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Two men charged after cannabis discovered in Bristol
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 2:02 | No Comment
Two men charged after cannabis discovered in Bristol

Two men have been remanded in custody until later this month after the discovery of more than 2,000 cannabis plants at a former bank in Bristol.
The plants were found in East Street, Bedminster, on Wednesday.
The …

Raid on suspected cannabis factory
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 1:57 | No Comment
Raid on suspected cannabis factory

Police have raided a suspected cannabis factory in Barwell.
It was the third similar raid in less than three weeks within the Hinckley and Bosworth local policing unit area, and the second one which followed information …

Third drugs raid in three weeks
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 1:54 | No Comment
Third drugs raid in three weeks

Police in an area of Leicestershire have carried out a third raid in three weeks on a suspected cannabis factory.
Officers recovered 72 plants from a house in Stanley Street, Barwell, on Thursday. No arrests have …

Pc guilty of passing secrets to drug dealer
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 1:51 | No Comment
Pc guilty of passing secrets to drug dealer

A police officer has been convicted of passing confidential information to his cocaine-taking wife and her drug dealer in return for free drugs and money.
Pc Mark Bohannan, passed on information that allowed Syed Imtiaz Ahmed …

Three charged over Londonderry drugs seizures
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 1:50 | No Comment
Three charged over Londonderry drugs seizures

Three men have been charged with drug offences following searches in Londonderry, the police have said.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and a 26-year-old …

Cannabis farm found in Edinburgh
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 4:42 | No Comment
Cannabis farm found in Edinburgh

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act after a cannabis farm was discovered at a house in Edinburgh.
Lothian and Borders Police were alerted to the cannabis by a …

Cannabis found on banana lorry at Harwich
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 4:37 | No Comment
Cannabis found on banana lorry at Harwich

Cannabis with an estimated street value of £400,000 has been found in a lorry load of bananas at an Essex port.
UK Border Agency officers at Harwich found the drugs on the lorry which arrived from …

Police seize cannabis plants worth £100,000 in Lenton
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 4:29 | No Comment
Police seize cannabis plants worth £100,000 in Lenton

Cannabis plants worth £100,000 have been seized by police in a raid on a house in Nottinghamshire.
Officers found 250 plants in the raid on a three-bedroom detached house in Rolleston Drive, Lenton, at 0745 GMT. …

Wimbledon residents help detect cannabis factory
Monday, 18 Jan, 2010 – 7:16 | No Comment
Wimbledon residents help detect cannabis factory

Residents helped police find a drugs factory after smelling cannabis in bin liners dumped in their street in south-west London.
Officers were called to the street in Wimbledon on 12 January after residents complained about the …

Cannabis plant found in jail cell
Thursday, 10 Dec, 2009 – 1:18 | No Comment
Cannabis plant found in jail cell

A suspected cannabis plant has been found in a cell in a Dorset prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
The suspicious plant was recently discovered by prison officers at HMP The Verne in Portland, a …

Drug baron Warren jailed for Jersey plot
Friday, 4 Dec, 2009 – 6:50 | No Comment
Drug baron Warren jailed for Jersey plot

One of Britain’s richest criminals has been jailed for trying to smuggle drugs into the Channel Islands.
Drugs baron Curtis Warren, who was once Interpol’s most wanted man, was given a 13-year sentence.
Warren, 46, and five …

Tourists warned of UAE drug laws
Friday, 4 Dec, 2009 – 6:42 | No Comment
Tourists warned of UAE drug laws

Travellers to the United Arab Emirates are being warned about its severe drug laws which have seen dozens detained for apparently minor offences.
Fair Trials International said arrests were being made over tiny quantities of drugs …

Can Cannabis-Based Drugs Slow The H1N1 “Swine Flu” Pandemic?
Friday, 4 Dec, 2009 – 6:30 | No Comment
Can Cannabis-Based Drugs Slow The H1N1 “Swine Flu” Pandemic?

The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday, raising its pandemic warning from phase 5 to 6, making swine flu the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Now that H1N1 “Swine Flu” …

Man held over £75,000 drugs haul
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 1:18 | No Comment
Man held over £75,000 drugs haul

A teenager has been arrested after drugs with an estimated street value of £75,000 were seized in Aberdeen.
The 19-year-old local man was held after heroin, cocaine and cannabis was recovered in the Cairncry area on …

Belfast Drug Raids
Monday, 6 Apr, 2009 – 2:39 | No Comment
Belfast Drug Raids

Five men have been charged with drugs offences after the seizure of cannabis worth an estimated £700,000 in east Belfast on Friday morning.
The drugs were recovered along with cash and three cars during a police …

Police arrest 23 in drugs raids
Thursday, 22 Jan, 2009 – 0:26 | No Comment
Police arrest 23 in drugs raids

Police have arrested 23 people after cocaine and cannabis was seized in a series of raids in Basildon and London.
The properties were raided in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
A spokesman for Essex Police said …

Drug murder accused ‘respectable’
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 0:10 | No Comment
Drug murder accused ‘respectable’

A “respectable” former public schoolboy who drifted into the world of drugs was battered to death by another middle-class man, the Old Bailey has heard.
Michael Jordan, 25, of Ashtead, Surrey, denies murdering Matthew Demko, also …

Guide helps detect drug factories
Tuesday, 13 Jan, 2009 – 1:49 | No Comment
Guide helps detect drug factories

A new guide to help landlords spot the signs of cannabis factories and other drug production in rented properties has been produced by Suffolk Police.
The guide urges landlords to look out for telltale signs that …

Hindu attitudes towards drugs
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 5:18 | No Comment
Hindu attitudes towards drugs

Like other religions, Hinduism generally disapproves of the use of non-prescription drugs.
In the past, however, drugs played an important part in worship. In the Vedas a drug called Soma was used as an offering and …

Man jailed over ‘rare’ drugs haul
Saturday, 6 Dec, 2008 – 3:25 | No Comment
Man jailed over ‘rare’ drugs haul

An Oxfordshire man has been jailed for possession of Class A drugs which police said were so rare they had never previously been seen in Europe.
The drugs were found at a house in River View, …