Data | Gold to dried seahorses, heroin to whale vomit: Volume and variety of contrabands seized in India

Data | Gold to dried seahorses, heroin to whale vomit: Volume and variety of contrabands seized in India

Rescued from smuggling: Thane Forest Department and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai unit in a joint operation seized 523 Indian Star Tortoises from a lady passenger at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway station. The Indian star tortoises are trafficked and smuggled as a part of the exotic pet trade and are highly-priced, both in local … Read more

Border Security Force recovers 7.5KG heroin, in Punjab’s Fazilka district

Border Security Force recovers 7.5KG heroin, in Punjab’s Fazilka district

BSF recovered nine packets heroin, 1 Pistol, 2 magazines and 50 rounds of 9 mm.  | Photo Credit: ANI The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled another cross-border drug-smuggling attempt on December 3 as it recovered more than 7KG of heroin, which was air dropped by a Pakistani drone in Punjab’s Fazilka district. The BSF personnel … Read more

Singapore jails OnlyFans creator for defying police order to stay off the site | CNN

Singapore jails OnlyFans creator for defying police order to stay off the site | CNN

CNN  —  A Singapore court on Tuesday sentenced an OnlyFans creator to three weeks in prison for breaching a police order to stay off the adult subscription site while he was under investigation for allegedly breaking obscenity laws. Titus Low, 22, pleaded guilty to the charge and another count of transmitting obscene material for which … Read more

Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides?

Is the Opioid Crisis Masking Real Rates of Suicides?

April 21, 2022 – Pandemic conditions were ripe for a mental health disaster: Isolation, a crashing economy, and a mystery illness taking aim with deadly accuracy. But while instances of depression and anxiety increased, there seemed to be one comforting prospect: In the past 2 years, suicide numbers have dropped. “We all thought that suicides … Read more

Oregon Decriminalizes Possession of Hard Drugs

Nov. 5, 2020 — Oregon voters have passed a measure making the state the first to decriminalize possession of hard drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine, LSD and oxycodone. The measure completely changes how Oregon’s justice system treats those who are found with personal-use amounts of hard drugs, the Associated Press reported. Under Measure … Read more