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Baby-faced boy tried to become gang boss after years terrorising community but was stabbed 27 times

Alfie Hodgin went on to become a teenage drugs gang boss but got stabbed 27 times with a machete

Manchester Evening News

Boy, 10, with ASBO tried to become gang boss but got stabbed 27 times

Heroin and crack dealer was "one of the youngest people ever to receive an anti-social behaviour order"

Liverpool Echo

Teen tried to take over drug ring by stealing graft phone and paid the price

The dealer was rumbled after police found him lying in pool of his own blood with £2,000 of heroin and crack

Liverpool Echo

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Heroin en route to Malaysia seized in Pattani

PATTANI: Two men have been arrested and 110 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled to Malaysia seized in Muang district.

Bangkok Post

Dog café owner had £6,000 of heroin hidden underneath the floorboards

Restaurateur turned "warehouseman" for gang which posted drugs to Scotland and hid them in park

Liverpool Echo

Hundreds of thousands more women than men prescribed powerful anti-anxiety drugs ‘harder to come off than heroin’

Exclusive: ‘It was like living in a chemical haze and I couldn’t remember what was happening from one hour to the next. Night became day. Day became night,’ says woman

The Independent UK

Scotland's addiction help needs ‘no wrong door’ policy, charity says

ALCOHOL. Cocaine. Benzos. When it comes to Scotland’s drug problem, heroin is often the substance that comes to mind.

The National (Scotland)

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Drug courier arrested, 152kg of heroin seized

A drug courier has been arrested and 152 kilogrammes of heroin seized from his car near Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani.

Bangkok Post

Leeds drug dealer and dad-of-four tried to hide heroin up his bum

Ashley Edeson, from Armley, was spotted by eagle-eyed officers carrying out a drug deal and hid the class A's in an attempt to avoid detection

Leeds Live

Drug death town’s free heroin scheme to end

Supporters of the treatment programme in Middlesbrough say it worked by reducing crime and helped addicts live better

The Independent UK

Drug dealer found with heroin and crack after being bitten by sniffer dog

Dalton Raffell, 21, was found with more than £5,000 worth of class A drugs after he attempted to escape from police in Rhymney

Wales Online

Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan review

From heroin addiction to band breakups, the singer-songwriter opens up about his past and the agony of losing a son

The Guardian - UK

Young rugby player became heroin runner to pay off debt

Charlie John-Downs was caught with more than 60 heroin and crack deals, weighing scales, and £1,000 in cash

Wales Online

Flesh-eating drug meant for animals linked to thousands of deadly drug overdoses

The drug, known as xylazine, has been found laced into heroin, cocaine and other narcotics across the US, causing thousands of overdoses - and even amputations

Daily Mirror

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Wales Online

Dealers found with £8,000 of drugs after customer arrested

Leonard Newman, 39, and Denzel Chakara, 21, were jailed for their part in a drugs operation which was discovered following the arrest of a customer

Bristol Post

Bristol drug dealer jailed for supplying heroin and cocaine to Weston-super-Mare

"We hope this result reassures the people of Weston-super-Mare that tackling drug supply remains a priority of ours"

Evening Standard

The drugs don’t work - so why do they hold such appeal to rockstars?

Getting high and making music have gone hand in hand since pop was invented. Music industry insider Jamie Collinson explores this treacherous tradition - and discovers that - thankfully - times are a-changin’.

The Hindu

23 kg heroin seized in Thiruvananthapuram

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Edinburgh Live

Midlothian Library staff to be trained to use heroin antidote kits

Naloxone can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose giving victims valuable time for paramedics to reach them in an emergency and doses are already given to friends and family of known drug users at risk of an overdose

Glasgow Live

Glasgow shopkeeper caught with kilo of heroin gets permission to sell alcohol in store

Jabran Ali was jailed in 2013 after being caught in Shetland with over one kilo of heroin but said he has 'paid heavily' for his 'mistake'.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Release American Engineer Frerichs in Prisoner Swap

Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban who the United States had held on drugs charges since 2005, the group's acting foreign minister said. Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in the capital, Kabul, with Bashir Noorzai,…

Daily Mirror

Inside Cara Delevingne’s heart-breaking childhood with heroin addict mum and vile bullies

Reports say the award-winning model's family had been considering an intervention in a bid to get the actress to accept help as they are “incredibly concerned” about her

The Hindu

Rise in smuggling activities in Mizoram due to Myanmar crisis: Officials

During the January-May period of the current year, 19.81 kg of heroin has been seized and 374 people have been arrested for allegedly possessing the contraband.

Reason

Selling Fentanyl Could Mean the Death Penalty Under New Rubio Bill

As per usual, politicians' response to negative effects of the drug war is…more drug war.

Liverpool Echo

Dealer ruined 'promising' Liverpool FC career turning to life of heroin and cocaine

Police discovered thousands of pounds of drugs after pulling over his car

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