Tag: Drug Offences
Netherlands introduces magic mushrooms ban
A ban on the sale of the hallucinogenic fungi known as magic mushrooms is coming into force in the Netherlands, a country traditionally tolerant of drug-taking. [MORE]
9 headless bodies found in Mexican border town
Nine decapitated bodies have been discovered in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels.[MORE]
Festival crackdown: 51 drug arrests
New South Wales Police arrested 51 people on drugs charges at yesterday's Global Gathering music festival in Sydney's Moore Park.[MORE]
Mexicans charged over $16m Melbourne cocaine haul
Two Mexican nationals have been remanded in custody in connection with a $16 million cocaine bust.[MORE]
Six charged over $1m ecstasy raid
Police have charged six people and seized ecstasy tablets with a street value of more than $1 million.[MORE]
Man arrested after Melbourne drug raid
A man has been arrested during a drug raid on a house at Watsonia, in Melbourne's north.[MORE]
Drug charges laid over northern suburbs raid
Adelaide police have arrested and charged a man, 52, from Salisbury North with drug and weapon offences.[MORE]
Police hunt cannabis crop growers
Police are searching for the growers of a cannabis crop worth about $200,000, north of Bendigo.[MORE]
Two Sydney drug rings smashed: police
Eight people have been charged over their alleged involvement in two large drug syndicates uncovered in Sydney's south-west.[MORE]
Jail, fine for brothers guilty of drug charges
A man has been sent to jail and his brother fined for their part in a Sunraysia drug ring.[MORE]
Three charged over Bandidos murder
Three men have been charged over the fatal shooting of Bandidos member Ross Brand.[MORE]
Men arrested over suspected heroin find
ACT police have arrested two Canberra men on drugs charges.[MORE]
Bikies facing assault, drug charges
Two members of the Rebels motorcycle gang have made a brief appearance in the Perth Magistrates Court.[MORE]
Court unzips fake penis drugs scam
Two men who sold prosthetic penises enabling drug cheats to give fake urine samples have pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the United States, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.[MORE]
Police warn of deadly ecstasy threat
Police are warning people in south-east South Australia to be wary of a new, more dangerous type of ecstasy pill making its way through the region.[MORE]
Jail term for selling ecstasy in nightclubs
A Hobart man who sold more than $60,000 worth of ecstasy tablets, some in local nightspots, has been sentenced to 12 months jail. [MORE]
Nine charged in bikie gang crackdown
Police from Queensland's outlaw motorcycle gang task force have charged nine people in Mount Isa.[MORE]
Gold Coast man to face drug charges
A 66-year-old man on the Gold Coast has been charged with possessing and supplying a dangerous drug.[MORE]
Police make arrests in street crime crackdown
More than 40 people have been arrested and over 60 charges have been laid during a major police operation in the Illawarra and the Shoalhaven over the weekend.[MORE]
Pair charged with drug possession
A man and a woman are facing drugs charges after a police raid in far north Queensland.[MORE]
Drug wars leave 30 dead across Mexico
Suspected drug-related violence has left 30 people dead across Mexico in the past three days, officials said.[MORE]
Mexican anti-drugs campaigner accused taking bribes
Prosecutors in Mexico have accused the former head of the country's campaign against illegal drugs, Noe Ramirez, of taking more than half a million dollars in bribes from drugs traffickers. [MORE]
Barton man charged after drugs found in ute
A man from Barton will appear in the ACT Magistrates Court this morning to face drugs charges.[MORE]
Police charge three in Brisbane drug raid
Three men are facing drugs charges after a raid on a home in Brisbane's north. [MORE]
Mexican official 'took $US450k from drug gang'
Prosecutors in Mexico have accused one of the country's top officials of taking around $US450 million in bribes from a drugs cartel.[MORE]
