7 h. ago Cocaine found in hidden compartment during Winnipeg police drug arrest

Winnipeg police say they seized a treasure trove of cocaine from a car's hidden compartment last month.

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3 d. ago Police officer presence, transit and open drug use: Mayoral candidates pitch public safety plans

Here's how some mayoral hopefuls are pledging to improve public safety

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7 d. ago Australian drug kingpin to face retrial in police informant scandal

Tony Mokbel was handed a 30-year prison sentence in 2012 after pleading guilty to masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate.

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9 d. ago Two women, teen girl tortured and killed by suspected Argentine drug gang

Two young women and a teen girl are dead in Argentina following what local police believe was a targeted killing by a drug gang that was streamed online. Investigators in the country say the victims’ bodies were found buried in a garden at a home on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Brenda del Castillo and […]

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1 week ago 10/3 podcast: The rise of involuntary addiction treatment in B.C.

Canada’s drug crisis has some policymakers looking away from measures such as harm reduction and toward expansion of treatment beds. And along with that has come discussion of measures to compel addicts into treatment. Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culbert joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss how involuntary treatment works, the legal questions around the practice, and […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: Banning public drug use is bold, courageous and obvious

Last week in Calgary, Mayor Jyoti Gondek and councillors announced that if re-elected, the administration will enact a zero-tolerance policy for open-air drug use. They voted for a pilot project that could give peace officers and transit police expanded powers to enforce public safety, and also to redirect offenders to a court diversion program with […]

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2 w. ago Man charged after over $10K meth seizure outside OPP detachment

Officers noticed a person outside the Huron County OPP detachment actively using an illegal drug on Sept. 2, police said.

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2 w. ago Fredericton police warn spike in drug overdoses is ‘significant’ and ‘not normal’

There have been 33 overdose-related calls in September, and 13 of them were within a 24-hour period last week.

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3 w. ago Traffickers gets new trial after B.C. police used courier staff to intercept drug parcels

Drug shipper wanted B.C. Appeal Court to throw out evidence that got him 15 years because RCMP used Loomis workers as "state agents" to stop shipments. Court agreed it was illegal search-and-seizure and ordered new trial.

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3 w. ago Trafficker gets new trial after B.C. police used courier staff to intercept drug parcels

Drug shipper wanted B.C. Appeal Court to throw out evidence that got him 15 years because RCMP used Loomis workers as "state agents" to stop shipments. Court agreed it was illegal search-and-seizure and ordered new trial.

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3 w. ago Calgary ALERT team makes one of the biggest drug busts in Alberta history

Calgary’s organized crime officials, in partnership with the provincial and national enforcement say they have made one of the largest drug seizures in Alberta history. The project, called Project Cerberus, was led by ALERT and included Calgary’s organized crime team, the Calgary police, various units within the RCMP and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and […]

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4 w. ago $3K worth of ice cream, milk stolen from Shoppers Drug Mart over 3 weeks

Between Aug. 8 and Aug. 30, Lethbridge police said a man went to a Shoppers Drug Mart in the Alberta city many times and stole 'significant quantities of ice cream and milk.'

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4 w. ago Lethbridge man charged after repeatedly stealing milk, ice cream, say police

A Lethbridge teenager who allegedly stole over $2,000 worth of milk and ice cream last month from a downtown drug store now faces theft charges, police said Friday. Numerous times between Aug. 8 and 30, a male stole “significant quantities” of the dairy products from a Shoppers Drug Mart along the 500 block of 1 […]

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