Drug Offences

More than three decades since his death in a rooftop shootout with police, the legacy of cocaine king Pablo Escobar continues to affect Colombia.

Police say a man has been charged for allegedly carrying $2.75 million worth of illicit drugs while travelling on a bus from Melbourne to Adelaide overnight.

Ryan Wedding once represented Canada at the Winter Olympics. Now he's one of the FBI's most wanted people.

The discovery of narco subs bearing the hallmarks of boats used by Mexican and South American drug cartels has intensified warnings that international syndicates are increasingly targeting the lucrative Australian and New Zealand illicit drug markets.

There are the signs the international drug trade has ramped up and Australia is increasingly in the sights of criminal cartels

NSW Police say the illicit drug market is driving the latest gangland war and they are concerned teenagers are getting drawn into it. Fiona Willan reports.

Drug driving overtakes drink driving as a contributing factor in fatal crashes on Queensland's roads, with more than 1,000 roadside tests involving cocaine.

There has been a massive surge in the number of discarded syringes being collected from the streets of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, with more than 5,323 so far this year.

The sister of Australian man Lamar Ahchee, who has been on trial on drug charges in Bali, describes the moment she heard the news of his arrest. 

Police charge 18 people in Perth and Sydney and seize 268 kilograms of illicit drugs following a multi-agency investigation into a national crime syndicate.

A man who shot a dog in the face during a robbery on the Central Coast of New South Wales has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

An international covert sting linked to the encrypted AN0M platform which brought down hundreds of alleged criminals and netted cash, drugs and weapons has reached a new phase.

Just what Donald Trump is planning to do to Venezuela is not entirely clear, but what is clear is that military and intelligence operations are escalating.

Donald Trump is on a revenge tour during his second stint in the White House and now his gaze has shifted to an enemy who once "humiliated" him — Nicolas Maduro.

The mother of 26-year-old Amy Bowden, who died after her partner injected her with methamphetamine, has told an Adelaide court the man "played Russian roulette with her life" instead of getting help.

Brazil's deadliest ever police operation has triggered protests against the use of excessive force and calls for Rio's governor to resign.

The government says it was "investigating" a medical defence for drivers prescribed cannabis but ruled out the use of sniffer dogs and strip searches for suspected drug possession at music festivals in its response to last year's drug summit.

A paramedic has been sentenced for stealing vials of an opioid used for pain relief, refilling them with saline and returning them into circulation in WA ambulances.

Three men forced to cling to an esky to survive in wild seas off Albany as they tried to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into Western Australia are described by a judge as "Keystone criminals" at their sentencing.

Highway patrol stopped the black luxury SUV on a major New South Wales highway for a random drug and alcohol test on Friday afternoon.

Independent MP Craig Garland applied in court for a restricted license, saying it would be a "terrible situation" if he wasn't able to attend parliamentary sitting weeks in Hobart due to the ban after being found guilty of drug driving.