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 …
A court has heard how a motorway accident investigation uncovered a cannabis haul worth £238,800.
The High Court in Glasgow was told David Findlay, 31, of Benvenue Road, Cumbernauld had turned to drugs after a “string …
Three people have appeared in court charged with supplying heroin to a 22-year-old man found dead in a lane in Llanelli at the weekend.
Police said they were continuing to investigate the death of Marcus Cleobury …
The ex-head of Mexico’s anti-organised crime agency has been arrested as part of a probe into links to drug cartels.
Noe Ramirez Mandujano was held in an operation that has detained other senior officials.
The attorney general …
Drugs worth an estimated £6.3m have been found inside coffee machine boxes at the Port of Dover, HM Customs said.
Officers from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) discovered 700kg (1,500lbs) of amphetamines and 120kg (265lbs) of …
Cocaine seizures rose to their highest ever level last year, Home Office statistics have revealed.
There was a 35% rise between 2005 and 2006/7, with numbers exceeding those of heroin for the first time.
Despite this record …
A couple have admitted supplying drugs including cocaine and ecstasy to singer Amy Winehouse.
John Blagrove, 34, and Cara Burton, 22, both from Dalston, east London, were warned they face a jail term as they appeared …
A 34-year-old man from Norfolk has been jailed for three and a half years for dealing in heroin.
James Surgay, of Ashwood Hotel, Nelson Road South, Great Yarmouth, admitted two offences of supplying heroin on 4 …
A man who went on a £108,000 drugs run to keep a friend company has been jailed for four years.
Keith Harper, 50, a prisoner in Dumfries, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and …
A health expert has said no evidence has been found yet that a purer form or contaminated batch of heroin was to blame for the deaths of five people.
A critical incident group has been set-up …
A nightclub disc jockey who supplied cocaine and cannabis to a small circle of friends has been jailed for a year.
James Clegg, 22, from Newtown, Powys admitted possessing the drugs with intent to supply.
Mold Crown …
Up to six kilos (13.2lbs) of cocaine have been seized at Birmingham Airport.
Customs officers said the drugs, with an estimated value of £270,000, were found on Friday in luggage from a flight from Duala, Cameroon, …
Two men have appeared in court after 100kg of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £5m, was seized from a yacht off the coast of Cornwall.
Douglas Wood, 58, of Sandwich Bay, Kent, and David …
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 …
A man has been charged with drugs offences after cannabis worth an estimated £14,200 was seized in County Armagh.
It was found during a police search of a house in the Ardowen area of Craigavon on …
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £16,000 have been seized by police in Portstewart.
Twenty-two plants were discovered during a search of a house on Flowerfield Road in the town on Saturday.
No arrests were …
An anonymous tip-off has led to the discovery of a cannabis factory in Nottinghamshire containing 3,000 plants with a street value of £3m.
Officers raided a former chicken factory on Barrows Hill Lane in Jacksdale where …
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 …
A Nottinghamshire businessman described as a “drugs general” has been found guilty of running a major drugs network.
Gary Hardy, 45, from The Copse, Mansfield, was found guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court.
His brother …
Australian police say they have busted an international drugs ring and seized what they describe as the largest single haul of the drug ecstasy.
Sixteen people were arrested across Australia, with further raids expected in Belgium, …
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 …
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has revealed the band are starting auditions to replace Steven Tyler.
“We’ll have found a new singer by the summer and Aerosmith will be able to go back out on the road,” …
Smokers of the strong ‘skunk’ variety of cannabis are seven times more likely to experience psychosis, according to the Daily Mail.
The news comes from research comparing 280 people being treated for new psychosis with 174 …
Gardaí are continuing to question two men in their 20s in County Monaghan after a large quantity of cannabis was seized.
The haul is believed to be worth about 300,000 euros.
Gardaí from the Monaghan Drugs Unit …
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