Tag: Drug Offences
Police raids uncover more than $1,200 in drugs
Northern Territory Police say they found more than $1,200 in two separate drug busts in Darwin yesterday.[MORE]
Cannabis culture 'killing communities'
A Darwin magistrate says cannabis trafficking is destroying Aboriginal culture in some remote Northern Territory communities.[MORE]
Pair plead guilty to possessing 68 cannabis plants
Two people charged with possessing 68 cannabis plants have pleaded guilty to drugs charges in the Albany Magistrates Court.[MORE]
Resident tip-off led to drug raid, police say
Police say a tip-off from the public helped lead to a drug raid in western Victoria this week.[MORE]
Police to hold phone-in for drug information
Riverina residents can ring local police this week as part of an operation targeting drug dealers.[MORE]
Authorities defend returning baby to drug-charged parents
The Department of Child Safety in Queensland has defended a decision to allow a baby girl, at the centre of a drug-related incident, to be returned to her parents.[MORE]
Man faces trafficking charges after drug raid
A 45-year-old man will be charged on summons after a drug raid in western Victoria.[MORE]
Man jailed for storing 28kgs of cannabis
A 54-year-old man who was storing cannabis for a friend has been sentenced to six year's jail in the Northern Territory Supreme Court.[MORE]
Qld Police to crack down on drugs at music festivals
Police will target music festivals across south-east Queensland in the coming months in an attempt to combat the use illicit drugs.[MORE]
Big drug find in Perth
Police are appealing for information about a one kilogram parcel of drugs found in a southern Perth suburban park.[MORE]
Baby given back to parents after alleged ecstasy poisoning
A baby girl has been handed back into the care of her parents, who have faced court charged with causing her grievous bodily harm.[MORE]
Man faces drugs charges after Nimbin police operation
A man has been charged with drug offences following an on-going police operation at Nimbin on the New South Wales north coast.[MORE]
Vic parents face Qld court over baby drug incident
A Victorian couple appear in a Qld court charged with giving their baby ecstasy.[MORE]
Parents charged after baby swallows dangerous drug
Police in far north Queensland have charged the parents of a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl with grievous bodily harm after their child was taken to Cairns hospital in a critical condition.[MORE]
Second trafficking charge laid in Alice
A 45-year-old Australian woman who collapsed on an international flight last week has been charged with drug trafficking.[MORE]
Vic Police say drug driving campaign is paying off
An education campaign to warn Victorian motorists against driving while under the influence of drugs appears to be working.[MORE]
Qld woman charged after prison drugs crackdown
A woman has been charged with supplying drugs to a prisoner and several bottles of "prison brew" have been seized in a holiday season security crackdown at Queensland prisons.[MORE]
12 dead in Mexico drug war rampage
Twelve people were killed in northern Mexico close to the US border, including eight in Ciudad Juarez, in the latest violence attributed to the country's brutal drug war.[MORE]
Newsreader among 26 arrested at NYE 'sex party'
Malaysian police arrested a female newsreader, an actress and 24 other revellers at a New Year's Eve "sex and drugs" party at a Kuala Lumpur hotel, reports say.[MORE]
Suspected drug trafficker discharged and charged
A man suspected of international drug trafficking has been discharged from the Alice Springs Hospital and charged with drug smuggling by federal police.[MORE]
Melbourne festival-goers ignoring drug warnings
Authorities say Melbourne dance party-goers are not heeding the warnings about drugs.[MORE]
Falls organisers disappointed at breath testing wait
Organisers of the Falls Festival music event in Tasmania say they're disappointed with the decision of police to breath test patrons leaving the event.[MORE]
59 busted for drugs at Sydney's Field Day
Sydney police arrested 59 people on drugs charges during at yesterday's Field Day @ Domain music festival.[MORE]
Suspected drug trafficker collapses on plane
A pair of suspected drug traffickers remain in the Alice Springs Hospital after being taken off an international flight from Vietnam yesterday.[MORE]
Winehouse summoned to Norwegian court: prosecutor
British singer Amy Winehouse has been summoned to appear before a Norwegian court on drug possession charges and is expected to be present when the case is tried next month, a prosecutor said.[MORE]
