22 h. ago Police hunt woman, 40, after £32k worth of fake Mounjaro and Ozempic pills sold online

City of London Police are appealing for help to trace Christina Parfitt, 40, as part of a probe into an organised crime group accused of selling fake and unlicensed drugs online.

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51 h. ago Former child star who appeared in iconic 90s commercials and was personally scouted by George Lucas lost his fame to drugs and crime

UK-based Nikolai Claus hared how he overcame a life of crime while navigating the loss of his mother and heroin addict sister to establish a career in music.

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3 d. ago Chinese man living in London admits drugging, sexually assaulting and raping women

Chao Xu admitted 24 charges including drugging women, rape and sexual assault

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4 d. ago North Carolina election official charged with child abuse after allegedly putting MDMA in granddaughters’ ice cream

James Yokeley has denied the allegations that he put drugs into his granddaughters’ ice cream

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6 d. ago Historic $473M drug haul was enough to overdose ‘entire population of Florida’, say Coast Guard

The drugs were seized from 19 interdictions that occurred between mid-June and mid-August

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1 week ago Trio accused of killing drug dealer just hours after two of the suspects were released from jail on bond

Christopher Charles Reyes, 47, Pamela Gabrilski-Jones, 46, and Marian Jones Pardur, 43, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

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1 week ago Brookside child star's transformation 22 years after exit and recent TV appearances

Former Brookside child star Jack McMullen is a world away from his character on the Channel 4 soap

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2 w. ago ‘Ketamine Queen’ agrees to plead guilty over role in Matthew Perry’s overdose death

Jasveen Sangha agreed to plead guilty Monday, becoming the fifth and final person implicated in the death of the ‘Friends’ star to do so

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2 w. ago ‘Ketamine Queen’ agrees to plead guilty for her role Matthew Perry’s overdose death

Jasveen Sangha agreed to plead guilty Monday, becoming the fifth and final person implicated in the death of the ‘Friends’ star to do so

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2 w. ago ‘Ketamine Queen’ reaches plea deal for her role Matthew Perry’s overdose death

Jasveen Sangha agreed to plead guilty Monday, becoming the fifth and final person implicated in the death of the ‘Friends’ star to do so

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2 w. ago Moment UK drug kingpin who ran £26m empire dances for the camera as he’s arrested by police in Spain

Watch the moment a leader of a crime gang that ran a £26million drug empire is arrested by Spanish authorities.

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2 w. ago State of emergency declared in New Mexico following rise in crime and drug use

Local authorities and tribal officials in the county had called for state reinforcements to combat the escalating crime linked to illicit drug use

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2 w. ago New Mexico governor declares state of emergency in rural county afflicted by crime, drug use

The governor of New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities

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2 w. ago Children as young as 13 'groomed by county lines gangs' arrested for drug dealing in London

Exclusive: Scotland Yard are arresting an average of fourteen under-18s a week for drug dealing offences

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3 w. ago Macaulay Culkin has good reason to think Home Alone 2 is better than the original

Former child star appeared on Sean Evans’ show ‘Hot Ones’ two years after his younger brother, Kieran Culkin, took on the spicy wing challenge

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3 w. ago Drugs gang smashed after parrot taught to speak like a dealer and 'repeat price list'

A pet parrot was taught to repeat drug dealing phrases by a gang selling heroin, crack cocaine, ketamine and cannabis

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3 w. ago Talking parrot helps bring down crime gang after it is caught on video repeating drug

Mango the parrot was found when officers raided homes in Blackpool, where they seized large amounts of cocaine and heroin.

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3 w. ago ‘They’re to put the brakes on cops’: Rio barricades turn favelas into fortresses

Police demolition squads fighting back against fortifications, while one local artist is using barriers as canvas to symbolise hoped-for peaceDeep in a mosaic of redbrick favelas on the fringes of Rio, a weapons dealer, a drug smuggler and a crime lord held court on a corner as darkness enveloped the streets they rule.An unnerving arsenal of assault rifles was on show as the trio fielded requests from customers, locals and staff, but the mood was relaxed. Continue reading...

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