11 h. ago Moment Polish drug smuggler who flooded Home Counties with cocaine is arrested getting off plane in London

Blazej Holub, 43, was placed in handcuffs when he got off a flight from Warsaw at London Luton Airport after police worked out his identity from EncroChat messages about a drugs shipment.

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57 h. ago Moment drug driver raced through town at up to 120mph pursued by the police

Ryan Moore, 20, led police on a 47-mile pursuit beginning in Salisbury after officers sighted a black Mercedes A Class which they suspected was involved in a drugs deal.

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4 d. ago Topless drug dealer asked police 'can I put clothes on' after unexpected visit

Cameron Lloyd, 21, was caught after messages relating to the supply of class A drugs were found on the phone of an associate

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6 d. ago 'I've got nothin' on me!' Moment man with £200k drug stash is arrested by police

A drug dealer out on license has been arrested after he was spotted with a machete in Newport, South Wales.

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8 d. ago Lazy SNP drug policies are keeping addicts hooked – we need rehab, not quick fixes

INSANITY is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That line is often credited to Albert Einstein, though there’s no evidence he actually said it. But it doesn’t take a genius to work out that if your strategy for dealing with something is failing - and failing repeatedly - then...

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1 week ago Illegal New Year raves draw hundreds as partygoers left needing medical care

Some who attended the events at “unsuitable and potentially dangerous locations” needed medical treatment for suspected drug-related illnesses, police said

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2 w. ago Inmate on the run after Christmas prison break was jailed for county lines drug dealing

Mahad Elmi is being hunted by police after setting up a drug dealing operation using a teenager to sell crack and heroin trafficked from London to Cardiff

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2 w. ago 'I want to know who is to blame for my son's death after row with Pete Doherty'

City of London Police are examining the death plunge of Mark Blanco during a drug-fuelled party after his mother raised concerns over previous investigations by the Met Police

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2 w. ago Grave digger turned drug dealer jailed after not telling police where he lived

Former organised crime group member Leon Ley admitted he had been 'cavalier at times' in adhering to the terms of a court order designed to stop him re-offending

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3 w. ago Drug dealer with taste for Louis Vitton and Gucci caught red handed by police

He carried out a drug deal outside his home not realising police were watching

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3 w. ago Drug dealer with taste for Louis Vuitton and Gucci caught red handed by police

He carried out a drug deal outside his home not realising police were watching

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3 w. ago 'Brilliant' gangster movie with 'greatest ever actor' on Film 4 tonight

This British gangster movie from 2001 has been heavily praised by fans, as one film fan reviewed it as 'darkly funny, aggressive verbal abuse like an angry machine gun'

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3 w. ago ‘A black hole’: families and police say tech giants delay investigations in child abuse and drug cases

US law enforcement officers say Meta and Snapchat routinely delay or reject warrants. The companies disagreeMax Osterman was 18 when he connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat who used the handle skyhigh.303. Max would message him whenever he wanted to buy Percocet, and they would meet. After about a year, and just days after their last exchange, Max collapsed. The pills he ordered had been laced with fentanyl. He died from the overdose in February 2021 at his home in Broomfield, Colorado.The dealer continued selling prescription painkillers until 2023, when he was jailed on two drug distribution convictions. When handing down the sentence, the judge said he was responsible for four deaths, yet he never faced charges for supplying the pills that killed Max. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Teenage drug dealer caught after being stopped for wearing balaclava in summer

Marcus Creedy, 18, was found in possession of cocaine and cannabis when he was stopped by police officers carrying out a suspected drug deal

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4 w. ago Police find drug dealer carrying machine gun bullets during raid

Kareem Abdo, 30, later told police he had learning difficulties and people "took advantage of him".

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4 w. ago 12 drivers arrested as Scottish police issue stark Christmas drink and drug warning

Police are carrying out extra road checks and patrols over the coming weeks.

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4 w. ago 'Do not approach' warning from police as drug gang member escapes from UK jail

Liam Wall, 36, was convicted of drug offences at Cardiff Crown court in 2017 and has now escaped from HMP Prescoed in South Wales - police are urging members of the public not to approach him

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