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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

A haul of suspected class A drugs has been seized by the police drug squad on the outskirts of west Belfast.
A police spokesperson said officers acting on “intelligence-led information” discovered the drugs in Poleglass on …

A gang which flooded Moray with drugs has been jailed for a total of 24 years after being thwarted by a major undercover police operation.
William Kelbie, 39, Donald Stewart, 36, Owen Gorman, 41, and Stephen …

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, …

A drug dealer in the Scottish Borders has been jailed for a total of two years and four months.
Arthur Collin, 38, of Eyemouth, admitted being concerned in the supply of ecstasy and amphetamines at his …