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. Euronews · Jun 29
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 · Jun 29
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 · Jun 29
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 · Jun 29
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 · Jun 29
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 · Jun 29
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 · Jun 28
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 Evening Standard · Jun 26
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 Independent UK · Jun 26
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 · Jun 26
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… The Economic Times · Jun 24
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 Louder · Jun 23
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. The Conversation · Jun 17
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 · Jun 14
Bangkok Post · Jun 14 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 · Jun 8 Second Amendment Roundup: No Protection for Heroin Trafficker Fifth Circuit reaffirms Rahimi’s “dangerousness” standard in § 922(a)(1) case
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7 ‘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 · Jun 3 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 · May 23 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
Evening Standard · May 22 Drug smugglers who flooded London's streets with millions of pounds of cocaine jailed for 84 years More than 300kg of cocaine and more than 60kg of heroin, with an estimated value of almost £8 million pounds, was seized by police
Bangkok Post · May 20 Nigerian romance scammers ‘lured Thai women to distribute heroin’ Police have arrested a Nigerian man and two Thai women with 65.5 kilogrammes of heroin, saying they were linked to a Nigerian romance scam network that lured Thai women to distribute drugs in Thailand.
MusicRadar · May 13 “The head of LA’s Mexican mafia was in a cell next to me. He passed me a note and asked for an autograph for his daughter”: The hair-raising adventures of ’90s rock icons Stone Temple Pilots and their doomed singer Scott Weiland “I could not seem to put more than 30 days of abstinence together”
The Times of India · Apr 30 Scotland crime: Drug kingpin extradited from Dubai jailed for six years as EncroChat chats expose network A convicted drug trafficker, Stephen Jamieson, has been jailed for six years in Scotland after his role in a major organized crime ring was exposed through encrypted messages. Extradited from Dubai, Jamieson coordinated drug supply and financial dealings, including discussions of cocaine and heroin prices. The investigation, part of a…
The Conversation · Apr 29 Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off. Heroin is fluctuating.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29 Australia’s use of methamphetamine has doubled in a decade, wastewater monitoring reveals Consumption is at a record high along with that of cocaine, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission figures show