His press secretary insists Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s stance on allowing his predecessor’s arrest hasn’t changed. But a new justice department legal briefing suggests otherwise.

The recent jailing of a woman in China for using ground-down poppy seeds in her hotpot cooking has stirred controversial memories about the plant. The Post explains why.

Weekend operation in southern parts leads to arrests over offences including drink driving and possession of dangerous drugs.

A woman in China who was handed a six-month suspended jail term for growing more than 900 opium poppy plants on the roof of her house says she was given the seeds by her late father and liked to use them for cooking her favourite dishes.

The country’s cannabis industry laments the prime minister’s plans to re-criminalise the plant amid talk of a class action lawsuit and questions of enforceability.

Police confiscate two bags with 1.8kg of what appeared to be ketamine, cutting tools and large air purifier with 11 identical filters at subdivided flat.

Cannabis was decriminalised for medical use in 2018 and recreational use in 2022 under a previous government.

A Home Affairs Ministry survey conducted last year found 69 per cent of respondents agreed that the mandatory death penalty was appropriate, K. Shanmugam told parliament.

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, a close Duterte ally, has initiated a hearing in which a former anti-narcotics agent claimed Marcos Jnr was a drug abuser.

Griner spoke for the first time about her months-long detention in Russia over drugs-related charges during an interview that aired on Wednesday night in the US.

Seventy-two men, 70 women arrested after officers raid, shut down 18 vice establishments, seven gambling dens and unlicensed pub during 11-day operation.

The Conservative party’s Pierre Poilievre refused 4 times to withdraw his comment, which he made as he criticised what he called the prime minister’s refusal to crack down on drug overdoses.

The US Justice Department is proposing to reclassify the drug, a move that would shake up cannabis policy nationwide.

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Officers confiscate 12kg of liquid cocaine disguised as white wine after they lay in wait outside room in Tsim Sha Tsui East hotel.

Customs officers discovered 370kg of narcotics on air passengers in January to April period, 32 per cent more than what was seized during all of last year.

Princess Beatrice’s first boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo, was recently found dead in a Miami hotel room and had multiple run-ins with the law over the years – here’s what we know about him

Marcos Jnr’s pro-US stance and measures to ‘elevate’ the Philippines have made him a ‘pivotal player’ on South China Sea issues among world leaders.

Suspected cocaine, with an estimated street value of HK$15 million, found by hikers at Nam She Wan near shoreline on Sunday.

Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiralling wave of violence.

Ecuador’s prisons agency did not give more details on the death of the prison director. Ecuadorans were voting in a referendum on proposed measures to fight surge in gang-related crime.

Suspects intercepted during customs clearance at airport after officers found them acting suspicious and thought they could be hiding drugs

Officers raid two units in industrial building and seize 12.5kg of heroin, 8kg of cannabis buds, 270 cannabis oil cartridges and small quantities of hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD.

In a recent conversation with The Standard UK, the 59-year-old musician criticised a number of today’s biggest pop stars, including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyoncé

The Thai towns of the notorious Golden Triangle are taking advantage of their opium-producing history with attractions centred on the drug and military leaders who fought over it.

Stop-and-search in Cheung Sha Wan leads customs officers to haul of suspected ketamine and crack cocaine, as well as drug packaging tools.

ICC launched an inquiry into Duterte’s drug crackdown in September 2021, but suspended it two months later when Manila said it was re-examining cases of drug operations.

The ICC has called for translators in Tagalog and Cebuano, languages involved in the crimes against humanity trial against the ex-Philippine leader.