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US President Trump suggests death penalty for drug traffickers

Trump threatened to sue companies that manufacture painkillers with an eye toward halting the opioid addiction epidemic in US.

Mar 2, 2018

By IANS

Crime

Singapore: CNB rescues 1-year old baby from five drug trafficker's trap

CNB's communications division director, Sng Chern Hong said that the officers were fortunate to locate the baby and prevented further harm from being caused to him.

Feb 28, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

6 Singaporeans arrested in joint drug bust by Malaysian and Singaporean authorities

Fourteen people were arrested in Johor Bahru after a joint operation conducted by Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau and Malaysia's Narcotics Crime Investigation Department

Feb 26, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Society

36 underworld gang members arrested, charged in Malaysia

The authorities have linked the secret society members to numerous murders, extortions, robberies, arson and drug trafficking offences.

Feb 20, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Society

Central Narcotics Bureau seizes drugs worth $74,000

The Central Narcotics Bureau, Singapore seized drugs worth S$74,000 from a vehicle parked at a petrol station in Pasir Ris Drive 1

Feb 14, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Variety of drugs (including ‘Ice’, cannabis, ketamine and Erimin-5) seized from a suspected drug trafficker’s hideout in the vicinity of Rangoon Road, on 22 January 2018.

Crime

Singapore: CNB seizes drugs worth $666,000, investigation under process

Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested three alleged drug trafficker and said that they are investigating the drug activities in the country.

Jan 27, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Malaysian storekeeper jailed six months for molesting seven-year-old girl

Society

Singapore: CNB arrests 93 suspects in 4-day anti-drug operation

Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said the investigations into the drug activities of all suspects are still going on.

Jan 13, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Society

Singapore: CNB seizes more than S$142,000 worth of drugs; 5 suspects arrested

Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau said that the estimated worth of the sizeable amount of drugs seized is more than S$142,000.

Jan 9, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Crime

Chinese police nab smugglers with drugs in stomach

Police in Sichuan province carried out X-rays and discovered a number of thumb-size figures on their stomachs.

Dec 17, 2017

By IANS

A drug user consumes crack in the old center of Salvador da Bahia March 19, 2012. Many Brazilian cities now have their own "cracklands," areas of the city where swarms of crack users have converted entire neighborhoods into nocturnal encampments doubling

Society

Convicted drug abuser consumed meth before meeting Fridae.com founder

Convicted drug abuser Yeoh Kim Koon consumed ice before meeting Stuart Koe, the founder of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender social networking site, Fridae.com.

Sep 23, 2017

By Sanchalita Mullick

Society

Singapore: CNB arrests 87 suspected drug offenders in 4-day operation

The officers also seized about 95g of Ice, 54g of cannabis, 41g of heroin, 58 yaba tablets and small amounts of ketamine and Ecstasy tablets.

Jul 22, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Society

Singapore executes 29-year-old Malaysian for drug trafficking

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) says that two two packets of the drug were recovered from the Malaysian-registered vehicle that he was driving.

Jul 14, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore: Vietnamese man decapitated after falling from 15th-storey hotel room

Society

Suspected Taiwan drug smuggler shot dead by Indonesian police

Indonesia has some of the toughest anti-drugs laws in the world that includes capital punishment for traffickers.

Jul 14, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Society

Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega dies age 83

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the CIA before his brutal drug trafficking regime sparked a U.S. invasion in 1989, has died aged 83. President Juan Carlos Varela announced Noriegas death on Twitter late on May 29, and said his passing marked the closing of a chapter in Panamas history.

May 30, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Crime

Renowned Mexican journalist gunned down in the street

An award winning Mexican journalist has been gunned down on 15 May, in the lawless state of Sinaloa. Javier Valdez was renowned for his coverage of drug trafficking and organized crime, and was awarded an International Press Freedom Award in 2011 for his coverage. Valdez is the fifth journalist to be killed in recent months.

May 16, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Malaysia detains another 14 ISIS militants

Society

2 Singaporeans arrested in Malaysia for suspected drug trafficking

The Malaysian police's Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) and Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) jointly busted a regional drug syndicate based in Malaysia.

May 12, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Society

Filipinos want death penalty restored, says survey

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been pushing for the death penalty bill as rape and drug trafficking incidents have increased in the country.

May 5, 2017

By Noel Tarrazona