The Latest Breaking News on Heroin

Teen tried to take over drug ring by stealing graft phone and paid the price

The dealer was rumbled after police found him lying in pool of his own blood with £2,000 of heroin and…

Liverpool Echo

Heroin en route to Malaysia seized in Pattani

PATTANI: Two men have been arrested and 110 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled to Malaysia seized in Muang district.

Bangkok Post

Dog café owner had £6,000 of heroin hidden underneath the floorboards

Restaurateur turned "warehouseman" for gang which posted drugs to Scotland and hid them in park

Liverpool Echo

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Hundreds of thousands more women than men prescribed powerful anti-anxiety drugs ‘harder to come off than heroin’

Exclusive: ‘It was like living in a chemical haze and I couldn’t remember what was happening from one hour to…

The Independent UK

Scotland's addiction help needs ‘no wrong door’ policy, charity says

ALCOHOL. Cocaine. Benzos. When it comes to Scotland’s drug problem, heroin is often the substance that comes to mind.

The National (Scotland)

Drug courier arrested, 152kg of heroin seized

A drug courier has been arrested and 152 kilogrammes of heroin seized from his car near Talat Thai market in…

Bangkok Post

Leeds drug dealer and dad-of-four tried to hide heroin up his bum

Ashley Edeson, from Armley, was spotted by eagle-eyed officers carrying out a drug deal and hid the class A's in…

Leeds Live

Drug death town’s free heroin scheme to end

Supporters of the treatment programme in Middlesbrough say it worked by reducing crime and helped addicts live better

The Independent UK

Drug dealer found with heroin and crack after being bitten by sniffer dog

Dalton Raffell, 21, was found with more than £5,000 worth of class A drugs after he attempted to escape from…

Wales Online

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Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan review

From heroin addiction to band breakups, the singer-songwriter opens up about his past and the agony of losing a son

The Guardian - UK

Feared dealer who stabbed and doused victim in bleach stashed heroin in pants

Fraser McKerracher was caught with a £17,000 heroin haul just weeks before his High Court sentence for assault was due…

Daily Record

Young rugby player became heroin runner to pay off debt

Charlie John-Downs was caught with more than 60 heroin and crack deals, weighing scales, and £1,000 in cash

Wales Online

Flesh-eating drug meant for animals linked to thousands of deadly drug overdoses

The drug, known as xylazine, has been found laced into heroin, cocaine and other narcotics across the US, causing thousands…

Daily Mirror

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Dealers found with £8,000 of drugs after customer arrested

Leonard Newman, 39, and Denzel Chakara, 21, were jailed for their part in a drugs operation which was discovered following…

Wales Online

Bristol drug dealer jailed for supplying heroin and cocaine to Weston-super-Mare

"We hope this result reassures the people of Weston-super-Mare that tackling drug supply remains a priority of ours"

Bristol Post

The drugs don’t work - so why do they hold such appeal to rockstars?

Getting high and making music have gone hand in hand since pop was invented. Music industry insider Jamie Collinson explores…

Evening Standard

23 kg heroin seized in Thiruvananthapuram

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The Hindu

Midlothian Library staff to be trained to use heroin antidote kits

Naloxone can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose giving victims valuable time for paramedics to reach them in an…

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow shopkeeper caught with kilo of heroin gets permission to sell alcohol in store

Jabran Ali was jailed in 2013 after being caught in Shetland with over one kilo of heroin but said he…

Glasgow Live

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Afghanistan frees American in exchange for Taliban ally

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released in exchange for a Taliban ally imprisoned…

AFP

Taliban say US national freed in exchange for key ally

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban on Monday in exchange…

AFP

US and Afghanistan carry out prisoner exchange: Taliban

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban on Monday in exchange…

AFP

Taliban Release American Engineer Frerichs in Prisoner Swap

Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inside Cara Delevingne’s heart-breaking childhood with heroin addict mum and vile bullies

Reports say the award-winning model's family had been considering an intervention in a bid to get the actress to accept…

Daily Mirror

Rise in smuggling activities in Mizoram due to Myanmar crisis: Officials

During the January-May period of the current year, 19.81 kg of heroin has been seized and 374 people have been…

The Hindu