39 h. ago Urgent warning after synthetic opioids linked to 38 deaths in Scotland over just three months

Between January and March 2025, nitazenes were detected in 38 deaths

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3 d. ago Scotland's prisons need £8m taxpayer cash to combat drone drug smugglers

The eye-watering cost of tackling the drugs trade was laid bare by the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service in a letter to Holyrood’s ­criminal justice committee.

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4 d. ago Heroin dealers fined just £499 as punishment for Scotland's mounting drug deaths

The Sunday Mail can reveal the shockingly lenient punishments being handed out despite 1065 fatalities last year - the highest of any European country.

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5 d. ago BBC release controversial podcast about notorious crime queen 'Big Mags' Haney who ran a heroin empire while posing as a community hero

The BBC has today released a controversial new six-part podcast on notorious Scottish drug dealer 'Big Mags' Haney.

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1 week ago Scots drug kingpin Ross 'Maimi' McGill warned 'We'll take you out in the desert'

Rivals have told Dubai-based drugs kingpin Ross McGill not to play hide and seek.

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1 week ago Scots drug kingpin Ross 'Miami' McGill warned 'We'll take you out in the desert'

Rivals have told Dubai-based drugs kingpin Ross McGill not to play hide and seek.

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3 w. ago Scots babies to get ‘suit of armour’ jab to fight deadly winter virus

NHS Scotland will offer the new drug to protect babies born before 32 weeks against respiratory syncytial virus.

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4 w. ago Scots footballer on parole weeks after jail sentence for £600k drug smuggling plot

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 34, was jailed for four years in June for orchestrating the importation of a 60kg (132lb) haul but has now been released on parole after his time on remand was taken into account.

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