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Denver votes to decriminalise magic mushrooms
Denver has voted to decriminalise the use of magic mushrooms – the first US city to do so. The motion was put to a public vote on Tuesday, and passed with a slim majority of […]
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German arrests as police attack dark web drugs market
Police in western Germany have arrested three men suspected of running the world’s second-largest dark net marketplace for illegal drugs, stolen data and malicious software. The FBI took part in the investigation and arrested two […]
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Multiple arrests target ‘county lines’ drugs trade
Police say 22 people have been arrested and 10 charged, in raids tackling the supply of illegal drugs to Cumbria. The arrests, on Tuesday and Wednesday, took place in Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry and London. Some of […]
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Manchester drugs gang jailed over £100m operation
Eight members of a “sophisticated” £100m drug-dealing ring have been jailed for up to 24 years. Police said the Greater Manchester gang flooded north-east England with drugs. During the trial, the Manchester Crown Court jury […]
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HMP Humber: Photocopied post ‘reduces prisoner drug use’
The photocopying of inmate mail at a prison in a bid to prevent drug-soaked letters being smuggled in has reduced on-site substance abuse, a report said. A prison watchdog inspection found the “intrusive” move at […]
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Prison Service finds 225kg of drugs
Prison officers confiscated about 225kg (496lbs) of drugs in one year, according to the Ministry of Justice. In 2016 20,000 mobile phones and sim cards, which are also contraband, were also seized from prisoners. The […]
Human Rights
Arkansas Is About to Execute 8 People Over the Course of 10 Days
It’s been 11 years since the last execution in Arkansas took place. Now they’re about to make history by expediting the deaths of 8 men over a period of 10 days, a rate never seen […]
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Arizona death row inmates can supply their own execution drugs
Joseph Wood was supposed to die about 10 minutes after his jailers released a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone into his bloodstream. Instead, for nearly two hours, the death row inmate snorted and gasped, breathing like […]
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M62 SHOOTING: Five arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after Yassar Yaqub’s death
The shooting of notorious drug dealer Yassar Yaqub by police on the M62 has been followed by five men being arrested for alleged firearms offences. West Yorkshire Police told Express.co.uk all five men were arrested […]
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Mexican villagers kidnap mother of local drugs gang chief and demand hostage swap
MEXICO – Vigilantes in a Mexican village have kidnapped the mother of a local drugs gang chief, who they say they will free in exchange for the release of locals. After seizing alleged collaborators of […]