A former prison governor seen as a rising star in the service has been jailed for nine years for having a relationship with an inmate who was the boss of a Liverpool drugs gang, police […]
The German parliament has approved controversial plans to legalise the personal use of cannabis. The measure was passed by Germany’s lower house, the Bundestag, on Friday. From 1 April, adults will be able to buy up to […]
Football fans caught taking, dealing or found in possession of hard drugs at matches will be banned, the Home Office has announced. Under legislation, which will come into force next week, fans who commit Class […]
Canada has announced it will temporarily decriminalise the possession of small amounts of some illicit drugs in British Columbia (BC). The province asked for the criminal code exemption after overdoses claimed more than two thousand […]
Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force […]
British rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland. The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton, 31, and Jason Thompson, 35, were both given 28-month sentences. […]
A lawyer has been arrested at the Bellville Magistrates Court, South Africa for being in possession of drugs. South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Colonel Andre Traut said the vigilance of the Bellville court orderly led to […]
At least 25 people including a police officer have been killed in a shootout in Rio de Janeiro, according to local media. The shootout took place during a police operation in a favela in the […]
The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, at the heart of recent pro-Trump protests, was once a “prolific” informer for the FBI and local police, old court transcripts show. Enrique Tarrio helped authorities prosecute […]
By TRISTAN KIRK Courts correspondent Members of a criminal gang who ran an £8 million drugs supply operation across the UK while laundering profits through a web of ‘front’ companies are facing jail. Ringleader Baljinder Kang, 32, […]
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