Heroin addict stole 81-year-old great aunt’s engagement ring to feed habit
A drug addict stole an 81-year-old widow’s engagement ring to feed her habit.
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Jury selected for US trial of Mexican ‘drug lord’ known as El Chapo
A jury has been picked for the US trial of the alleged Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.
Jail for man who downed ‘200-300 street valium pills’ during Dundee police stand-off
A Dundee thug who gained notoriety following a series of criminal aerial escapades has been jailed again after scaling a ledge before chucking a door at Taser-wielding police.
Further nine arrests made in major city-wide drug raids
Nine more people were arrested in Dundee on Tuesday as part of a series of coordinated drug raids which began on Monday.
Schoolgirl got hooked on methadone after addict involved her in urine sample scam
A teenage girl became hooked on the heroin substitute methadone after an addict told her to repeatedly take it and provide fake urine samples for her.
Three years in jail for drug dealer whose £24,000 heroin stash was found by Geocachers
A drug dealer whose forgotten stash sat hidden in a dry stone dyke "for years" until it was accidentally found by enthusiasts playing a worldwide online game has been jailed for three years.
Driver of derailed Stonehaven train ‘failed a drugs test’
The driver of a train that caused two days of travel chaos when it derailed failed a drugs test.
Perth man ordered to pay £1,000 electricity bill after bypassing meter to heat bedroom cannabis farm
A former soldier who converted his bedroom into a cannabis farm has been jailed for more than two years.
Jail for Angus man who sold drug to school kid from ‘cannabis corner shop’
A man who ran a "friendly local cannabis corner shop" - only to be caught when he sold the drug to a 14-year-old schoolboy - has been jailed.
“Cautious optimism” among health bosses over Angus prescribing situation
A brighter prognosis has been delivered for the prescribing sick man of Scotland with predictions a massive Angus overspend could be slashed this year.