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Three charged over Londonderry drugs seizures
Sat, 13/02/10 – 1:50
Three charged over Londonderry drugs seizures

Three men have been charged with drug offences following searches in Londonderry, the police have said.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply and a 26-year-old …

Cannabis farm found in Edinburgh
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:42
Cannabis farm found in Edinburgh

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act after a cannabis farm was discovered at a house in Edinburgh.
Lothian and Borders Police were alerted to the cannabis by a …

Aerosmith look to ‘replace’ frontman Steve Tyler
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:40
Aerosmith look to ‘replace’ frontman Steve Tyler

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,” …

Kent men jailed for cocaine conspiracy
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:39
Kent men jailed for cocaine conspiracy

A gang of men from Kent have been jailed for serious drugs offences and money-laundering.
Brothers Leonard, 38, and Roger Powell, 27, Mark Sutherland, 34, and Paul Fenton, 53, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply …

Cannabis found on banana lorry at Harwich
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:37
Cannabis found on banana lorry at Harwich

Cannabis with an estimated street value of £400,000 has been found in a lorry load of bananas at an Essex port.
UK Border Agency officers at Harwich found the drugs on the lorry which arrived from …

Police seize cannabis plants worth £100,000 in Lenton
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:29
Police seize cannabis plants worth £100,000 in Lenton

Cannabis plants worth £100,000 have been seized by police in a raid on a house in Nottinghamshire.
Officers found 250 plants in the raid on a three-bedroom detached house in Rolleston Drive, Lenton, at 0745 GMT. …

Drug smuggler’s sentence cut for saving inmate’s life
Mon, 25/01/10 – 4:26
Drug smuggler’s sentence cut for saving inmate’s life

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 …

Crackdown on our Valium Valleys
Wed, 20/01/10 – 9:23
Crackdown on our Valium Valleys

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 …

Mother’s little helper is back: heroin shortage makes Valium the street drug of choice
Wed, 20/01/10 – 9:15
Mother’s little helper is back: heroin shortage makes Valium the street drug of choice

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 …

Why ecstasy is ‘vanishing’ from UK nightclubs
Wed, 20/01/10 – 3:51
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 …