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Opioids and cocaine are a deadly combination – and 'polydrug' deaths are rising

Drug deaths in the US involving both opioids and cocaine have increased dramatically in the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Conversation

Pakistani drone, heroin seized near border in Punjab's Tarn Taran

A suspected Pakistani drone and three kilogrammes of heroin were recovered by a joint team of the BSF and the Punjab Police from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district on July 31, officials said.

The Hindu

Singapore executes a woman for first time in almost two decades

Saridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018

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Drones being used to smuggle drugs across border into India, admits Pakistan PM’s advisor

A senior official in the Pakistan Government has admitted that Pakistani smugglers are using drones to smuggle illicit drugs, mostly heroin into Indian territory.

The Hindu

Singapore executes first woman in nearly 20 years over 31 grams of heroin

Saridewi Binte Djamani hanged despite outcry from rights groups including Amnesty International.

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Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin

Singapore has conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking

The Independent UK

Punjab: Akali leader arrested with 110 grams of heroin in Amritsar

In a major operation by the counterintelligence agency in Amritsar, the Akali leader and Amritsar District President of the Students Organisation of India (SOI), Tejbeer Singh, was arrested with heroin. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Drug dealer who supplied heroin laced with deadly opioid jailed

Ahmed Khelifi, 39, had a £1,000 stash of heroin laced with etonitazene – a substance which killed two people last month.

The Independent UK

NIA attaches two properties of ‘notorious’ drug trafficker

NIA attaches two properties of notorious drug trafficker in connection with 103 kg heroin seizure. Razi Haider Zaidi's residential plot in Muzaffarnagar and two-storey building in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.

The Hindu

Heroin dropped by Pakistani drone recovered near International Border in Punjab

The Border Security Force on July 18 recovered over two kg of heroin dropped by a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, an official said.

The Hindu

Lea Michele pays emotional tribute to Corey Monteith on tenth anniversary of his death

The Canadian-born actor was found in a Vancouver hotel room dead from a heroin overdose on July 13, 2013

Evening Standard

Lanarkshire man caught with safe containing £10k of heroin during drugs raid

McMullen claimed he was beaten and received death threats from angry dealers

Daily Record

Drug dealing mum who sent over 5,000 messages on 'graft' phone stung by cops in car search

Cheryl Brownbill was found with heroin and crack cocaine in a police search.

Daily Record

'Useful idiot' jailed following heroin bust in Lanarkshire town claimed he was threatened

Smith admitted being concerned in the supply of the drug at his home in Stonehouse

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Elswick heroin dealer jailed for six and a half years is back in court as £10K criminal cash seized

Neil Coates, of Elswick, who was jailed for more than six years has appeared back in court

Manchester Evening News

Killer drivers, vile rapist, gun-stashing drug dealer among those jailed in Greater Manchester this week

Also locked up this week was a drug dealer who hid a gun under his patio

The Guardian - UK

Then You Run review – like Derry Girls, but with a lot more murder and heroin

This thriller follows four uproariously funny teenage girls on a banter-packed jaunt to Rotterdam. A drug gang chases them, a serial killer is on the loose and it all gets enjoyably terrifying

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh painter and decorator caught with nearly £200k of 'high pure' heroin

Advocate depute Lorraine Glancy said this would allow for further adulteration of the drugs to take place for street sales and meant the haul was potentially worth up to £198,000.

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The Independent UK

Warning issued over dangerous heroin batch after six people die

Bristol City Council said a number of people had also required emergency care.

Evening Standard

Dominic Fike: ‘I’m not on drugs now. But I’ll always be a drug addict’

Jail. Auditioning for Euphoria on mushrooms. Dominic Fike’s life has certainly been… tumultuous. But now, he tells Richard Godwin, he’s clean and ready to make music

The Independent UK

Two brothers and cousin jailed after £150,000 drugs haul seized

The family-run drugs line was supplying cocaine, heroin and cannabis

Manchester Evening News

Drug dealing 'family man' with EncroChat alter ego hid gun under his patio

John Duffy, 41, used his home to store weapons and class A drugs

Dynamite News

Assam Rifles apprehends one person with heroin worth Rs 1.1 cr in Cachar

assam-rifles">Assam Rifles in a joint operation with police apprehended a person with over 276 gm of heroin, valued at Rs 1.1 crore in the international market. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

NIA files supplementary charge sheet against four in 500 kg heroin seizure case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a sixth supplementary charge sheet against four persons in connection with the seizure of 500 kg of heroin, smuggled from Pakistan via sea route, at Salaya port in Gujarat

Leeds Live

Leeds man in drugs ring caught by police with cocaine and heroin stash

Thomas Cleary has been jailed for nearly three years

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