Drug dealer jailed after raid at Aberdeen flat
Jordan Mullen appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of the class A drugs.
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Four Britons arrested after £50m drug seizure in Australia
Four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand following a drugs operation targeting a UK organised crime syndicate.
‘Generation X’ more likely to die from drug poisoning and suicide, report says
Middle-aged people are more likely to die from a fatal dose of drugs or suicide than any other generation, analysis suggests.
Armed police arrest man on suspicion of drug offences in Camden
Armed police arrested a man on suspicion of drug offences in Camden this afternoon.
Shock after north-east drug death numbers reach new record
Drug deaths in the north-east are at their highest level since records began in 1996, according to new figures.
‘Failing’ drugs policies blamed for rising deaths
Drugs policy “failures” have been blamed for the rising death toll in Scotland.
Drug policy reform urged as Scotland records biggest ever deaths total
Politicians and medics are calling for an urgent overhaul of drug policy after new figures indicated Scotland’s drugs deaths are at their worst level since records began, with the highest reported rate in Europe.
Drug deaths rate in Scotland ‘worse than any other country in Europe’
More than 1,100 people died from drugs in Scotland last year, new figures indicate – the worst total since records began, and higher than the reported rate for any other EU country.
New figures reveal more than 90 drug-related deaths in north-east last year
Drug-deaths in the north-east are at their highest level in at least 10 years, new figures revealed today.
Watch: Dramatic video shows Coast Guard crew leap on to submarine in drugs bust
Dramatic footage has been released showing a US Coast Guard crew leaping on to a submarine during a drugs bust.
Nearly £150,000 of drugs seized in north-east in last two months
Nearly £150,000 of drugs have been seized by police in the north-east over a two-month period, new figures have revealed.
10 charged after £20,000 of cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized in Aberdeen
Drugs worth around £20,000 have been seized in Aberdeen
Cocaine worth £1.5 million seized from industrial estate
Drugs worth £1.5 million have been seized by police after a raid at an industrial estate in Glasgow.
Met Police chief: I looked into Tory leadership hopefuls’ drug admissions myself
Britain’s most senior police officer has said she personally looked at drug admissions made by the contenders for the Conservative Party leadership but there would not be enough evidence to bring charges.
Traumatised Aberdeen soldier caught with £23,000 of cannabis
A former lance corporal in the army who served in Afghanistan has avoided jail after being caught with thousands of pounds of cannabis.
Home Office minister ‘refused to give evidence’ in Scottish drug use inquiry
A Home Office minister has been criticised over claims she has refused to give evidence to an inquiry about drug use in Scotland.
Ross Thomson criticised by police chief over drug centre claims
A police boss has blasted a north-east MP who claimed special centres where drug addicts can inject themselves safely don’t work.
Pursuit of a ‘Love Island body’ leads to rise in north-east residents injecting drugs
Record numbers of north-east residents are injecting themselves with drugs in a quest for the perfect body.
Drugs laws must be changed to allow safe consumption rooms, says minister
Scotland’s public health minister has urged the UK Government to change drugs laws, after visiting a medically supervised safer drug consumption facility in Paris.
Problem drug use could be down to childhood adversity, MPs told
Childhood adversity can have a major impact on a person’s ability to make healthy life choices as they grow older, MPs have been told.
Three charged after cocaine and heroin seized from property in Aberdeen
Three people have been charged after cocaine and heroin were seized in Aberdeen.
Troubled jail makes progress to stop ‘overt’ drug use, inspectors find
A review of standards at Birmingham’s Winson Green prison has questioned an “inexplicable” failure to secure funding for scanners to prevent drugs being smuggled into the jail.
Drugs deaths linked to people facing considerable adversity, study finds
The majority of drugs deaths occur among people who have experienced considerable adversity in their lives, often from a young age, research has found.
Methadone overdose figures slammed by Scottish Conservatives
The Conservatives have called for alternative treatments for drug addicts as figures indicate hundreds of people were taken to hospital after overdosing on the heroin replacement methadone.
Warsi: Inappropriate for Gove to stay in No 10 race after cocaine admission
Michael Gove is facing calls to pull out of the Tory leadership race after admitting taking cocaine.
Gove admits he was ‘fortunate’ to avoid jail for cocaine use
Tory leadership hopeful Michael Gove said he was lucky to have avoided going to prison for cocaine use but denied allegations of hypocrisy for criticising “middle-class professionals” who took drugs and wanted them to be legalised.
Gove criticised cocaine users pushing for legalisation in 1999 column
Tory leadership hopeful Michael Gove criticised “middle-class professionals” who took drugs and wanted them to be legalised in a 1999 column for The Times newspaper, it has emerged.
Australian authorities make country’s biggest seizure of crystal meth
Australian authorities say that they have seized the country’s largest-ever haul of methamphetamine which was hidden in stereo speakers shipped from Bangkok.
Warning over ‘Uberisation of cocaine trade’ as record amounts seized in Europe
Record amounts of cocaine are being seized in Europe and more frequently than ever before, an EU drugs report has claimed.
Westminster praise for police tackling drug crime in north-east
Drug-busting north-east police have been praised at Westminster.