More than 130 people questioned in Glasgow shooting probe
15 May 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland The shooting incident took place on Royston Road Police investigating a shooting and an unrelated attack in Glasgow have spoken to more than 130...
View ArticleIrish man murdered in London by attacker high on synthetic drug
A Tesco worker has been found guilty of smashing in a stranger’s head with a brick while high on a synthetic drug. Malachi Lindo, 27, had taken ethylone before he attacked 51-year-old Philip Steels in...
View ArticleChina bans sale of flakka, other synthetic drugs
Confronted with bad publicity and intense pressure from abroad, China has banned the sale of more than 100 synthetic drugs — including alpha-PVP, better known as flakka, a disorienting stimulant that...
View ArticleMerseyside Police warn motorists of dangers of driving while under the...
(Source: Merseyside Police) Merseyside Police are continuing to warn motorists of the dangers of driving while under the influence of drugs. On 2 March 2015 the drug driving law changed. It is now an...
View ArticleMan admits fatally stabbing his father in Glasgow flat
A man is facing a jail term after he admitted fatally stabbing his father. Robert Montgomery, 32, attacked Alan Montgomery during a row at his father's flat in Parnie Street, in Glasgow city centre, on...
View ArticleLand Rover driven into Glasgow man’s car in ‘targeted attack’
A MAN was chased and assaulted after a Land Rover was driven into his car in what police say was a "deliberate, targeted attack”. The 26-year-old was in his black Volkswagen Golf...
View ArticlePolice confirm shots fired in Glasgow operation
Police have said "shots” heard in Glasgow were fired into tyres as part of an operation. Police Scotland said their officers were carrying out an operation in the Robroyston area of the city on Friday...
View ArticleEmergency services warn Canberra revellers of New Year's Eve drug dangers
Paramedics have urged Canberra's Gen Y revellers to steer clear of potentially lethal concoctions of party drugs as they ring in the new year. The ACT's emergency services will bolster patrols at busy...
View ArticleMan charged with DUI manslaughter from fatal June crash
In the hospital emergency room, Joshua Stein told police he was diabetic, had gotten dizzy and blacked out while driving, causing a fatal Pompano Beach crash in June. But when homicide detectives asked...
View ArticleFormer FIU student faces prison for smuggling Molly from China
David McConnell says he didn’t dream of becoming a drug dealer. After all, he graduated from the collegiate high school at Miami Dade College and nearly completed his business degree as an honors...
View ArticleKilled wharfie affected by 'cocktail of drugs'
A wharfie killed in a ship's hold in Lyttelton late last year was affected by a cocktail of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs, an inquiry has found. Warren John Ritchie, 49, received fatal crush...
View ArticleTwo people held over assault on Glasgow to Alloa train
A man and woman have been arrested after three passengers were assaulted on a train. The incident happened on the 22:48 service from Glasgow Queen Street to Alloa Railway Station on 1 August. It took...
View ArticleHeber Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Conspiracy Charge (United...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas) August 22, 2014 Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and...
View ArticleEcstasy can cause a variety of adverse health effects in users
The reasons why Ana Hick fell seriously ill on the street outside a nightclub and subsequently died have not been confirmed, but deaths in similar circumstances have in the past been linked to the use...
View ArticleFlakka is the next designer drug to surface
Police in the city are keeping an eye out for a new designer drug making recent scary and bizarre headlines south of the border. Flakka — also known as alpha-PVP — emerged in Florida this spring but...
View ArticleHampshire police gets new kit as drug driving legislation goes live (East...
(Source: East Hampshire District Council) Monday 2nd March 2015 Police officers across Hampshire and the Thames Valley will be receiving specialist training to help enforce new drug driving legislation...
View ArticleUmbrella killer Gerald Rowatt admits attack in prison
A killer who stabbed a man to death with an umbrella has had his jail term increased for an attack in prison. Gerald Rowatt, 42, admitted punching fellow inmate Christopher Mason at Low Moss Prison,...
View ArticlePaul Boyle jailed for life for Kenneth McNeill murder in Glasgow
An intruder who fatally stabbed a man at a flat in Glasgow has been jailed for life for murder. Paul Boyle, 38, repeatedly stabbed 52-year-old Kenneth McNeill at the flat in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, on...
View ArticleA California Man Has Been Charged With Driving Under The Influence – Of Caffeine
A California man has been charged with driving under the influence of caffeine, in a first-of-its-kind case that has just about everybody involved in the case shaking their heads, The Guardian is...
View ArticleVital information on Glasgow shooting sought
23 May 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland The shooting incident took place on Royston Road Police investigating a Glasgow shooting have said they believe people with vital information...
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