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‘You almost died’: Safe drug use saves lives in Australia

Melbourne’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) has courted controversy but saved 63 people from death.

Al Jazeera

The growing problem of substance abuse in J&K

Doctors, school authorities and the State government are searching for ways to curb the availability and use of drugs

The Hindu

Ketamine 'addict' worked for his dealer to help pay off drug debt

A court heard the 22-year-old man was in the kitchen of a flat being used as a supply base when police arrived.

Liverpool Echo

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One man arrested after €280k worth of heroin seized by Gardai

After intercepting a vehicle, Gardaí conducted a search on a house in Clondalkin

Irish Mirror

BSF shoots down drone along India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Amritsar

Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone sneaking into the Indian territory, carrying packets of Heroin and Opium, near Dhanoe Kalan village of Punjab's Amritsar. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Gardai raid house and stop vehicle in Operation Tara search as €280k heroin seized in Clondalkin

A man in his 40s was also arrested and is currently being held in a south Dublin garda station

Dublin Live

'Zombie' skin-rotting Tranq drug causing horror on streets as users lose limbs and die

Laced pills flooding the illicit drug market increasingly claim lives, with the horse tranquillizer Xylazine causing a shocking spike. Users could get gangrene and even amputation of limbs

Daily Mirror

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Thai and two Lao accused of smuggling

One Thai national and two Lao citizens have been accused of involvement in the shipment of a consignment of heroin that was seized at Hong Kong International Airport last week, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

Bangkok Post

Dad caught with £85,000 of heroin and crack in sports bag when he fell off his bike

Craig Byatt was attempting to escape police along a canal towpath when he slipped and was arrested while carrying the illicit class A substances inside a sports bag

Daily Mirror

Phil Lynott once invited Cliff Richard into the studio to hear new Thin Lizzy songs while his dealer chopped out heroin behind the squeaky-clean pop star

Thin Lizzy's studio sessions in Paris for 1979's Black Rose album were punctuated by heavy drug use, and Phil Lynott wasn't particularly careful about hiding that fact

Louder

'Scouse Eddie' drug dealers stopped with £21k of heroin on M5

Court told jailing the men would make no difference to those running the operation

Liverpool Echo

Dad caught with £85k worth of heroin and crack after falling off his bike

Craig Byatt attempted to evade officers along a canal towpath but the 39-year-old was caught by officers and drugs were seized.

Daily Record

Drugs operation busted after £50,000 of heroin accidentally left in pub

The men were setenced to a total of 31 years in jail on Monday.

Wales Online

Dad caught with £85,000 of heroin and crack when he fell off his bike

He was attempting to escape police along a canal towpath when he slipped and was found with the stash in a sports bag

Liverpool Echo

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EncroChat crook 'ItchyTrain' linked to Spanish villas, gun thugs and kilos of heroin

Jack Wymer boasted of earning up to £10,000 a day selling wholesale quantities of cannabis

The Independent UK

Police pull over driver and find £10,000 of heroin and cocaine, a lamb and a bag of chips

Heroin and cocaine recovered while lamb given new home

Liverpool Echo

Gang's costly mistake at pub exposed their huge drug crime ring

The gang tried to rectify their mistake but it just helped police further

Glasgow Live

Glasgow police dog sniffs out heroin and cocaine worth £10,000 after vehicle stopped on M74

A Glasgow police dog has sniffed out drugs with a potential value of £10,000 after cops stopped a vehicle on the M74 heading northbound, which was in possession of heroin and cocaine.

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Manchester Evening News

Major player in drugs gang brought down after police find Kinder Egg

Four members of the gang have now been jailed for almost 50 years between them

Dynamite News

Assam: Rs.8 crore heroin seized in Karbi Anglong; two held

The police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth around Rs 8 crore in Karbi Anglong district and arrested two persons on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Reason

Prohibition Gave Us Xylazine in Fentanyl. The Solution, Drug Warriors Say, Is More Prohibition.

The emergence of the animal tranquilizer as an opioid adulterant illustrates once again how the war on drugs makes drug use more dangerous.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire gang stole high value cars and put heroin and cocaine on streets

The criminal scheme to supply illegal Class A and B drugs was active between January 2021 and March 2022, selling through three distinct mobile phone lines, known as ‘drug lines’

Liverpool Echo

Moment drug 'kingpin' who ran secret £1m amphetamine lab arrested

Terence Earle trafficked heroin and cocaine between Merseyside and Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Eleven arrested after £670k of cocaine and heroin seized in Borders

TEN people have been charged after police recovered drugs worth more than £670,000 in the Scottish Borders.

Daily Record

Heroin dealer who supplied drugs to man at Bridge of Allan house jailed

He had a number of previous convictions under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

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