Drug offences

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.

Why you should talk to your child about drugs

Youth drug abuse remains a concern, the Central Narcotics Bureau noted in its Singapore Drug Situation Report 2025.

Jail, caning for man involved in etomidate-linked drug operation that netted over $28k in 16 days

Tan Jia Wei was sentenced to four years and five months’ jail and three strokes of the cane on Oct 13.

Indonesia arrests Brazilian woman with cocaine in shampoo in Bali

Police and customs officers arrested the 36-year-old shortly after she landed in Bali from Brazil on Oct 6.

Drug rings switch to private jets after security tightened at KL airport: Malaysian police

Generic scenes at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Malaysia, on March 23, 2023.

Venezuela’s Maduro to face new US charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left) and his wife, Cilia Flores, seen here in a 2024 photo, are scheduled to go on trial starting June 1, 2027.

S’porean pilot among 13 nabbed over 521kg meth seizure from private jet in Laos

Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department director Hussein Omar Khan said the chartered aircraft departed from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang to Luang Prabang without carrying any cargo.

US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four

The US Southern Command said it “executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean”.

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