Drug

US judge upholds conviction of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Mexican drug lord Joaquin…

China sentences two to death for smuggling drugs to Taiwan

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death for attempting to smuggle 400 kilograms of…

US health panel says Merck pill can prevent grave Covid infections

An anti-Covid pill developed by Merck has proved effective in treating the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration said…

Ecuador anti-drug trafficking radar hit by explosion

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A plane-spotting radar Ecuador started operating two weeks ago to curtail drug trafficking was hit by…

Singapore urged not to hang mentally disabled trafficker

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore faced calls Friday not to hang a mentally disabled Malaysian man for trafficking a small…

Laos police net 55 million meth pills in Asia’s biggest drug bust: UN official

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Laotian police have netted Asia's biggest-ever single seizure of illegal drugs, finding 55 million methamphetamine pills…

US seizes record $1.4 billion worth of drugs

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The US Coast Guard announced Thursday it had seized about $1.4 billion worth of cocaine…

25 killed in police raid on Rio slum

by Mauro PIMENTEL RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela…

Sao Paulo hit by shortage of intubation drugs

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Public hospitals are critically short on the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients in Sao…

Wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ arrested at US airport

by Paul HANDLEY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US authorities arrested the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El…

PDEA: P81.6 million worth of shabu seized in Mandaue

(Eagle News) -- Authorities have seized P81.6 million worth of shabu in Mandaue City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said…

China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge

BEIJING, China (AFP -- A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death on Thursday in a ruling that could…

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