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Was Norfolk's £50m stash of cocaine dropped from a plane in blind panic? Expert explains theories
IBTimes UK interview: Rusty Young, author of Marching Powder, offers explanations on the mysterious discovery.
What Trump wall? Drug slinging catapult found welded to US-Mexico border fence
The archaic looking device was found welded to a fence on the Mexican side of the border.
Venezuela demands public apology from US for sanctioning Vice-President Tarek El Aissami
El Aissami is accused of aiding drug trafficking through Venezuela.
Philippines senator 'prepares for worst-case scenario' amid possible arrest at anytime
Leila de Lima pointed to comments from President Rodrigo Duterte that he wants her 'locked up in jail'.
Man sues supermarket after finding £11k stash of cocaine in Nesquik milkshake powder
The unwitting shopper found a 250g packet of the class A drug in the chocolate powder.
Myanmar monk arrested over £7m meth haul discovered in monastery
Police 'found more than 4 million methamphetamine pills' after searching his car and monastery.
Duterte calls on soldiers to 'go after corrupt policemen'
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will now take the front seat in the drug war.
Burger King employees held for 'selling marijuana to customers ordering fries extra crispy'
Pair at New Hampshire chain allegedly sold marijuana to customers who used the coded phrase 'fries extra crispy'.
George Michael was addicted to chemsex drug Liquid G, claims escort
Authorities await toxicology reports in bid to confirm the singer's cause of death.
British former war correspondent, Australian businessman face trial in drugs case in Indonesia
David Fox and Giuseppe Serafino could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted of drug possession.
Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman extradited to US
Guzman was recaptured in 2016 after six months on the run.
Duterte: I will declare martial law to preserve my nation if I have to
Filipino president U-turns after previously branding martial law an 'exercise in futility'.
'I will really kill you,' Duterte warns mayors on narco-list
'I might go down in history as the butcher,' the president of the Philippines said.
Four inmates dead after another round of rioting in Brazilian jail
Officials at the Raimundo Vidal Pessoa prison said three of the inmates were decapitated.
Jailed crack dealer reveals wild Christmas party with bare-knuckle brawls and drugs openly consumed
Isiah Facey uploaded a number of videos and pictures to his Instagram account.
Anti-narcotics police chief jailed for helping smuggle 800kg of hashish
Jari Aarnio was found guilty of helping gang smuggle 800kg of hashish into Finland.
Australia's largest cocaine seizure: Police confiscate more than a tonne in Sydney and Tahiti
The seized drugs have an estimated street value of £212m.
Canadian woman faces life in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling £17m of cocaine on cruise ship
Isabelle Lagace, 28, from Quebec was arrested in Sydney at the end of a 51-day voyage aboard the Sea Princess.
Philippines president Duterte confirms he personally killed three men
The bombastic Rodrigo Duterte claimed he had killed criminals in the southern city.
Five-year-old boy shot dead in his sleep as President Duterte's drug war rages on
The child and his father were killed as unidentified gunmen came knocking at dawn.
Heathrow baggage handlers arrested over suspected drug smuggling ring
Heathrow employees among 11 arrested on suspicion of importing cocaine worth £10m.
Philippines President Duterte's allies file criminal case against Senator Leila de Lima
The development is the latest against the senator since she led an inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial killings.
El Chapo's bungling gang broke into wrong jail cell in botched 2015 escape bid
Now in custody, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman faces extradition to US for drug and murder trials.
Duterte: I will not allow cops in Espinosa killing to go to prison 'even if it was murder'
Filipino leader gives his support to police officers a day after multiple murder charges were recommended.
Liz Truss has made another hilarious speech telling the Commons that 'barking dogs deter drones'
The Justice Secretary admits to using 'all kinds of solutions to deal with contraband coming into our prisons'.
Italy police arrest 'Ndrangheta mafia fugitive known as 'The Dancer' after 6-year manhunt
Marcello Pesce, 52, was the leader of one of the most powerful clans in the 'Ndrangheta syndicate.
Trials to test use of MDMA for sufferers of PTSD given the green light
Researchers are so optimistic about the drug's benefits that it could be rolled out as soon as 2021.
Girl, 4, died 'after being fed diazepam to sedate her' and ingesting heroin, methadone and ketamine
Poppy Widdison died in June 2013 at the drug-filled home of her mother's boyfriend in Grimsby.
Duterte's narco-list contains 'about 5,000 to 10,000 government officials'
The president says he is ready to submit the names to the National Security Council by the end of the month.
Woman high on meth and driving kids to school stopped by Australian police
Victoria police stopped the car in Langwarrin as the vehicle had no license plates.