Drug smuggling charge Britons in court

13.03 Fri Jun 13
A British couple and a teenage girl are due in a Jamaican court charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine.

Massive cocaine bust in Peru

08.49 Tue May 06
Peruvian police have found two tons of cocaine in a warehouse at the port of El Callao in Lima.

Digger used to ram home of 'drugs baron'

22.53 Wed Feb 13
Police have used a digger to ram the home of a suspected millionaire drug trafficker as raids were carried out across the South East.

Teenage drug smugglers await sentence

11.37 Wed Jan 09
Two British teenage girls convicted of trying to smuggle 6kg of cocaine out of Ghana will be sentenced today.

Bollywood Insider - Ash & John set for screen outing

17.12 Thu Dec 13 2007
The latest Bollywood chugli - Aishwarya Rai & John Abraham set for screen outing - Shahrukh saviour for Yash Raj Films? - Fardeen Khan tak

Briton in Peru drugs arrest

09.13 Wed Nov 28 2007
A British woman has been arrested in Peru on suspicion of a drugs offence, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Winehouse slammed for 'glamorising' drugs

21.20 Sun Nov 18 2007
Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss have come under fire from the United Nations for 'glamorising' the use of cocaine.

Ghana drug suspects held in prison

11.00 Tue Nov 06 2007
Two teenagers arrested in Ghana on suspicion of cocaine smuggling are being held in prison.

Cocaine gang jailed over smuggling plot

12.39 Mon Nov 05 2007
The two leaders of a gang have been jailed for 16 years for attempting to smuggle £6.5 million of cocaine on to Britain's streets.

Cheap drugs spark rise in cocaine use

06.50 Thu Sep 13 2007
Drug workers have reported a rise in the number of teenagers seeking help for cocaine addiction.

Ghana drugs trial Britons due in court

10.02 Wed Aug 22 2007
Two British teenage girls accused of attempting to smuggle £300,0000 worth of cocaine to the UK from Ghana are due in court.

Court hears evidence in Ghana drugs trial

16.04 Thu Aug 16 2007
Prosecution witnesses have finished giving evidence in the trial of two girls accused of trying to smuggle drugs from Ghana to the UK.

British teens deny Ghana drug charges

14.05 Fri Jul 27 2007
Two British teenage girls accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine from Ghana to the UK have pleaded not guilty at an Accra court.

Ghana tries UK teens on drug charges

13.26 Thu Jul 26 2007
Two British teenage girls have gone on trial in Ghana charged with trying to smuggle drugs.

Ghana trial date set for British teenagers

20.32 Wed Jul 18 2007
A trial date has been set for two British teenage girls accused of trying to smuggle drugs to the UK from Ghana.

Ghana drug charge girls due in court

10.14 Fri Jul 13 2007
Two British girls being held in Ghana on drugs charges are preparing for a court appearance.

British girls held in Ghana over drug find

23.20 Thu Jul 12 2007
Two 16-year-old girls from Britain have been arrested by police in Ghana for allegedly carrying cocaine worth £300,000.

Dozens arrested in Chinatown drugs swoop

10.55 Wed May 23 2007
Police have arrested more than 30 people suspected of dealing drugs in London's Chinatown.

Soca seizes 75 tonnes of drugs

14.45 Fri May 18 2007
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has made a "real impact" in its first year, seizing nearly 75 tonnes of cocaine and heroin.

Alcohol 'as dangerous as heroin'

11.10 Fri Mar 23 2007
Alcohol is as dangerous as heroin, medical experts proposing a controversial new drug classification system have said.

Police in £20 million drug haul

14.51 Mon Feb 26 2007
Police have seized drugs with a street value of £20 million.