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Australia says remaining ‘Bali Nine’ members have returned from Indonesia
SYDNEY: Australia’s government said on Sunday (Dec 15) that five members of the “Bali Nine” drug ring have returned from…
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Myanmar opium harvest drops for the first time since coup: UN
Parts of Shan state in the east, which produces around 80 per cent of the crop, have been embroiled in…
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Philippines to bring home woman drug convict from Indonesia, eyes clemency
Veloso was spared from the firing squad at the last minute in 2015, after Philippine officials asked Joko Widodo, then…
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Spain
Spain arrests top anti-fraud cop after €20 million ‘found in his home’
The arrest is linked to Spain’s largest-ever cocaine bust after 13 tonnes of the drug were found in a cargo…
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Spain seizes record 13 tonnes of cocaine in Ecuadorean banana shipment
Authorities in Spain say the drug bust is the second-largest ever recorded in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide.…
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Duterte offers ‘no apologies, no excuses’ for deadly Philippine drug war
MANILA:Â Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strongly defended his deadly drug war as he testified on Monday (Oct 28) at a…
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Myanmar civil war fuels surge in cross-border drug trade, Thailand official says
BANGKOK: Thailand has seen a surge in illegal drugs trafficked from neighbouring Myanmar and a sharp increase in methamphetamines and…
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Singaporean deported from Thailand charged with drug trafficking, faces death penalty
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man wanted for alleged links to two cases of drug trafficking was handed a capital charge on…
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Singaporean man deported from Thailand, arrested for suspected drug trafficking
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested following his deportation from Thailand, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)…
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Four arrested in Bali over drugs face death penalty
DENPASAR, Bali: Four people arrested recently on drug charges on the Indonesian resort island of Bali face the death penalty,…
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