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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …