AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE (AFP) – Two French pilots convicted for their role in a spectacular 2013 drugs bust on a private jet in the Dominican Republic…
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Myanmar torches over half-billion dollar drugs stash
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar authorities torched over half a billion dollars worth of narcotics across the country on Saturday (June 26), sending opium, heroin and…
Myanmar coup unlikely to affect drug trade: Experts
JAKARTA – February’s military coup in Myanmar is unlikely to hamstring the crime syndicates, say experts. “My gut instinct is that the coup will have…
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, South-east Asia's drug scourge proves resilient
JAKARTA – In a series of raids, as the Covid-19 pandemic was closing in last year, Myanmar security forces in northern Shan state netted 18…
Police refutes fake news on Clementi raid, says it did not involve drugs seizure or firearms
SINGAPORE – The police have clarified that their raid on a Clementi unit on Wednesday (March 17) did not involve a drug seizure, firearms or a person…
Pricey cats: Six felines confiscated in Thai drug network raid
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Six pedigree cats valued at thousands of dollars were confiscated in a Thai drug network raid on suspicion they were being used…
Wife of Mexico drug cartel chief El Chapo arrested at US airport
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested on Monday (Feb 22)…
Fewer drug abusers arrested in 2020, but many of them first-time and young offenders
SINGAPORE – While there were fewer arrests over drug offences last year compared to the year before, a high proportion of them still involved new…
Man, 51, admits to stabbing after heated argument with victim
SINGAPORE – A 51-year-old man retrieved a 34cm-long knife, which he had earlier thrown into a bush, and stabbed another man twice in his abdomen…
British police raid drug gangs as Covid-19 fuels child trafficking fears
LONDON (REUTERS) – More than 1,000 people were arrested and dozens of suspected victims of modern slavery identified in a crackdown on the drug trade…