Mexican drug cartels are pouring ‘unlimited money’ into Ecuador’s chaotic drug gangs as violence rages across the country. These Ecuadorian gangs, running wild in the unruly country, have “unlimited money” to wage a bloody battle against government forces, thanks to backing from
Sri Lankan authorities have conducted a monthlong crackdown on drugs, resulting in the arrest of tens of thousands of people. More than 40,000 people have been arrested and questioned, with 5,000 being ordered detained by the courts, according to police. Sri Lanka,
Humza Yousaf’s brother-in-law has been charged with drug offences after being arrested in Dundee. Ramsay El-Nakla is the brother of Nadia El-Nakla, the Scottish First Minister’s wife. He was detained after reports of a break-in in the city on Thursday. Police confirmed
A record number of high school teens died of drug overdoses in 2022 in an alarming trend driven primarily by fentanyl poisonings from counterfeit pills, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Using data from the
Ecuador’s army has been ordered to “neutralise” 20 drug gangs after gunmen stormed the set of a live TV broadcast amid reports of inmates executing prison guards. The men with faces covered entered the set of the TC Television network in the
Armed men have broken into the set of a public television channel in Ecuador as it broadcast live and threatened people. The men with faces covered entered the set of the TC Television network in the port city of Guayaquil and shouted
A U.S. citizen has been arrested in Russia on drug charges amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Ukraine. The Ostankino District Court ordered his two-month custody while the investigation into charges of illegal drug trafficking is pending. Russian media say
Some 225,000 people in that age group took the Class B substance in the 12 months to March last year. That is 3.8% of all those aged 16 to 24 – nearly one in 25 – which is triple the rate of
Mexico’s army appears to be conducting raids on only a few active drug labs each month, despite U.S. pressure to combat fentanyl trafficking. Data shows that out of the 527 labs raided in Mexico during the first seven months of the year,
Matthew Perry was found dead in a hot tub in his Pacific Palisades home on Saturday. He was 54. Learn more about the drug that was linked to his death in the article linked below. (David M. Benett) DEADLY DRUG – Here’s