Police 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 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 ArticleCeltic player Callum McGregor banned for drink driving
Celtic player Callum McGregor has been given a 12-month driving ban after he was caught behind the wheel at almost four times the legal alcohol limit. The 22-year-old midfielder, from Glasgow, was...
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 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 ArticleBayonne man charged with trying to sell drugs in front of church: police
A 19-year-old city man has been accused of intending to distribute marijuana, ecstasy and methylone near a school and park, police said. BAYONNE -- A 19-year-old city man has been accused of intending...
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 ArticleCalifornia man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine
Attorney for Joseph Schawb, charged with driving under the influence of a drug when his blood test showed only caffeine, calls the charge unheard of...
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 ArticleMotorists warned of dangers of driving under the influence of drugs on...
(Source: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council) Merseyside Police is warning motorists of the dangers of driving while under the influence of drugs on the 12 month anniversary of the introduction of a...
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...
View ArticleWife murder accused Neil Clark, 86, died of heart disease
7 April 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland Mr Clark died after falling ill at Low Moss Prison in Bishopbriggs A man who died while awaiting trial for the murder of his wife was suffering...
View ArticleA Man in California Is Fighting a Caffeine DUI, and the State Won't Back Down
A California man is in the midst of a lengthy legal battle following a driving under the influence charge that was issued almost 18 months ago for operating a car while under the influence of caffeine,...
View ArticleMotorists warned of dangers of driving under the influence of drugs on...
(Source: Merseyside Police) Merseyside Police is warning motorists of the dangers of driving while under the influence of drugs on the 12 month anniversary of the introduction of a new national drug...
View ArticleNotification of Arrestee Death (Santa Barbara County, CA)
(Source: Santa Barbara County, CA) Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Kelly Hoover Date: 8/4/2016 Public Information Officer Time: 5:25 p.m. (805) 681-4192 News Release Notification of Arrestee...
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 ArticlePossible ecstasy link after man dies in Kirkintilloch
A 24-year-old man has died and two others are in a serious condition after they were suspected of taking Ecstasy at a house in East Dunbartonshire. Emergency services were called to the house in...
View ArticleNotification of Arrestee Death (Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office)
(Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office) Notification of Arrestee Death Santa Barbara - August 4th, 2016 At approximately 1:30 a.m. this morning, August 4, 2016, an arrestee of the Santa Barbara...
View ArticleFatal lorry crash driver was heroin addict for 19 years
A lorry driver who died after crashing into the back of a stationary motorway warning lorry had told paramedics he had taken a bag of heroin the night before the crash. John Paul Pratt was fatally hurt...
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