Seventies teen pin-up Leif Garrett has pleaded no contest to heroin possession and will enter a Los Angeles drug rehabilitation program. The 48-year-old singer entered the plea on Friday, October 15 and was sentenced to a court-ordered drug treatment center.

owner of a methadone clinic in Rockland that was shut down by the federal government due to health and safety concerns is fighting to reopen.

Authorities say Angel Fuller-Mcmahan, owner of Turning Tide Methadone Clinic, planned to fraudulently order a methadone shipment for a client in exchange for cocaine. They also accuse her of buying cocaine for clients.

She denies the allegations and will appeal the license suspension.

A hearing is scheduled for October 28th.

recent floods in Pakistan and continuing seizures by Dubai Police of illegal drugs has sharply pushed up the street value of the contraband due to the shortage in supply, a top Dubai Police official said.

The official told Emirates 24|7 that prices of drugs fluctuate due to the supply demand factors like any other commodity.

“The prices currently are higher than before due to the floods in Pakistan and the troubles in Afghanistan as these are big exporters of drugs,” he said.

He pointed out that prices here in the UAE vary from one emirate to the other.

“Drugs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are sold at higher prices then in the Northern Emirates. This is due to the location. Same as in all other commodities.”

He added that prices of drugs also differs in the different seasons.

“In winter, prices generally fall due to the rains and other factors which controls the supply and demand.”

He added that when the drug traders pump high amount of drugs into the market, this pushes prices low due to the excess supply of drugs.

He added that street value of drugs are as following per kilogram and depending on the quality:

- Cocaine: Dh100,000
- Heroin: Dh75,000
- Opium: Dh15,000 - Dh20,000
- Hashish: Dh8,000 - Dh15,000
- Pills: Dh15 - Dh50 each

soldier and his friend took to their heels when the police found a bag containing 200 grams of heroin in their car at the Sungai Dua toll plaza yesterday.

However, it was a short-lived freedom for the suspected drug traffickers as several policemen gave chase and nabbed them at a paddy field about 12.30am.

Earlier, the vehicle was among many which were stopped during a road-block and operation mounted in the vicinity of the toll plaze to screen motorists.

The suspects, in their 20s, have been detained to facilitate investigations under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.

The officer-in-charge of operations at the road block, Chief Insp Rohaizat Salim, said the policemen had chased the duo for 300 metres before overpowering them in the paddy field.

Opium growth in Burma is eclipsing all other countries in south-east Asia and production is trending ''relentlessly upward'', the head of a UN drugs unit will say today.

The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for east Asia, Gary Lewis, will say in a speech that opium growing in Burma had risen sharply in the past four years. He will also call on law enforcement and governments to do more to tackle the threat of transnational organised crime.

''Transnational organised crime has internationalised faster than the ability of law enforcement and world governance to keep pace,'' he will say.

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''It now represents [an] overarching threat to governments, to societies and to economies. In some cases [it] has also become a threat to peace and development, even to the sovereignty of countries.''

confirmed member of the Crips street gang and a convicted felon who escaped parole were arrested Thursday, accused of involvement in a drug ring.
Police said they found 68 envelopes of heroin, 23 small packets of crack, a digital scale, packaging material and other drug paraphernalia at 607 Abeel St. after executing a search warrant.
The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team had made several undercover purchases of heroin and crack from the house earlier in the month.
Brooklyn residents Nicholas Griffith, 21, and James Murphy, 44, were arrested at 607 Abeel St. Police said Griffith is a known member of the Crips.
They said Murphy violated parole; he had served time on an unrelated drug charges. Charges against the two included criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony.

Federal officials are warning New York cops to be on the lookout for a cheap - and potentially deadly - heroin cocktail aimed at teens.

Cops across Manhattan were recently told to watch out for "cheese," a mix of heroin and crushed Tylenol PM.

Cheese sells for as little as $2 a hit and delivers a euphoric high followed by drowsiness.

To keep the high, users need to snort it up to 15 times a day - along with a potentially lethal dosage of acetaminophen.

Cheese, which came on the radar in Dallas in 2005, has not been seen much in New York, but heroin use among teens is on the rise in the city - and the Drug Enforcement Agency fears cheese could be the next step.

"It's the makings of a recipe for disaster," said John Gilbride, who heads the Drug Enforcement Agency's New York office.

Heroin, associated with hardcore junkies and needles, has lost some of its stigma among teens who snort, rather than inject, the drug, Gilbride said.

Dealers are stamping packets with kid-friendly brands such as Mickey Mouse, Lady Gaga, Looney Tunes and Lion King, the office of New York Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Bridget Brennan said.

The percentage of public high school students who have tried heroin increased from 1.3% in 2007 to 2.6% in 2009, the city Health Department said.

Despite the small numbers, the DEA says it's recently seen more dealers marketing heroin to a younger audience and more teens busted for using it.

Cheese has been blamed for the deaths of more than 20 young users in the Dallas area.

"It can ruin lives," said an NYPD commander who recently taught patrol officers how to spot cheese.

Dallas dad Dave Cannata travels the country warning parents about the deadly mix of heroin and Tylenol PM.

He found his 16-year-old boy, Nick, dead in his bedroom five years ago after he overdosed on the cocktail.

"Parents need to be scared of this stuff," Cannata said. "Every day I look at his picture and I wish that I spent the 40 grand a month to send him away to get some help."

Cannata, a Bronx native and computer chip specialist, said his insurance would pay only for 30 days of drug rehab.

Nick Cannata was out of rehab six months when he came home in a bad mood on June 4, 2005, and went straight to bed. The next morning, he was dead.

Instead of keeping the pain to himself, Dave Cannata said he speaks to parents of young addicts in Texas, Chicago and Los Angeles about cheese.

"You have to jump on the problem right away. This drug is so highly addictive.



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Four drug traffickers arrested | Go Lackawanna, Scranton, PA: "Charissa Dalrymple, 38, Throop, and Dominic Christiano, 45, Jefferson Twp., were arrested. In North Scranton, police captured Kenneth Rice, 31, Capouse Ave., Scranton and Cory McCullough, 30, Avoca.
All four are charged with felony narcotic violations after officers seized two grams of cocaine and 28 grams of powder cocaine with an approximate street value of $5,000.
Officers also seized a Volvo S70 and Isuzu Rodeo, $1,171 and cell phones. An additional vehicle was impounded as officers await the clearance of a search warrant on the suspicion of additional narcotics.
Christiano, Rice, Dalrymple and McCullough each face charges of criminal use of a communication facility. Rice, McCullough and Dalrymple face charges of possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance. Chrisiano and Dalrymple face additional charges for criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance."

Plane's Cargo Lands Two in Police Custody - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports: "drug bust unfolded Friday night as nearly a million dollars worth of cocaine was found on an airplane.
Bowling Green Police say they were acting on a tip from the Department of Homeland Security when they searched a plane at the Bowling Green Regional Airport Friday night.
Homeland Security was tracking a suspicious aircraft that was expected to stop in Bowling Green for refueling.
When the plane landed, police talked to the pilot and passenger and found more than 70 pounds of cocaine on board. The two men were arrested."

wgrz.com | Buffalo, NY | Day Care Teacher Charged With Drug Possession: "Carrie-Jo Cleary, was stopped on her way to work at the Ripen With Us Child Care Center on Kenmore Avenue. Police say she had 31 individually packaged rocks of crack cocaine, as well as amphetamines and hydrocodone in her possession.
The town's K-9 officer, 'Tank' located the drugs in the front compartment of Cleary's car.
Cleary has been charged with one felony count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and three misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance."

Sacatides ice drug ring | Interpol steps into Bali inquiry: "Bali police will work with Interpol to try to establish that an international drug network is behind the shipment of 1.7 kilograms of ice that Michael Sacatides is accused of smuggling into Bali.
A police spokesman, I Gde Sugianyar, said yesterday Mr Sacatides's mobile phone record would be examined for connections in Bali and Thailand.
The Sydney man underwent interrogation for the first time yesterday for more than six hours in Bali's central police station in sweltering conditions."

The Herald-Sun - Various drug charges filed: "Jeffrey Lamont Cates, 37, of 212 E. Rockway St., is charged with trafficking, opium or heroin. He also is charged with possessing drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to manufacture, sale and deliver heroin, possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place with a controlled substance.

Police say Cates had drugs in a 2010 Nissan Versa."

Bulgarian customs officers seize heroin - FOCUS Information Agency: "customs officers at Oryahovo border checkpoint have seized a large amount of heroin, the Customs Agency announced.
The drug was hidden in a car with a Bulgarian license plate which was traveling from Bulgaria to Austria. A Bulgarian family with two children was traveling in the vehicle.
The driver of the car, who says he is a businessman, claims he bought the car two months ago and does not know anything about the drug.
The investigation is underway."

South Florida-based customs workers sentenced for drug smuggling - DominicanToday.com: "Two federal customs agents and a transportation safety supervisor based in South Florida have been sentenced for their roles in a drug-smuggling operation that brought heroin and cocaine into the country, The Sun Sentinel reported this week.
According to the online paper, the three –a husband and wife and her sister– flew to the Dominican Republic to work out details of the scheme with drug dealers. It called for them to look away as smugglers entered the country through the Fort Lauderdale and Miami international airports.
The three sentenced last week were Cindy Moran-Sanchez, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at Miami International Airport, who got 14 years; her husband, Jose Sanchez, a former Transportation and Safety Administration supervisor at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, who got 11 years; and Moran-Sanchez's sister Elizabeth Moran-Toala, a customs agent at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, who got 10 years, The Sun Sentinel said."

Mauro Ramirez Barrios, alias "The Purple One," was arrested Saturday in the southern town of San Bernardino after a four-day search, President Alvaro Colom told reporters.

His capture came more than two weeks after he escaped police during a shooting at a shopping mall in Guatemala City. Two police officers and a civilian were killed.

Colom said Ramirez Barrios was taken to Guatemala City, where the courts would decide whether to extradite him to the United States.

"It's a blow to organized crime," he said.

Guatemalan authorities say Ramirez Barrios is wanted in Florida on charges of smuggling 3.7 tons (3,335 kilograms) of cocaine since 2007. He allegedly hired fishermen to smuggle the drugs through Mexico.

His brother, Sergio Telechea Barrios, was tracked down in another town carrying $1.8 million in cash, said prosecutor Brenda Munoz.

"We've counting the money for hours. Now, we can say for sure that $1,832,500 were seized," Munoz told The Associated Press.