A gang caught trying to smuggle cocaine worth £10 million into Britain on a yacht were facing jail last night.

Customs officials swooped just 15 miles off the Cornish coast as the smugglers prepared to complete a transatlantic crossing.

Southwark Crown Court heard the boat had been tracked after being bought in Trinidad and loaded with 200lbs of cocaine in South America.

telegraph.co.uk

If you had asked me 10 years ago whether the United States will ever change its interdiction-focused counter-narcotics policies -- and perhaps even decriminalize marijuana consumption at home -- I would have told you, "never."

Today, I say, "perhaps."

Earlier this week, in a tacit admission that current U.S. anti-drug policies are not working, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to create an independent commission to review whether the U.S. anti-drug policies of the past three decades in Latin America are producing positive results.

The bill now goes to the Senate, where supporters say it has a good chance to pass, given its bipartisan support in the House. The 10-member panel, modelled after the 9/11 Commission that made recommendations to Congress and the White House after the 2001 terrorist attacks, would have to issue its report in 12 months.

winnipegfreepress.com

Police answering a 911 call about a home invasion in East Vancouver Wednesday found no break-in suspects when they arrived but did discover 107,000 ecstasy tablets, some imprinted with the Olympic rings symbol.

cbc.ca

A man from Massachusetts is in the Henry County Jail on drug charges, accused of transporting psychedelic mushrooms in a motor home.

kwqc.com

Five men who tried to smuggle 4.7 tonnes of cannabis resin worth around £13.5 million into Britain have been jailed for a total of 37 years, HM Revenue & Customs have said.

telegraph.co.uk

Yesterday, we told you about several folks featured in a Colorado-centric issue of High Times, who'll be autographing copies of the mag at the Cannabis Therapy Institute's Cannabis Holiday Health Fair, slated for Sunday, December 13, at the Holiday Inn, 4849 Bannock Street.

westword.com