Mexico fentanyl seizures soar by almost 500% in 2020

December 31, 2020 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army said Thursday that fentanyl seizures increased by at least 486% in 2020.

Military and police forces said on the final day of the year that they had...

Report finds ‘abundant’ supply of illicit drugs in EU

September 22, 2020 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Illicit drugs are increasingly available in the European Union, where there is now “an abundant supply,” the bloc’s drug monitoring agency said in a report published...

UN agency warns of fentanyl production threat in SE Asia

By GRANT PECKMay 19, 2020 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Narcotics police in Myanmar have seized a large amount of liquid fentanyl, providing the first evidence that the synthetic opioid is being produced in quantity in Southeast Asia’s...

Italy: 6 inmates protesting virus restrictions die after breaking into prison infirmary, overdosing on methadone

March 9, 2020 GMT

ROME (AP) — Italy: 6 inmates protesting virus restrictions die after breaking into prison infirmary, overdosing on methadone.

China sentences fentanyl traffickers after US tip about ring

By ERIKA KINETZNovember 8, 2019 GMT

XINGTAI, China (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack...

Chinese court sentences 3 fentanyl traffickers in case that marked a rare collaboration with U.S. law enforcement

November 7, 2019 GMT

XINGTAI, China (AP) — Chinese court sentences 3 fentanyl traffickers in case that marked a rare collaboration with U.S. law enforcement.

Law enforcement sweeps Bibb County prison for contraband

June 12, 2019 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than 300 law enforcement officers swept the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama as part of an operation to find and remove contraband.