Articles in the Heroin Category
A Lanarkshire gangster caught with £120,000 in cash, believed to have come from drug dealing, has been jailed for three years.
William Thomson, 47, from Lanark, was arrested in October 2006 as part of a major …
Two drug dealers who called themselves “The Young Team” and sold heroin from a tent in the Saracen area of Glasgow have been jailed.
Steven Gordon, 22, was sentenced to four years and eight months and …
A drug smuggler from Shropshire who plotted to bring cocaine and heroin into the UK has had his sentence reduced after saving an inmate’s life.
Naseer Zaman, 41, of Lilleshall, was serving 15 years after he …
SEIZURES of a sedative once known as “mother’s little helper” are soaring in parts of Wales as police try to combat growing demand for the drug.
Valium, used as an emotional crutch by struggling housewives of …
Valium is making a comeback, but not as the “mother’s little helper” prescription pill that tranquillised British suburban housewives in the 1960s and 1970s. According to an authoritative drug survey, published today, diazepam, as it …
An addict who admitted dealing drugs to feed her own habit has been jailed for five years and seven months.
A court heard that Lorraine Johnston, 39, from Stranraer, sold heroin with a street value of …
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 …
Two men and a woman have been arrested over drug offences on the Isle of Man.
Police stopped the three people on Empress Drive in Douglas on Sunday morning.
They also seized heroin with a street value …
Government in-fighting is undermining efforts to tackle prisoners’ heroin addiction, a former drugs tsar says.
Mike Trace said prisoners were being prescribed the addictive heroin substitute methadone instead of being encouraged to get drug-free.
He said the …
The head of the UN drugs agency (UNODC) has warned that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub.
Antonio Maria Costa said huge amounts of heroin and cocaine were being traded by …
A drugs courier was caught by police after he got tired of travelling by bus and took a taxi for the rest of his journey, a court has heard.
Student David Allan, 22, of Inverness, was …
Three people have been arrested after a police drugs operation in the Borders.
Heroin and cash worth about £3,000 were found after properties in the Montrose Place and Bleachfield Road area of Selkirk were searched on …
A man said to be the “driving force” behind a shipment of heroin to Pembrokeshire and his supplier have been jailed for seven years each.
Daniel McKenzie, 38, of Neyland, traded in drugs even though his …
Drug users in Swansea are being asked to sign up to be sent mobile texts on what to do if they overdose and how to reduce their addiction risks.
Messages such as “Overdose: Don’t panic. Put …
A scheme in which heroin is given to addicts in supervised clinics has led to big reductions in the use of street drugs and crime, the BBC has learned.
More than 100 users took part in …
They were offering Christmas specials on the south coast last week. Two wraps of heroin for the price of one. Buy a gram, get a hit of crack for free. Mike was unable to resist. …
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 …
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, …
Detectives in York are warning of a potentially contaminated batch of heroin after a woman died from a suspected overdose.
The 28-year-old was found in public toilets in Nunnery Lane on Friday and died in hospital.
Police …
Two men involved in a £100,000 heroin deal on a farm near Dumfries have been jailed for a total of 10 years.
John Petrie, 41, and Angus Douglas, 62, were arrested after a police raid at …
