Cannabis worth £315,000 netted by police in Glasgow
A man has been arrested after drugs with an estimated street value of more than £315,000 were seized from a flat.
Drugs
Charities want consumption room for drug users in Glasgow
The UK Government has been urged to devolve drugs legislation to Scotland so that a consumption room can be created in Glasgow.
Heroin seized from dealers more than doubled last year
Drug dealers had almost 200kg of heroin and cocaine seized by police in Scotland last year, and more than 25,000 ecstasy tablets were confiscated.
£2,500 of cannabis seized by police in north-east town
Drugs worth around £2,500 has been seized by police in a north-east town.
Four charged after drugs worth £13,000 recovered in Aberdeen
Drugs worth £13,000 have been seized from a property in Aberdeen.
Drug deaths among men in Northern Ireland ‘up 100% in decade’
The number of men dying from drug use in Northern Ireland has doubled in a decade, according to official statistics.
‘Game changer’ HIV drug prescribed to 1,900 Scots in first year
A drug to help prevent HIV have been prescribed to almost 1,900 people in the year since it was released in Scotland.
Police left baffled after caller complains about drug dealing ‘scam’
A disgruntled would-be drug user has left police incredulous after calling to complain that she paid £200 for “brown sugar” instead of cocaine.
Divert, deter, disrupt and detect… how police fight gangs in north-east
Detectives work daily to trip up the nine criminal gangs operating in the north-east – and meet monthly to think up new ways of disrupting them.
Drugs worth more than £820,000 recovered in Highlands and Islands
More than £820,000 worth of drugs have been seized in a four-week operation in the Highlands and Islands.
Prisons minister ‘pretty confident’ of keeping job after hosting governors
The prisons minister has declared he is “pretty confident” he will keep his job after pledging to resign if a safety drive fails.
Unpaid work for Aberdeen man who threw cocaine from car as police followed him
Eziagulu failed to stop when requested to and drove at speed, causing two other drivers to take evasive action before officers saw him throw a package and mobile out of the window on Roslin Street.
205 charged and 24 search warrants executed as police crackdown on ‘cuckooing’ in north-east towns
New figures revealing the extent of efforts to tackle drug dealing in the north-east have been released today.
£60k worth of cannabis recovered in north-east
Drugs worth around £60k have been seized by the police on the A90.
Man charged after £68,000 cannabis find in west end of Glasgow
A man has been charged after cannabis plants worth around £68,000 were recovered by police.
Huge cannabis haul worth £1.4 million seized in Glasgow
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of around £1.4 million have been recovered.
Two in court over north-east drug haul worth £105,000
Police recovered amphetamine and heroin with a street value of more than £105,000 following a search on Sunday
Unpaid work for Aberdeen man caught with hundreds of pounds worth of cannabis
A man has been given unpaid work after being caught with hundreds of pounds of cannabis.
Two men charged after drugs recovered in Aberdeen
Two men have been charged after drugs were recovered in Aberdeen.
Two charged after £65,000 of drugs found in Glasgow city centre
Two men have been arrested after drugs with a street value of around £65,000 were seized.
‘Street Valium’ linked to sharp rise in Glasgow drug deaths
Street drugs being sold as Valium have been linked to an “unprecedented” number of fatal overdoses in Glasgow.
Chickens could provide cheap method of producing drugs, research suggests
Chickens could soon offer a cost-effective way of producing high quality drugs to use on patients, new research has suggested.
Steps to cut drug deaths in Aberdeen as report shows rise in last five years
Steps are being taken to reduce drug deaths in Aberdeen by 2026, after figures showed they have doubled since 2014.
Charity urging north-east schoolchildren to report drug dealing
Schoolchildren in the north-east are being urged to report drug dealing as part of a new scheme.
Sniffer dogs search pupils for drugs at new Aberdeen academy
Police with sniffer dogs targeted pupils of an Aberdeen school in a bid to stamp out drug dealing, the Evening Express can reveal today.
Drugs worth more than £1,000 seized from north-east home
Drugs with a street value of more than £1,000 have been seized from a property in the north-east.
North-east man due in court after cannabis worth £10K seized by cops
Cannabis worth more than £10,000 has been seized following a police operation in the north-east.
Man threw £5,000 of cocaine out of car window while police followed him in Aberdeen
A man threw £5,000 of cocaine out of a car window as police followed him through Aberdeen.
Three men jailed after police drugs operation in north-east
Three men have been jailed after a police crackdown on north-east drug dealing.
Aberdeen man, 52, fined £320 over drugs
A man caught with Class A drugs on an Aberdeen street has been ordered to pay a fine.