Drug Offences

Troy Smith, who was arrested in April after police found methamphetamine in his hotel room in Bali, is sentenced to six-month drug rehabilitation by an Indonesian court.

A Mount Gambier man incarcerated for drug trafficking has been fined $6,500 for flying a drone near people and at night in one of the largest penalties for an unmanned aircraft.

Despite anecdotal information suggesting spiking is reasonably common, only seven people went to court charged with unlawful drink spiking in Queensland between July 2021 and May 2024.

Australian Federal Police charge a 17-year-old boy from China with attempting to import 8 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia after he was arrested in East Perth last week.

After 18 months awaiting trial for allegedly trying to import 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan, WA grandmother Donna Nelson is allowed to spend time with her three-year-old granddaughter. 

Donna Nelson has been detained in Japan for 18 months on charges of smuggling methamphetamine.

The trial of Donna Nelson, the former Greens candidate accused of smuggling drugs into Japan, is delayed just two days before it was due to commence, with some of her family already en route to the country.

A Sydney granny flat has been tested by police for fingerprints and DNA as part of the investigation into the death of a diver and a huge cocaine haul in Newcastle two years ago.

Police search a Sydney property as they investigate the death of a diver who was found near packages containing 54 kilograms of cocaine in Newcastle Harbour two years ago.

Victoria Police has cracked down on an alleged drug trafficking ring in Shepparton, arresting 11 people and seizing about $600,000 worth of drugs.

A crime ring smuggling drugs into Europe has collapsed after a three-year investigation with 40 arrests made.

Prosecutors reduced the initial charge of drug trafficking to the less serious charge of drug use, after police determined he was a drug user.

Hunter Biden's status as a convicted liar could breathe some life into Republicans' efforts to bring down his father, while complicating the mileage Joe Biden can get out of Donald Trump's legal woes.

The Hunter Biden gun case has delved into the younger Biden's cocaine addiction. Five months before the US election, it's a delicate moment for Joe Biden.

Police have seized more than 800kg of loose tobacco leaf and thousands of vapes and cigarettes being transported between Sydney and Melbourne on the Hume Highway in NSW.

The residents of Rainbow Lodge have committed multiple crimes and been in and out of prison for decades. For many, its program is their last chance to take responsibility for their actions and prove they're ready for the outside world – but one slip-up could land them back inside.

Three years ago, Oregon became the first state in the US to decriminalise the possession of hard drugs. Now, they're about to reverse course saying it's lead to an extraordinary rise in overdoses and crimes.

Welcome to Portland, Oregon, the US city that decriminalised drugs and nearly immediately regretted it.

Just 1 millilitre too much can trigger an overdose. We went to a music festival to learn how the "blowouts" hitting Australian hospitals start.

The 41-year-old has had to cancel her concert in Manchester, England.

AFL Northern Territory removed football legend Dennis Dunn's name from one of the most prestigious awards in NT football, over a conviction that's almost a decade old. His supporters are calling for the decision to be reversed.

A three-day inquest has heard Richard Roe, who went missing in 2016, was caught up in the dark underworld of Darwin's murky drug scene and owed powerful dealers thousands of dollars. 

The former bikie, now a podcast host, pleaded guilty to selling two bottles of CBD oil to undercover police on the Gold Coast.

An Australian woman currently in a Taiwanese prison charged with smuggling heroin and cocaine, initially "vehemently denied" knowing about drugs in her luggage before saying her ex-husband was behind the deal, according to court documents.

Six members of a Sydney-based army unit that prepares parachutes for military exercises tested positive to illicit drugs just days before special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon was killed in a training jump.