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Drug dealer pleads guilty in death of ‘Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams

Irvin Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in the actor’s death.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dealer pleads guilty in death of actor Michael K. Williams

A New York City drug dealer has pleaded guilty to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K

The Independent UK

‘Selfish’ woman tricked her widowed friend into handing over her wedding ring to buy heroin

Claire Cumming also took two phones containing photos of her friend’s late husband

Manchester Evening News

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The 24 most wanted men in Britain revealed - as public are told do NOT approach

The National Crime Agency has updated its list of the most wanted men in Britain for a litany of vile crimes, including murder, rape and drug smuggling. Call 999 if you see any of them

Daily Mirror

Can this town save itself from fentanyl addiction? The race to turn around a threatened community

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — The caretaker at the hillside cemetery braced against the cold and walked among the graves. Crosses cast shadows on bunched flowers. A strand of tinsel gleamed from a bare tree. He looked over the rows and shut the gate, his face red, his hands small and coarse.

Los Angeles Times

Blue Bag Life review – raw self-portrait of a life dogged by other people’s addiction

Shot mostly on her mobile phone, Lisa Selby’s film documents her troubled childhood and her partner’s journey from heroin to recovery in this moving memoir

The Guardian - UK

Record heroin shipment seized in Queensland drug sting

Authorities have seized Queensland's largest heroin shipment as part of an operation targeting an international drug smuggling operation.

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Huge heroin haul hidden in concrete before record bust

A shipment of heroin with an estimated street value of almost $270 million has been detected at the Australian border, with the drugs hidden in concrete blocks.

AAP

Australian Federal Police report largest ever detection of heroin in Queensland after 336kg shipment seized

Federal police say the seizure, which has a street value of about $268 million, is the second-largest heroin shipment ever detected in Australia.

ABC News

Punjab: BSF recovers over 2 kg heroin in Amritsar and Tarn Taran; foils smuggling attempts

BSF on Friday foiled multiple attempts to smuggle contraband and recovered packets containing narcotics in the Amritsar and Tarn Taran. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Drug gang members who 'plagued Nottinghamshire streets' jailed for combined 166 years

More than a dozen defendants have been sentenced as part of the operation

Nottingham Post

When Aerosmith's Steven Tyler offered to help Nirvana's Kurt Cobain kick heroin, Cobain's response was savage: "This guy didn't have to die," Tyler later maintained

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler knows only too well the appeal, and consequences, of taking heroin, which is why he offered to help Kurt Cobain kick his habit

Metal Hammer

What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose risk, and why Narcan can still save a life

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of fentanyl adulterated with xylazine, which can increase the risk of overdosing on an already deadly drug. Xylazine is increasingly appearing within the U.S. supply of illicit opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The…

The Conversation

Model feared she was going to die after £1million of drugs found in her luggage

Tereza Hluskova, 27, was jailed in 2018 for attempting to smuggle 8.5kg of heroin into Ireland from Pakistan and has now shared her "horror" experiences behind bars

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Trial date set for Queensland man accused of possessing nearly $1 million worth of heroin

Van Dung Vu has pleaded not guilty to possessing 3.3 kilograms of heroin discovered in a package from Vietnam addressed to a Mackay business.

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Let's quietly reflect on that time Dave Mustaine blew a date with Belinda Carlisle due to heroin, pot and breath that smelled "like a skunk’s ass"

The course of true love never did run smooth, as a wise man once noted

The Times of India

Delhi Police busts two drug rackets, nabs four

NEW DELHI: With the arrest of four men, Delhi Police's Special Cell busted two different drug cartels and recovered heroin and opium worth about Rs 40 crore, officials said on Sunday.

Nottingham Post

Cocaine and heroin dealer tried to run away after city centre street fight

He had been arrested three months before the street fight

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Liverpool Echo

Messages on dealer's phone 'made it pretty clear' to police what he had been up to

He tried to run but the messages on his phone gave the game away

Daily Record

Two men involved in serious organised drug crime in Kinross area are jailed

James Paterson (34) was sentenced to 14 years after being found guilty of supplying cocaine and heroin among other charges

Manchester Evening News

Adele Sheppard tragically died after suffering irreversible brain damage from a lack of oxygen

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Watch Slash and Perry Farrell play a song about a heroin addict with a violent boyfriend to an audience of children

Jane Says is one of the most beautiful songs in Jane's Addiction's catalogue, and watching him and Slash perform it on the Kidz stage at Lollapalooza 2008 is an experience

Tribune News Service

Some roadblocks to lifesaving addiction treatment are gone. Now what?

For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited access to buprenorphine, a medication that addiction experts consider the gold standard for treating patients with opioid use disorder. Study after study shows it helps people continue addiction treatment while reducing the risk of overdose…

Wales Online

Teenager found with heroin and crack cocaine in Cardiff park

Mohammed Radman, 18, also had a lock knife, which he said had been given to him by those asking him to sell drugs

Wales Online

Teenage car thief crashed Mercedes into house while under influence of heroin

Bailey Hanlon, 19, took the car from outside the home of his victim in Cardiff before driving at speed during a police chase

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