drugs

15 suspected drug smugglers killed in Thai army shootout

BANGKOK, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) - Thai soldiers killed 15 suspected drug smugglers in a shootout in a remote northern…

Belgium holds drug mega-trial after covert apps cracked

By Matthieu DEMEESTERE BRUSSELS, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) - Belgium launched one of the biggest drug trafficking trials in its…

Indonesia sentences Iranian drug gang to death

JAKARTA, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) - An Indonesian court on Friday handed death sentences to eight Iranian drug traffickers found…

US cracks down on fentanyl trafficking with sanctions on China-based network

WASHINGTON, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - The United States announced sanctions Tuesday on a China-based network for producing and distributing…

Boy, 10, killed in suspected drugs violence in France

  NÎMES, France, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) - A 10-year-old boy has been shot dead in suspected drugs-related violence in…

Cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long Covid: study

By Daniel Lawler Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for…

Peru seizes cocaine bricks wrapped in Nazi insignia

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Anti-narcotics officers in Peru seized 58 kilograms of cocaine headed for Belgium in packages bearing Nazi…

Branson urges Singapore to halt execution of cannabis convict

British tycoon Richard Branson Monday urged Singapore to halt the imminent execution of a man sentenced to death over one…

Attackers slay five in new spate of violence in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Armed attackers on Thursday killed three women guards outside a jail in southwestern Ecuador, while in…

Ecuador authorities arrest three after gang shooting: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuadoran authorities arrested three people in connection to a gang-related shooting that left nine dead in…

Dominican Republic: Agents say record cocaine stash found among bananas

Dominican anti-narcotics agents have seized more than two tonnes of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas en route from…

US approves sale of anti-overdose drug Narcan without prescription

  Washington, United States | AFP | Wednesday 3/29/2023 The US drug regulator announced Wednesday that Narcan, the treatment which…

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