FOUR nine-year-old boys have been suspended from school after being found with cannabis in the playground.

Police said they were called to Cherry Fold Community Primary School, in Cog Lane, Burnley, following reports the children had been discovered with the class B drug.

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

Joint operatives from police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) destroyed an estimated P1.5 Million worth of marijuana plants during their latest eradication operation held in the outskirt areas in Kapangan town in Benguet province, it was reported Tuesday here.

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17 bales amounting to half a ton of hashish has been found in the ‘Cueva de la Virgen’ at Cerro Gordo near La Herradura. The cave is only accessible by sea, and the drugs were found on Wednesday by customs officials from Motril, who noticed the blue colour of some plastic inside the grotto.

typicallyspanish.com

Colombia's defence minister says authorities have seized $29 million and 17 million euros in cash in a home in a poor district south of the capital, Bogota.

The official, Rodrigo Rivera, says the money belonged to drug traffickers including Daniel "El Loco" Barrera. Authorities are offering a $2.7 millon reward for Barrera's capture.

brandonsun.com

Drone aircraft patrol the U.S.-Mexico border from the skies. Fast boats look out for smugglers at sea. And tens of thousands of Border Patrol agents use trucks, horses, all-terrain vehicles and bicycles to stop unauthorized crossers on land.

But there is another route across the border, one in which smugglers slither north. As enforcement efforts have increased and border barriers have been built, tunneling has gained in popularity, with Nogales

cleveland.com

The union representing Portland police officers is pushing back against a proposal that would require random drug testing of police officers.

The proposal from the city would also require drug tests after use of deadly force, suspects' death in custody and serious traffic crashes.

Portland Police Association attorney Will Aitchison says the proposal would violate the officers' right to privacy.

kgw.com

Bei der WM 2002 hatte er ganz Italien schockiert. Jetzt wurde der frühere FIFA-Schiedsrichter Byron Moreno verhaftet.

Der Ekuadorianer wurde am Montagabend auf dem New Yorker Kennedy-Flughafen mit sechs Kilogramm Heroin erwischt. Moreno ist damit einmal mehr in die negativen Schlagzeilen gerückt. Bei der WM 2002 in Japan und Südkorea hatte der Schiedsrichter für einen Skandal gesorgt, als er Italien in den Achtelfinals einen regulären Treffer aberkannte und Superstar Francesco Totti wegen einer angeblichen Schwalbe vom Platz gestellt hatte. Die Italiener waren damals gegen den bevorteilten Gastgeber aus dem Turnier ausgeschieden und Moreno in Italien zur «persona non grata» erklärt worden.

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mz-web.de

A British man is accused of running a drug trafficking network from his prison cell in Sevilla. National Police have collaborated with the SOCA serious crimes unit of the British Police in the operation.

The network was based on the Costa del Sol, and the police operation has resulted in the impounding of a Catamaran found to be carrying 3,200 kilos of hashish, just hours after a yacht escorted into Cádiz was found to be carrying 1,500 kilos of cocaine.

typicallyspanish.com
1,515 kilos of cocaine found on British yacht off Cádiz