All news on the topic: Drugs

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Elon Musk publishes drug test in response to accusations of usage during Trump campaign
The CEO of Tesla uploaded the document to X in response to claims from US newspapers that he had previously used illegal substances.
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R. Kelly hospitalized after overdose in prison — attorneys blame staff
Disgraced rapper R. Kelly has been taken to hospital after ’overdosing’ in prison, with the rapper’s legal team alleging that prison staff may be to blame.
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Bananas, bitcoins and the Albanian mafia: Ecuadorian court exposes global drug scheme based in Dubai
Ecuadorian court documents acquired by OCCRP detail the internal operations of a drug and money laundering scheme that authorities claim is operated by Dritan Gjika.
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"Footballer who lost it all": ex-Arsenal youth captain jailed for cannabis smuggling
A professional footballer who brought £600,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand into the UK has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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Three Britons in Bali face death penalty for smuggling £272,000 worth of cocaine
Three citizens of the United Kingdom are facing the death penalty in Bali after being charged with smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine into Indonesia.
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Under cover of sertanejo: Brazilian singer suspected of running drug cartel
Police are investigating whether an aspiring sertanejo singer secretly assisted in managing her brother’s drug operation using a false identity.
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British woman caught in Ghana with nearly 18kg of cannabis before flight to London
A British passenger faces accusations of allegedly trying to smuggle 18kg of cannabis into the UK.
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New rules: Foreigners apprehended for smuggling cannabis via Heathrow deported at once
Heathrow airport staff will be deporting foreigners caught smuggling cannabis, according to new stricter rules
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Jay Slater brags about stealing £12,000 Rolex ‘off some c***’ in video shot briefly before his disappearance
British tourist Jay Slater, a teenager, disappeared while on a vacation on Tenerife, Spain
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“Kush” laced with human remains and fentanyl: what’s known about the deadly drug that led to British woman’s arrest
The arrest of a British tourist for allegedly smuggling £1.2 million worth of a deadly drug has sparked new warnings about the psychoactive substance.
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21-year-old British woman arrested in Sri Lanka with 46 kg of cannabis worth £1.15 million
Charlotte May Lee, 21, was detained at the airport after being accused of smuggling £1.15 million pounds worth of cannabis into Sri Lanka in her luggage.
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British teen caught in Georgia with 30 pounds of cannabis claims she is pregnant in court
A British teenager, accused of drug smuggling and facing a life sentence in a Georgia prison, has revealed that she is ’pregnant’.
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18-year-old British woman who went missing in Thailand arrested in Georgia on drug charges
A teenage girl who had been missing for four days in Thailand has been arrested on ‘drug offences’ in Georgia.
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Fake parenthood and drugs: how Rudnev’s cult tried to bypass Argentina’s immigration laws
Argentina is embroiled in a scandal involving the Russian cult Ashram Shambala.
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Whole town in Turkey unintentionally gets "high" after drug disposal operation
25,000 residents of the eastern Turkish city of Lice were unintentionally left “high” after authorities burned 20 tons of confiscated cannabis.
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Love Island star Magdalena Sadlo to stand trial for running drug cartel
A Love Island contestant known as Barbie is facing over 20 years in prison for masterminding a drug cartel.
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Newcastle explosion: Galbraith and Laws killed making drugs that took 7-year-old boy’s life
A seven-year-old boy was killed in a house explosion caused by drug dealers making cannabis sweets in a neighboring flat with 100 gas canisters, it can now be reported.
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In Brazil, a 4-year-old girl mistook drugs for sherbet and shared them with her friends
The children mistook the substance for sherbet and consumed the Class A drug. One of them then reported to a teacher that they had been given a package with a ’bad taste’, which led to a police call.
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Veterinary nurse struck off for drug theft, mishandling surgeries while under the influence
Bristol-based nurse said she was ‘jet lagged’ when asked if she had taken drugs
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UK barber shops under investigation for money laundering and tax fraud
Several ’Turkish’ barber shops across the UK have been raided by authorities over fears they could be laundering drug money.
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Belgium investigates 41 cases of drink spiking and sexual assault in Kortrijk bars
Prosecutors allege suspects spiked victims’ drinks with drugs at venues in Kortrijk between 2021 and 2024
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Dark Web drug ring leader sentenced to eight years for counterfeit Xanax trade
A man who co-ordinated a multi-million-pound fake medicines operation, including counterfeit versions of the powerful anti-anxiety pill Xanax, has today (Wednesday 27 March 2025) been jailed for eight years.
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Crime boss Craig Anthony ordered to repay £125,000 of £3m drug profits
Craig Anthony led an organized crime gang that transported kilograms of cocaine from Liverpool
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China defends drug-related executions of four Canadians as ’lawful’
China slammed Canada’s condemnation on Thursday, saying it acted ’in accordance with the law’
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TV star admits to crashing car into a nurse while under the influence of cocaine at 10:14 am
Casualty and Holby City star Amanda Mealing has confessed to driving her car under the influence of drugs and crashing, resulting in a serious injury to a nurse at the wheel.