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Heroin addict jailed for 20 years over death of son, 7, from asthma attack

Laura Heath admitted cruelty to Hakeem Hussain before he died alone in a garden in 2017, and was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.

Evening Standard

Heroin addict jailed for 20 years over death of son, seven, from asthma attack

Laura Heath admitted cruelty to Hakeem Hussain before he died alone in a garden in 2017, and was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter.

The Independent UK

Hakeem Hussain: Drug addict mother jailed for 20 years for neglecting asthmatic son who died ‘gasping for air’

Laura Heath ‘prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack cocaine’ before ‘needless’ death of seven-year-old boy

The Independent UK

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Drug addict mum who let asthmatic son, 7, die alone in house of horrors jailed

Heroin addict Laura Heath was handed a 20 year sentence at Coventry Crown Court for the gross negligence manslaughter of her asthmatic seven-year-old son Hakeem Hussain, who was found dead in a garden in Birmingham in 2017

Daily Mirror

Less meth in Western Australia due to border closure leads to dangerous drug landscape change, support workers say

Frontline workers are encountering more people using heroin, benzodiazepines and other tranquillising prescription drugs in Western Australia after the state's border closure.

ABC News

Singapore executes man as he loses appeal and calls for mum after decade on death row

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 44 grams (1.5 oz) of heroin into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest narcotics laws

Daily Mirror

Ex-soldier who survived horrific helicopter crash facing jail over heroin haul

The 32-year-old was stopped on the M74 in Lanarkshire with £1m worth of the class A drug

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Former Scots soldier who survived helicopter crash caught with £1m heroin haul

Gary Cowan, 32, was stopped on the M74 near Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, in June 2020.

Daily Record

Man caught with 95 heroin wraps in his boxer shorts said he was not a drug dealer

Ryan Holland was arrested after police detected a strong smell of cannabis

Liverpool Echo

Encrochat suspect arrested after police follow his taxi journey

Police seized cocaine, heroin and £3,000 in cash after arresting the man

Liverpool Echo

Day after heroin seizure, questions unanswered

AMRITSAR: The seizure of 102kg heroin, valued at Rs 700 crore in the international market, at Attari has left the security agencies grappling with unanswered questions like who is involved in heroin smuggling from Afghanistan, whether it is a handiwork of some insider in cahoots with importers or the clearing…

The Times of India

Inside junkie mum's den where son, 7, was exposed to crack and heroin before he died

Laura Heath, 40, was convicted for the death of Hakeem Hussain, seven, after a jury heard the youngster was made to live in squalor in the final months of his life

Daily Mirror

Heroin seized at Hyderabad airport

A Malawian national who tried to smuggle in 3.12 kg of heroin was detained by sleuths of Directorate

The Hindu

Prisoner who made almost £40,000 selling drugs behind bars is ordered to hand over just a pound

Renfrew man Craig Sutton was involved in the supply of heroin and ecstasy

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Woman, 62, arrested after three hundred wraps of heroin found

Three held after being found with drugs and cash

The Hindu

Pakistani boat with 9 people apprehended near Gujarat coast, heroin worth Rs 280 cr seized

Operation was carried out jointly by Gujarat ATS and Coast Guard

The Hindu

9 Pakistani nationals arrested while trying to smuggle over 250 kg heroin off Gujarat coast

Operation was carried out jointly by Gujarat ATS and Coast Guard

Chicago Sun-Times

Cocaine seizures soar in Chicago, surrounding states, as DEA ‘snow’ forecast comes true

Heroin and marijuana have long been Mexican cartels’ big moneymakers in Chicago. But DEA cocaine seizures rose 50% in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana in the year ending Sept. 30 and keep rising in the Chicago area.

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Daily Record

Man caught in possession of heroin at Callander home was 'somewhat fortunate' not to face 'more serious offence'

Cops found £600-worth of class-A drug in 47-year-old's home

The Hindu

Heroin worth ₹1,500 crore seized at Kandla port in Gujarat

On a tip-off, Gujarat’s Anti Terrorist Squad launched a joint operation with Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

AAP

Drugs bought after stabbing: witness

A man accused of murdering his housemate in North Gosford travelled to Sydney to buy heroin a few hours after the stabbing, a jury has heard.

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