Airports
Hong Kong Customs detained a 20-year-old male passenger arriving from Bangkok, Thailand, after discovering 20 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds worth approximately $4.3 million concealed inside his luggage at Hong Kong International Airport. The passenger was arrested and is being investigated. Customs has increased enforcement against drug trafficking and
Youth
A British teenager, Bella Culley, 19, has made a tearful appearance in a Georgian court, facing charges of drug smuggling. Culley claims she was forced by torture and has a 'snake-like' scar on her right arm as evidence of her ordeal. She alleges that she was given a
Youth
Bella Culley, a 19-year-old British teenager, appeared in a Georgian court, alleging that she was forced by torture to smuggle cannabis and hashish into the country. The accusation comes after she was arrested earlier this year for allegedly taking about 14kg of the substances into Georgia. Culley, who is pregnant
Youth
A recent study has revealed a direct link between cannabis use and an increased risk of developing psychosis-like events and schizophrenia, particularly in adolescents. The study analyzed 18 epidemiological studies and randomized clinical trials to investigate the association between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms or schizophrenia. The results showed that
Airports
Hong Kong Customs discovered a significant drug trafficking case involving baggage concealment at the Hong Kong International Airport, leading to the seizure of approximately 7 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds with a market value of $1.5 million. The alleged trafficker, a 37-year-old male passenger arriving from Bangkok, Thailand, was
Youth
A teenage asylum seeker has been sentenced to seven months in prison for producing cannabis after being recruited through a TikTok advert. Eraldo Daci, 18, had been under the care of social services in Oxford since the age of 15 and was unable to work in the UK due to
Youth
The city of Jersey City is directing $500,000 from its cannabis businesses to fund various summer programs for local youth. The funding will be distributed through the Partnership for Healthier JC, a public-private initiative that focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of Jersey City residents. The programs will
Police officers
Alfie Appleton, a 24-year-old driver from Andover, has been banned from driving for three years after being caught driving under the influence of cannabis for the second time. The incident occurred on January 18, when police pulled over Appleton's Ford Fiesta in Ludgershall due to an overwhelming smell
Police officers
A police disciplinary hearing has concluded that two Metropolitan Police officers, Pc Kristina Linge and Pc Rafal Szmydynski, committed gross misconduct during the strip search of a 15-year-old black girl, known as Child Q, who was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at school. The search, which took place on December
Police officers
Two Metropolitan Police officers were found guilty of gross misconduct during a strip search of a 15-year-old black girl, known as Child Q, at her school in Hackney, east London, on December 3 2020. The girl was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis and was subjected to a humiliating and traumatic
Police officers
The Visakhapatnam range police in Andhra Pradesh have been actively engaged in a campaign to divert tribal farmers from ganja cultivation to alternative crops, promoting sustainable agricultural practices in the region. Through the distribution of lakhs of plants and seeds, the police aim to improve the livelihoods of farmers and
Police officers
A 37-year-old man has been convicted of murder after a 20-minute rampage in north-east London during which he killed a 14-year-old schoolboy and injured five others. Marcus Arduini Monzo, who used a samurai sword and another katana sword, had entered a state of psychosis brought on by his own cannabis
