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Thirteen drug arrests at Surrey’s Guilfest
Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 – 0:53 | No Comment
Thirteen drug arrests at Surrey’s Guilfest

Police arrested 13 people over drug offences at Guilfest, as this year’s event was hailed as a major success.
Surrey Police said officers seized ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis at the three-day event in Guildford.
Of the 13 …

Man caught with ecstasy outside Wakestock is jailed
Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 – 0:51 | No Comment
Man caught with ecstasy outside Wakestock is jailed

A man who tried to sell ecstasy at the 2009 Wakestock Festival has been jailed for 15 months at Mold Crown Court.
Daniel Pollard, 26, from Oldham, was caught by sniffer dogs at the entrance to …

‘One in four’ Scots has taken drugs
Tuesday, 27 Apr, 2010 – 9:13 | No Comment
‘One in four’ Scots has taken drugs

A quarter of adults have admitted taking illegal drugs at some point in their lives, a report released by the Scottish government has suggested.
Cannabis was the most common drug, the publication said, followed by amphetamines, …

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 …

Why ecstasy is ‘vanishing’ from UK nightclubs
Wednesday, 20 Jan, 2010 – 3:51 | No Comment
Why ecstasy is ‘vanishing’ from UK nightclubs

Ecstasy was responsible for the major drug scare of the 90s. Yet the death of Leah Betts did little to deter the public, with demand and supply rising throughout the next decade until pills cost …

Ecstasy Use May Lead To Sleep Apnea
Friday, 4 Dec, 2009 – 6:44 | No Comment
Ecstasy Use May Lead To Sleep Apnea

Repeated use of the drug popularly known as “ecstasy” significantly raises the risk of developing sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults with no other known risk factors for the sleep disturbance, a new study …

Goa girl ‘drugged and assaulted’
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 23:56 | No Comment
Goa girl ‘drugged and assaulted’

British teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa, India, say.
The 15-year-old girl, from Bideford, Devon, was found dead on a beach in Anjuna, Goa, last month.
Placido Carvalho was …

Man remanded over £2m drugs haul
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 1:17 | No Comment
Man remanded over £2m drugs haul

A man from Londonderry has been remanded in custody following the seizure of £2m worth of drugs.
Police found eight kilograms of heroin and 210,000 suspected ecstasy tablets in a lorry in Londonderry on Saturday.
Sean Doherty, …

Festival death was drugs overdose
Saturday, 31 Jan, 2009 – 2:28 | No Comment
Festival death was drugs overdose

A “fun loving” woman who hoped to become a police officer, died of a drugs overdose, a coroner has ruled.
Katie Jones, aged 20, and from Henllan, Denbighshire, collapsed at the Kendal Calling music festival in …

Man charged with importing drugs
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 1:27 | No Comment
Man charged with importing drugs

A man from Merseyside has been charged with importing cocaine and ecstasy into the Isle of Man.
The island’s drug trafficking unit seized the Class A drugs, worth an estimated £65,000, at the Sea Terminal in …