A massive underground drugs factory, where hundreds of cannabis plants were nurtured, has been found by police.
Eight shipping container units had been buried to contruct a labyrinth of plant-growing chambers.
The whole complex had then been …
Three people have been remanded in custody in connection with £200,000 worth of drugs found in Bedfordshire.
Crack cocaine was discovered inside a car pulled over by police on Leagrave High Street, Luton, on 6 February.
Aubrey …
Hundreds of cannabis plants have been seized following police raids on two homes in Northamptonshire.
The homes at Siskin Close on the Oakley Vale estate in Corby had been converted into cannabis factories, police said.
One man …
A Norfolk couple who led a lavish lifestyle funded by drug dealing have been ordered to pay £35,000 after being handed a confiscation order.
Norwich Crown Court heard how Elaine Helguson, 59, and Edwin Tagg, 60, …
Drugs with an estimated street value of £100,000 have been seized in the Highlands, police said.
The seizures were made following searches of vehicles in the Badenoch and Ross-shire areas over the weekend.
Northern Constabulary said the …
Two people have been arrested for cocaine possession in a Kent Police crackdown on recreational drug use.
A total of 25 people were stopped after officers descended on pubs and nightclubs in Maidstone on Saturday.
More than …
Drug users in a Staffordshire town have been warned they could be at risk from a batch of “super strong” heroin.
Police think the strong batch is being offered in the Burton-on-Trent area after having a …
A drugs courier caught on the A74(M) motorway with cannabis worth £150,000 has been jailed for 16 months.
Gordon Galloway, 42, of Bertram Street, Harthill, in Lanarkshire, admitted being concerned in supplying the drug near Lockerbie …
Almost £900,000 worth of cannabis plants have been seized during a raid on a house in Bristol.
Avon and Somerset Police said the seizure of 900 plants was thought to be the biggest drugs seizure from …
Two people have appeared in court in connection with a drugs raid in Dundee.
Police seized heroin thought to be worth about £50,000 from a flat in Finlow Terrace on Tuesday.
Andrew Chambers, 28, and Stacy Millar, …
Heavy cannabis users may be at greater risk of chronic lung disease – including cancer – compared to tobacco smokers, two studies suggest.
One study found a higher risk of lung cancer for those who smoked …
A 48-year-old woman, besotted with a prisoner, has been jailed for 18 months for smuggling heroin in his gym shorts.
Denise Crone tied up a bag of the drug and sewed it to the cord before …
A 14-year-old girl arrested after drugs were found in a south Devon flat has been released without charge.
Officers found what was believed to be crack cocaine and heroin with an estimated street value of £5,000 …
Three people have been arrested following a drugs raid in Telford, Shropshire.
Officers seized ecstasy tablets and cannabis from a house on Waltondale in Woodside on 28 December.
Police estimate the drugs would have had a street …
Police have seized £70,000 worth of heroin and cocaine during a raid on a house in Paisley.
A 22-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were arrested following the operation by Strathclyde Police.
At about 1840 GMT on …
Police used cat biscuits to trap a gang of drug dealers who were caught with about 200,000 ecstasy tablets.
Seven Newport men were jailed at the city’s crown court for conspiring to supply ecstasy after drugs …
Afghanistan is facing an explosive growth in opium-yielding poppy crops this year that will fuel the Taleban insurgency, the American commander of Nato forces in Kabul predicted yesterday.
General Dan McNeill said he foresaw a rise …
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Because the outspoken chief constable of North Wales, Richard Brunstrom, has reignited the debate over the legalisation of drugs by saying that Ecstasy, used mainly in clubs and at raves, …
An annual report on drug use says around 4.5 million Europeans are likely to have used cocaine in the past year – a million more than in 2006.
The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) says the increase …
Dealers are targeting the Highlands and Islands with cocaine because they see the region as prosperous, Northern’s chief constable believes.
The abuse of the drug remains low compared to that of other substances.
Chief Constable Ian Latimer …
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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