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Police storm Manchester homes and find three gangsters inside

Three men have been jailed for a combined 30 years

Manchester Evening News

6 Connecticut toddlers died from fentanyl in 2021. Spike in illicit use, drug's potency have child advocates worried

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.

Tribune News Service

Pioneering heroin scheme ends despite proving its worth, says boss

A small number of addicts in Middlesbrough were given medical-grade heroin in a scheme to save lives and cut crime, but funding has ended.

The Independent UK

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Jeremy Kyle Show guest celebrates sobriety after kicking 20-year addiction

Michelle Wallace first appeared on the ITV show back in 2018 seeking help to beat her heroin addiction.

Daily Record

Drug and gun-running gang boss planned to make so much money he'd be 'set up for life'

Mohammed Shahid was described as a 'key facilitator' in a Cheetham Hill-based gang which trafficked guns and 'wholesale amounts' of heroin and cocaine

Manchester Evening News

Medical records of alleged grooming gang victim do not match claims, court hears

Medical records of a woman who claimed she was the victim of a grooming gang do not match allegations she was beaten, stabbed and given a “backstreet abortion”, a court has heard.Preston Crown Court heard Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, made the claims to her boyfriend in a message, in…

The Independent UK

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

Tribune News Service

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Artist Nan Goldin on addiction and taking on the Sackler dynasty: ‘I wanted to tell my truth’

Her battle against the billionaires who fuelled the opioid epidemic upended the art establishment. As a film about her life is released, she talks about family tragedy and her journey to activism

The Guardian - UK

Dishonest, arrogant, cruel - people locked up in Greater Manchester in November

Two rapists and husband and wife drug dealers are among the criminals caged this month

Manchester Evening News

Violent arrest as officer pepper sprayed by colleague and punched by suspect

Three men were arrested on suspicion of cocaine and heroin dealing

Liverpool Echo

Heroin and cocaine dealer overheard by police saying 'I've got drugs on me'

Mason Regan, 23, was found with more than £1,000 worth of class An drugs after he was making deals with drug users

Wales Online

Overcoming addiction in rural America

Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

Salon

Drug dealer caught after his DNA was found on heroin and cocaine packages

Tristan Turner, 24, was found in possession of more than £7,000 worth of heroin and cocaine

Wales Online

Four men charged in crackdown on drug operations in Tower Hamlets

Officers from Met’s Gangs Task Force executed warrants at five Tower Hamlets properties and on in Peckham

Evening Standard

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Leeds Live

Amy Winehouse's ex-mother-in-law predicted son's tragic death in Leeds B&B

Freddy Civil, 27, died on April 26, 2021, from a heroin overdose while staying in a hotel in Leeds

Bristol Post

Teenagers arrested with thousands of pounds worth of crack cocaine and heroin

It comes after a large-scale anti-drug operation across the South West

Manchester Evening News

Downward spiral of 'law-abiding' Manchester City volunteer who began dealing heroin and crack

Father-of-two George Downing, who had no previous convictions, has now been jailed

Manchester Evening News

Man who lived luxury lifestyle with his wife off their crimes caught bragging about his piles of cash

Rashid Hussain lived a 'luxurious lifestyle' with his wife who together flooded streets with cocaine and heroin

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Manchester Evening News

Husband and wife drug dealers jailed for cocaine and heroin dealing racket on the 'Sniper' drugs line

Rashid Hussain, 35, and Szenm Asghar, 37, sat alongside each other in the dock

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's dopiest dealers and their bungling attempts to hide from police

The Manchester Evening News looks back on the cases where criminals majorly messed up

Dynamite News

Smuggler Arrested With Heroin, Illegal Pistols By Punjab Cops

The man was arrested with a consignment, including 2 Kg of heroin and 8 unlicensed pistols. Read on for details:

Liverpool Echo

Eight criminals who faced justice last week

These are the criminals from our region who were locked up over the past seven days

Liverpool Echo

Disturbing violent attacks on elderly and disabled have roots in evil heroin trade

The years long addictions of Renee Weaver and Stephen Earle created multiple victims

Manchester Evening News

Dealers joked about getting complaints from mums of kids they employed to sell drugs

In messages recovered from Encrochat, the three men also discussed setting up a drugs line during the coronavirus lockdown because they were 'skint'

Leeds Live

Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil's brother died of a heroin overdose in Leeds bed and breakfast

Freddy Civil, the younger brother of Blake, had absconded from hospital

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