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EncroChat kingpins who ran drugs lab trafficked lorry loads of heroin and speed

Terence Earle ran a criminal network running heroin, cocaine and amphetamines between Merseyside and Scotland

Liverpool Echo

Crime gang convicted over ‘industrial scale’ £1.1m Motherwell amphetamine factory

The group, who also trafficked heroin and cocaine across the border between England and Scotland, used the encrypted communication platform EncroChat to organise their criminal dealings.

Daily Record

EncroChat thug 'Stealthy' boasted of 'mint wages' from heroin and guns trade

Arron Corkovic forged links with Merseyside organised crime groups and spoke of wanting to set up a street dealing ring

Liverpool Echo

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Gang trafficked children to flood streets with heroin and crack cocaine

The gang's leader did his bidding from prison

Nottingham Post

Young Dublin woman caught with €240k worth of heroin and cocaine in Tesco bag avoids jail

Kirsty Cummins was found in possession of heroin and cocaine

Irish Mirror

Notorious Salford criminal going by nickname 'Stealthy' caught brokering sale of guns and heroin

In one message, Arron Corkovic wrote: "I can get a taster of that nasty (heroin) to pass out to a few kids before the restrictions kick in."

Manchester Evening News

'Bullet Hawk' rants at judge as he's jailed for nearly 15 years

Crime family's leader Paul Whitney also moaned when police raided his home on his birthday

Liverpool Echo

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Russell Brand reflects on his incredible transformation as he marks 20 years sober

Comedian Russell Brand thanked his family and fans as he celebrated 20 years of being 'clean and sober' following his addiction to crack, heroin and alcohol

Daily Mirror

Dealer caught red-handed - after trying to sell drugs to police

"Essentially, you are peddling misery and death.”

Manchester Evening News

Haunting photos show toll of just three years of heroin and crack cocaine use on woman

Marie Beverage broke down and wept as she was jailed for 16 months after admitting burglary, theft, fraud and failing to surrender to bail - as photos show the toll of class A drug use have taken on her

Daily Mirror

The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

A murderer and a hatchet-wielding thug who raided Morrisons are among those jailed this week

Manchester Evening News

Paddy Pimblett's UFC opponent was "legally dead" for two minutes

Pimblett's opponent Jared Gordon was once pronounced "legally dead" for two minutes after overdoing on heroin, but managed to turn his life around for the better

Daily Mirror

On-the-run drugs gang boss nicknamed money-loving right-hand man 'Johnny Cash'

OCG leader splashed out on holidays to Mexico and Portugal for co-conspirators and remains at large

Liverpool Echo

Police storm Manchester homes and find three gangsters inside

Three men have been jailed for a combined 30 years

Manchester Evening News

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6 Connecticut toddlers died from fentanyl in 2021. Spike in illicit use, drug's potency have child advocates worried

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.

The Independent UK

Pioneering heroin scheme ends despite proving its worth, says boss

A small number of addicts in Middlesbrough were given medical-grade heroin in a scheme to save lives and cut crime, but funding has ended.

Daily Record

Jeremy Kyle Show guest celebrates sobriety after kicking 20-year addiction

Michelle Wallace first appeared on the ITV show back in 2018 seeking help to beat her heroin addiction.

Manchester Evening News

Drug and gun-running gang boss planned to make so much money he'd be 'set up for life'

Mohammed Shahid was described as a 'key facilitator' in a Cheetham Hill-based gang which trafficked guns and 'wholesale amounts' of heroin and cocaine

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The Independent UK

Medical records of alleged grooming gang victim do not match claims, court hears

Medical records of a woman who claimed she was the victim of a grooming gang do not match allegations she was beaten, stabbed and given a “backstreet abortion”, a court has heard.Preston Crown Court heard Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, made the claims to her boyfriend in a message, in…

Tribune News Service

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

The Guardian - UK

Artist Nan Goldin on addiction and taking on the Sackler dynasty: ‘I wanted to tell my truth’

Her battle against the billionaires who fuelled the opioid epidemic upended the art establishment. As a film about her life is released, she talks about family tragedy and her journey to activism

Manchester Evening News

Dishonest, arrogant, cruel - people locked up in Greater Manchester in November

Two rapists and husband and wife drug dealers are among the criminals caged this month

Liverpool Echo

Violent arrest as officer pepper sprayed by colleague and punched by suspect

Three men were arrested on suspicion of cocaine and heroin dealing

Wales Online

Heroin and cocaine dealer overheard by police saying 'I've got drugs on me'

Mason Regan, 23, was found with more than £1,000 worth of class An drugs after he was making deals with drug users

Salon

Overcoming addiction in rural America

Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

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