Articles in the Drugs Category
Around 20 people – most of them British – have been arrested in Ibiza following a large-scale drugs raid by Spanish and UK police agencies.
The joint operation was carried out by Spanish National Guard and …
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 …
Drug use is moving away from cocaine and opiates and towards synthetic drugs such as amphetamines, the UN says.
In its World Drug Report it says it expects that soon there will be more people using …
Nine people have been arrested after police in Cumbria and Lancashire began a joint operation to crack an illegal drugs ring.
Four men and two women, all aged between 21 and 51, were arrested at separate …
A criminal investigation is under way following allegations of drug taking concerning former Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell.
Strathclyde Police said the decision had been taken “following assessment of information” about drugs claims and “other …
Students are being warned about the dangers of consuming plant food after seven young people were arrested at a Lancaster nightclub.
Doorstaff alerted the police when they found white powder during searches on the students at …
Mind-altering drugs are still readily available in High Street shops despite a number of so-called “legal highs” being banned by the UK government.
The ban was introduced in December as a result of health fears.
But BBC …
Three men who were part of a raid in which a stun gun was held to a six-month-old baby’s head have been jailed.
James Bound, Stephen Sefton and Connar Symons, all from Plymouth, barged into a …
A Merseyside police officer has been found guilty of plotting to supply drugs seized in a police raid.
Clive French, 33, of Lexton Drive, Southport, was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of conspiracy to supply cannabis.
John …
Police in a south Wales community are trying to tackle the supply of valium after a number of people, including children, have been taken to hospital.
Neath Port Talbot officers say people who have taken them …
