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Multi-million pound drugs gang partied in Las Vegas and blew cash in Harrods

Kingpin also made donations to Catholic churches and a youth club while trafficking huge amounts of heroin and cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Man spared jail until he started talking and the judge changed his mind

A defendant set to walk free managed to talk himself into a prison sentence and it was only his lawyer who saved him

Wales Online

Dealer reported to police by mother after she found class A drugs in his coat pocket

Ahmed Karshe, 20, of Cardiff, was found to be in possession of heroin and crack cocaine worth more than £5,000 as well as £1,200 in cash

Wales Online

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Hong Kong bans CBD, with stiff penalties

 A new law criminalising the possession, consumption and selling of cannabidiol (CBD) in Hong Kong came into effect on Wednesday, placing the substance on par with heroin in terms of legal classification.

Bangkok Post

'Middle man' in drug trade identified by pictures of girlfriend's dachshund Dennis

Seized photo album 'The Little Book of Dennis' linked heroin and cocaine trafficker to EncroChat handle

Liverpool Echo

Leeds 'ring and bring' drugs gang attacked boys as young as 14 with machetes as they flooded streets with heroin and cocaine

WARNING: Graphic images. Ringleader Marcus Thomas was among those jailed

Leeds Live

Schoolboy's Snapchat exposed gang boss directing ruthless heroin ring from prison cell

Wesley Hankin, originally from Wavertree, headed a gang using child drug dealers

Liverpool Echo

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Mum found with more than £1,000 of drugs inside her body during police raid

Georgina Grant, 57, will be sentenced later this week

Manchester Evening News

Mum hid £1,600 worth of crack and heroin inside her body

The three defendants will be sentenced later this week

Wales Online

Health bosses issue warning over new pills that could supercharge Scotland's drug death rate

Public Health Scotland issued the warning on Nitazenes which can be many times stronger than heroin.

Daily Record

Woman hid more than £1,000 of crack inside her body

Mum was found with stash of class A drugs after co-conspirator was caught dealing in white van

Liverpool Echo

County lines drug dealer who posed with guns for photo is jailed

JJ Logan Cross admitted possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply

Wales Online

'Arsenal' of loaded guns found in sheds alongside cocaine and heroin

The guns were in a yellow box

Nottingham Post

Whatever happened to Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil?

Amy Winehouse’s soulmate. The troubled ex-husband who inspired the singer’s Grammy Award-winning album Back to Black and divorced her to “set her free”. A “junkie” and “hopeless heroin addict” who admitted introducing her to the drug and remains — in the eyes of many fans — the individual responsible for…

Evening Standard

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WEKU

Opium farming surges in Myanmar since the military coup, the U.N. says

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

The Independent UK

Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence

The United Nations says the production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power

Liverpool Echo

Burglar charged at man with hammer after breaking into his dad's house

Andrew Thompson targeted house on Christmas Day while owner was out having Christmas dinner

Reason

Serene Wanted To Quit Heroin. She Tried Psychedelics.

A documentary short about a woman who takes ayahuasca to alleviate the pain caused by addiction

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Irish Mirror

Wexford man who was trapped in car for three days charged with possession of heroin

Appearing before Judge John Cheatle at Gorey District Court was 30-year-old John Wall, of Coolaw, Taghmon, Co Wexford, who was charged with two counts of possession of diamorphine for the purpose of sale or supply

Daily Record

Mum-of-five back behind bars after dealing heroin and cocaine while looking after baby

Charlie Murray was jailed for four years after she teamed up with Georgina Beaumont and Glen Daley-Cooley in a heroin and cocaine dealing operation.

Manchester Evening News

Mum-of-five back behind bars after dealing heroin and crack while looking after 15-month-old

Charlie Murray was trying to care for her youngest child when she got involved in the supply of drugs, the court heard

ABC News

George Marrogi and girlfriend Antonietta Mannella plead guilty to running drug syndicate from jail

The court heard George Marrogi's girlfriend impersonated his law firm's receptionist and spoke in code to arrange the importation of $55 million worth of meth and heroin from Thailand.

Liverpool Echo

Jailed drugs boss exposed running extreme American Bully breeding ring by Panorama sting

Thomas Rayment was jailed over a plot to flood Warrington with heroin and crack cocaine

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat dealer 'Skint Harry' caught in Manchester Airport after sending texts about car

George Powell conspired to supply 9kg of cocaine and 5kg of heroin between March and June 2020

Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 First Dates star jailed after police find £100k in sports bag

Officers also found 31 kilograms of heroin hidden in laundry bags in an attic

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