kg of heroin

Manchester Evening News

Men arrested on suspicion of dealing crack cocaine and heroin over phone line

The arrests were made by a GMP 'county lines' team

Evening Standard

Drug dealer admits supplying fentanyl-laced heroin to The Wire actor Michael K Williams before fatal overdose

A drug dealer pleaded guilty yesterday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin that led to his death.

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