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HISTORICAL FACTS: 18 - The Untold Story

Fentanyl is dominating headlines, but there’s a more comprehensive drug problem happening in Texas

Lawmakers are passing laws in an attempt to slow the rise in fentanyl overdoses, but drug advocates warn the opioid is mostly a booster for other illegal drugs.

The Texas Tribune

Drugs baron prisoner escapes from jail 'after being warned his life is in danger'

Heroin kingpin Sean McGovern reportedly fled prison near Dundee, Scotland, on Sunday evening after being told by police that somebody was plotting to kill him

Daily Mirror

Former RAF member became heroin dealer and aimed to make £75,000 a year

Jason Roberts, 37, of Bridgend was discovered after incriminating messages relating to drug dealing were found on the phone of a man arrested by police

Wales Online

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Signs more young people are using heroin in parts of Merseyside

Organised crime and drug purchases over the internet are also reportedly contributing to drug abuse issues

Liverpool Echo

Christy Dignam: Born in the sixties with a healthy disrespect for authorities growing up

He was raised by dad, Christy Snr, and his mum Teresa. He also had seven siblings Bernie, Deirdre, James, Brian, Therese, Jackie and Eddie.

Irish Mirror

Large cache of drugs seized in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch, Rajouri; three arrested

A large cache of drugs, including two kilograms of heroin, worth crores of rupees were seized in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, police said on June 13.

The Hindu

Drug lords at top of 'The Family' cocaine and heroin empire fight to keep luxury property

The court had heard that between 2008 and 2009 the organised crime group concocted a "sophisticated" plot to get a 40 tonne shipment of cocaine from Colombia to Britain.

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Edinburgh locals warned 'stay away' as gangster with links to capital escapes jail

The 39-year-old escaped from HMP Castle Huntly on Sunday where he was serving a sentence for dealing heroin and firing a shotgun outside an Edinburgh pub in 2008

Edinburgh Live

Cocaine and heroin godfathers 'The Family' fight to keep luxury property

Mehmet Baybasin worked alongside a Liverpool criminal firm to import massive quantities of cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Heroin and crack dealer who offered 'fat bags for 20' caught when he ordered taxi

'Trusted lieutenant' was put in charge of manning graft phone for the 'Bevo Line'

Liverpool Echo

32kg of Australia-bound heroin seized at Bangkok Port

Authorities have seized about 32 kilogrammes of heroin, stuffed inside boxes of pain-relief patches at the Bangkok Port. The drugs were destined for Melbourne, Australia.

Bangkok Post

Crime boss who amassed £28million empire has cars and luxury watches seized

Jordan Talbot was jailed in 2021 for 21 years and nine months after EncroChat leaks revealed he was involved in a plot to flood the country with more than 500kg in heroin and crack cocaine.

Daily Record

Royal Navy warship crew seize more than £10million worth of drugs

The Type 23 frigate captured more than seven tons of hashish, heroin and methamphetamine

Wales Online

Federal government funding shake-up risks leaving thousands of Queensland, NSW opioid addicts with nowhere to go for treatment

More than a dozen private opioid treatment services in Queensland and New South Wales are at risk of closure because of changes announced in last month's federal budget, say clinic operators.

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Grandad's heroin-smuggling gang partied in Las Vegas while still claiming benefits

Stanley Feerick was jailed this week after his drug-trafficking gang visited Las Vegas, while claiming benefits and transporting drugs across the country

Manchester Evening News

Heroin gang led by lorry driver granddad partied in Vegas while claiming benefits

Stanley Feerick, 68, used his job as as cover to transport hundreds of thousands of pounds of the Class A drug across the country

Glasgow Live

Grandad lorry driver jailed over 'industrial scale' £1m drug factory in Motherwell

Stanley Feerick was arrested while driving a lorry containing heroin worth £300,000. He trafficked the drugs across the UK and has now been locked away after being caught.

Liverpool Echo

Heroin trafficker grandad's gang holidayed in Las Vegas while claiming benefits

The gang headed to Sin City while claiming government support

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Daily Record

Grandad lorry driver caged over 'industrial scale' £1m drug factory in Scotland

Stanley Feerick was the final person to be sentenced for his role in the operation, after being arrested while driving a lorry containing heroin worth £300,000.

Liverpool Echo

Grandad puffed out cheeks and said 'wow' as he's jailed over £1m drug gang

Pensioner was part of £1million amphetamine lab gang who carried out dodgy dealings in Costco car park

Nottingham Post

Family holiday ruined after heroin user broke into home and stole heirlooms

John Wilson targeted the home when they went away

Wales Online

Man who lost job during pandemic 'enlisted' to work for London county lines drugs gang

Builder Adrian Simjak was used by a London criminal gang to deal heroin and crack cocaine to addicts on the streets of Swansea

Daily Mirror

Conor McGregor responds to cocaine accusation from UFC rival with “heroin addict” jibe

UFC welterweight Matt Brown took aim at McGregor in a recent interview, much to the Irishman's annoyance; inducing a series of aggressive tweets

Daily Mirror

Davina McCall fears for daughters as she suggests taking pill led to her heroin addiction

The much-loved TV presenter is at the forefront of a women’s health revolution, and has shared her fears about the contraceptive pill after doing extensive research on it for her new documentary

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat ‘Carbonzero’, racist thug and woman beater among criminals jailed this week

Here are the faces of six criminals jailed this week

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