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Concern at increase in drug seizures in Llanelli
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 23:23 | No Comment
Concern at increase in drug seizures in Llanelli

The number of drug seizures in Llanelli has increased substantially over the past three years, according to figures obtained by the local assembly member.
Some 473 seizures, including 51 of heroin, were made by Dyfed-Powys Police …

Four held over £10,000 drug haul
Monday, 18 Jan, 2010 – 7:15 | No Comment
Four held over £10,000 drug haul

Four men have been arrested after drugs said to be worth thousands of pounds were seized in Aberdeen.
The men – aged 18, 19, 20 and 29 – are from the London and Wolverhampton areas.
Grampian Police …

‘Generational shift’ in addiction
Friday, 4 Dec, 2009 – 6:35 | No Comment
‘Generational shift’ in addiction

The number of young people seeking treatment for heroin and crack cocaine addiction in England has fallen dramatically, annual figures suggest.
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse said the figures for 18 to 24-year-olds marked …

Iran’s festive drink and drugs binge
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 4:54 | No Comment
Iran’s festive drink and drugs binge

As Iran celebrates their New Year festival, Nowrouz, some Iranians turn increasingly to drugs and liquor to get them in the party mood.
Nowrouz lasts for two weeks and many people travel to the lush jungles …

Youngsters affected by drug use
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 0:12 | No Comment
Youngsters affected by drug use

An estimated 4,000 children in Nottingham have parents who use heroin or crack, according to a research project.
Radford-based Stars, which works with children affected by their parents drug abuse, said it was seeing children as …

Fifteen held in dawn drugs raids
Thursday, 4 Dec, 2008 – 4:37 | No Comment
Fifteen held in dawn drugs raids

Fifteen people have been arrested in a series of early morning drugs raids across Hampshire, Surrey and London.
Addresses were searched in Aldershot, Farnborough, Fleet, Farnham, Camberley, Ash and London on Wednesday.
The warrants were executed as …

Major crack cocaine gang jailed
Monday, 15 Sep, 2008 – 13:31 | No Comment
Major crack cocaine gang jailed

Police have said smashing a major drug dealing gang in Middlesbrough prevented a violent turf war.
The five major players of the “Donna Network” crack cocaine gang were jailed for a total of 27 years at …

Drugs general’s fall from power
Friday, 22 Aug, 2008 – 2:54 | No Comment
Drugs general’s fall from power

Fast cars, sharp suits and a multi-million pound property portfolio – it sounds like a classic British gangster movie.
But the life of convicted Nottinghamshire “drugs general” Gary Hardy was far from fiction.
On Thursday, Hardy was …

Police close down ‘crack house’
Friday, 22 Aug, 2008 – 2:29 | No Comment
Police close down ‘crack house’

Police have sealed off a house in a Surrey village which they believed was being used by drug dealers.
Surrey Police said the property in Birch Road, Farncombe, was boarded up on Friday following an order …

Drug dealer jailed over killing
Friday, 22 Aug, 2008 – 2:27 | No Comment
Drug dealer jailed over killing

A 23-year-old drug dealer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the manslaughter of a 30-year-old man.
David Williams, of Oldbrook Boulevard in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was stabbed in his flat last August.
Eric Erron …