Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum was shot dead on the streets of Amsterdam this week, with some believing the shooting was tied to a major Moroccan mafia drug case.
Two people in Louisiana have been arrested on Tuesday after they allegedly sent a five-year-old kindergarten student to school with cocaine.
British prime minister Boris Johnson has hired a policy adviser from the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis who wants to legalise the drug for recreational use.
Two police officers in the city of Genoa were attacked by a group of migrants armed with glass bottles as they were pursuing a drug dealer. The incident took place at around 2 o’clock in the morning and saw the
Two American teens have confessed to the fatal stabbing of an Italian police officer in Rome, which occurred in the early hours of Friday.
Pompeo to testify to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on expanding efforts against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking.
Italian narcotic police carried out a major drug bust in the northern Italian seaside town of Viareggio Saturday, arresting 17 Moroccan immigrants believed to be responsible for dealing drugs in the area.
Pope Francis denounced drug addiction Saturday, calling it “gravely harmful to health, human life and society.”
A Florida man is in custody after he attempted to order a burrito through a bank’s drive-thru window, deputies say.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions created a new “senior position” at the Department of Justice Wednesday, director of opioid enforcement and prevention efforts, to help combat what is now far and away the deadliest drug epidemic in American history.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) says Cuba plays a major role in Latin America’s growing security challenges in an increasingly globalized world.
Authorities believe that one of the alleged drug traffickers –Raul Enrique Lizarraga Lopez, aka “Maestro” – is a key player in the drug cartel that smuggles narcotics from Mexico into the United States.
New figures from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) show a sharp uptick in the amount of fentanyl that is ending up on streets throughout the United States.
Authorities in Wyoming arrested 25 suspected drug traffickers accused of running a large-scale meth distribution ring.
Border Patrol agents opened a single gate in California to let separated families hug it out.
Border Patrol agents found tens of thousands of dollars-worth of marijuana stashed inside a hearse.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered an abandoned tunnel on a tip.
Authorities arrested an alleged member of the notoriously violent MS-13 street gang after receiving a tip from the public.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents stopped several smuggling attempts netting $290,000 in narcotics and 26 illegal immigrants.
(AFP) – Hundreds of police raided about 100 premises Monday in a swoop on drug gangs in the southern Netherlands, prosecutors said. Fifty-five suspects were detained in “Operatie Trefpunt” (Operation Meeting Point), the prosecution service said in a statement, adding
On November 4, Mexico’s Supreme Court made a landmark—and highly controversial—decision, declaring that individuals should have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their personal use. The ruling applies only to a single cannabis club that filed the suit, but may have initiated a domino effect that will pave the way for eventual marijuana legalization.
Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a performance in Sweden on Saturday, but the rapper claims his skin color was a factor in the detention.
Ireland’s tough new anti-narcotics law turned out to be a bit too tough, prompting a judge to rule against certain provisions. This had the unfortunate effect of “temporarily legalizing the possession of many street stimulants and hallucinogens,” as the Associated Press reports. The BBC lists specific examples including “ecstasy, crystal meth, and ketamine.”
