“There is an extradition request for both of them and the State will strenuously oppose their bail application.”
25-year-old Joseph Hughes must have fancied himself a Breaking Bad-die for running a cannabis hydroponic grow room in one of Cape Town’s most affluent suburbs.
You don’t need to stand on the corner and hawk your goods when you can connect with thousands of potential customers via your phone.
Authorities in Belgium are struggling to cope with a rising backlog of cocaine, dubbed “cocaine-berg”, being stored at secret depots.
The reality of selling drugs is a far cry from popular mythology that suggests drug dealers are having the time of their lives while enjoying vice after vice.
British gangs are now collaborating with international crime groups, like Italy’s powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia clan, which controls much of Europe’s cocaine trade.
When you have public beheadings using an axe, in broad daylight as police watch on, you know you’ve descended into lawlessness.
Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio is in for an awkward time after it emerged in court that his credit card had been used in a London brothel.
Kids playing with cute Winnie-the-Pooh or Bambi toys is a lovely idea. Kids playing with Walter White and a pile of meth… not so much.
One can never be too careful, or to crafty, when it comes to drug trafficking (not that I know). We’ve seen drugs in hair, food, aerosol cans… and now a Jaguar.
Dread Pirate Roberts, creator and owner of the Silk Road online drug-buying portal has completed an anonymous interview with Forbes about his growing enterprise. The Silk Road is a website where one can acquire heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and an insane number of marijuana varieties. Payment is possible via BitCoin.
Sheryl Cwele is not a happy bunny today, she and her guilty-as-charged co-accused, Frank Nabolisa, have had their prison sentences increased to 20 years by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The pair were found guilty in May 2011 of drug dealing by the Pietermaritzburg High Court and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment each.