44 h. ago Free needles to help prisoners take Class A drugs behind bars? The latest solution to Scotland's drug death crisis from taxpayer

Free needles and vapes should be handed out to prisoners so they can take Class A drugs in a safer way behind bars, a majority taxpayer-funded group has claimed.

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3 d. ago Drugs mule caught with £1m cannabis haul 'stuffed in suitcases' at Cairnryan port

Chace Cappellie tried to traffick the class B drug via his vehicle from a Stena Line ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan.

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5 d. ago Tulisa to recount drugs trial in new memoir detailing her career highs and lows

The singer was arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs in 2013, but the charges were later dismissed.

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5 d. ago Royal security scare as intruder breaks into Windsor Castle near William and Kate's home

‘Unwell’ man arrested by police on suspicion of trespass and possession of Class A drugs

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5 d. ago Kate and William in security scare as man breaks into Windsor Castle just yards from home

A man in his 30s has reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident over the weekend on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and possession of Class A drugs

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5 d. ago Windsor Castle security scare as intruder arrested after breaking into grounds of Royal Family home

The man has been arrested on suspicion of trespass and possession of Class A drugs

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6 d. ago Brit, 79, 'caught with 5kg of meth' in Chile is bowls fan from sleepy Dorset village

William ‘Billy Boy' Eastment faces dying behind prison bars if found guilty after the 79-year-old was arrested at Santiago Airport with a suitcase allegedly containing £200,000 worth of the class A drug

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6 d. ago Brit, 79, 'caught with 5kg of meth' in Chile is bowls fan from sleepy Somerset village

William ‘Billy Boy' Eastment faces dying behind prison bars if found guilty after the 79-year-old was arrested at Santiago Airport with a suitcase allegedly containing £200,000 worth of the class A drug

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7 d. ago British Airways flight attendant ‘found naked and dancing in business class toilet’ after allegedly taking drugs

Police say man on flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow Airport was arrested on suspicion of being unfit for duty

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7 d. ago BA steward ‘found naked and dancing in business class toilet’ after allegedly taking drugs

Police say man on flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow Airport was arrested on suspicion of being unfit for duty

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9 d. ago BA steward arrested 'after being found dancing naked in business class toilet following suspected drugs binge'

The shocking incident occurred as the steward was supposed to be serving meals on a packed flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow

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9 d. ago British Airways steward arrested 'after dancing naked in business class toilet following suspected drugs binge'

The shocking incident occurred as the steward was supposed to be serving meals on a packed flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow

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9 d. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago British Airways cabin crew member was 'dancing high and naked in business class' after 30,000ft 'drugs binge'

The steward's colleagues noticed he was missing when he failed to serve meals and drinks to passengers  on the flight on Sunday.

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9 d. ago British Airways steward found dancing naked in business class after 'drugs binge' before flight from US to London

British Airways steward found dancing naked in business class after 'drugs binge' before flight from US to London  The Sun

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1 week ago Man found cowering in back garden with a stash of Class A drugs

Concerns were raised in court the 22-year-old will get an "education in criminality" while in prison

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1 week ago Scout the police sniffer dog uncovers £2,200 and large stash of cannabis hidden in city undergrowth

Scout, a brown-haired spaniel, found the large wad of notes and 97g of the Class B drug hidden in a satchel bag in the Pentwyn area of Cardiff.

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1 week ago PETER HITCHENS: Sadiq Khan wants to legalise marijuana, the drug behind so many violent horrors. He, and the rest of the liberal Ostrich class, are ignoring a national catastrophe

Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die.

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan backs calls to decriminalise some cannabis possession

Under current laws, cannabis is a class B drug and those found in possession face a fine or imprisonment

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2 w. ago Former Arsenal striker thought he was ‘importing gold not cannabis’ in smuggling plot

The striker was arrested after the NCA seized an estimated £600,000 of the class B drug

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