Drug offences

South Korean police arrest 13 people for alleged meth production using cold medicine

The suspects reportedly learned how to make the drug from foreign research papers, science experiment videos and court rulings.

Malaysia admits to gaps in airport drug screening, will modernise security assets

Malaysia acknowledged that existing airport screening equipment may not be sufficient to detect increasingly sophisticated drug-smuggling methods.

Netherlands offers €2m bounty for capture of cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers

Jos Leijdekkers is a Dutch who has been living in Sierra Leone for the past years.

Philippine drug war enforcer says bounty puts life in danger

The Philippines designated last week designated Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa as an “armed and dangerous” fugitive and offered a 50 million-peso (S$1 million) reward for his capture.

Customs seizes over $300,000 worth of cannabis flowers, ketamine at Malaysia airport

Both cases involved shipments with incomplete and false recipient and sender addresses.

Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador air base

A satellite image captured by Planet Labs on Oct 10 shows two aircraft on the tarmac whose dimensions and shape are consistent with V-22 Ospreys, at the Ecuadorean military air base of Taura, near Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Man arrested at Tuas Checkpoint for trying to smuggle over 2kg of drugs on a motorcycle

About 1.924kg of heroin and 164g of methamphetamine, or Ice, were seized.

Indonesia makes two major drug busts worth millions

Indonesian police displaying seized drugs during a press conference in Belawan in Medan, North Sumatra province, on Oct 23.

Malaysia’s airport scanners not designed to detect drugs, says Home Minister

The airport scanners were designed mainly to detect explosives, weapons and dangerous metal objects, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Repeat offender jailed for drug offences, attempted housebreaking and theft

Muhammad Syairul Hisham Hashim was on Oct 21 sentenced to two years and eight months’ jail.

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