More than 100 cannabis plants have been seized from a property and will be destroyed, said police. Essex Police found the cannabis plants in a house in Mallows Green, Harlow, Essex, at about 06:00 BST on Monday. A spokesperson from the force said the property had a "sophisticated" set up...

More than 100 cannabis plants found in Essex home

A coroner has said ambulance services must carry an antidote to a poisonous substance after a 22-year-old mother took her own life. Fern Foster, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had autism and died in July 2020 on the day she was informed that her child might be placed for adoption by social services.

Coroner asks ambulance service to carry antidote

A man has been jailed after a cannabis farm worth nearly £400,000 was discovered at a property in Beverley. Rakip Karanxha, 45, was arrested after officers noticed the smell of cannabis coming from a property in North Bar Without, in December 2021. He was found guilty of producing cannabis...

Man jailed after 'huge' cannabis farm sniffed out

The Standard

An IT worker who poisoned a married couple with fentanyl is feared to have killed his own father and grandfather. Luke D'Wit, 34, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 37 years after using the opioid painkiller to poison Stephen and Carol Baxter at their £1million home in West Mersea, Essex.Detectives are now exploring whether D’Wit was responsible for the death of his father, Vernon, who had been prescribed fentanyl before he was found dead in a chair at his nearby home in 2021.As part of their review, detectives have also been re-examining how D’Wit’s grandfather died.Essex Police...

Fentanyl double murderer 'may have poisoned father and grandfather' as police launch probe

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

A woman who took a vulnerable man’s mobility scooter and left him to die in freezing conditions has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41, of no fixed address, admitted killing Neil Shadwick after taking his mobility scooter outside a Tesco superstore in Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, on January 22 last year.Mr Shadwick, 63, who used his mobility scooter as his mode of transport, was left behind in sub-zero temperatures and found unresponsive in the car park at 6am. He later died in hospital.Gloucestershire Police said Hawkins rode away on the scooter, later dumping it on Bisley Old Road in...

Woman who took man’s mobility scooter and left him to die admits manslaughter

Three men have been arrested by police who discovered a cannabis farm. More than 400 plants were found on Station Road in Beamish Village, County Durham, at about 16:00 BST on Monday. Durham Police said the farm was being dismantled and the plants would be destroyed, with a 48-hour closure...

Three arrested over 400-plant cannabis farm

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

The Coffee County Drug Unit, along with deputies from the department, apprehended two individuals last week in separate incidents, one allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and the other the subject of a prior narcotics investigation who attempted to evade law enforcement.

Coffee Drug Unit Arrests Two in Separate Incidents; Meth Possession and Fleeing Suspect Apprehended

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Police searching for a missing school teacher in Norwich have found a body. Anthony Hill, 37, left his address on Plumstead Road East at about 07:45 BST on Monday before CCTV showed him at a Co-op store on Sprowston Road at about 09:58. Officers confirmed a body had been found...

Body found in search for missing teacher

The US Sun

A NEW image has emerged of missing Jay Slater posing with his brother and dad during his sibling’s 21st birthday celebrations. Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Lancashire, flew out to the holiday island with two friends for the NRG festival before disappearing the next day. He went to the closing night Sunday with his pals Lucy and Brad, […]

New picture shows missing Jay Slater, 19, posing with smiling brother & dad as sibling celebrated 21st birthday

Vermont State

The Independent

 A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has confessed to pouring water into the bag of a Democratic colleague for months on end.Footage shows Republican Mary Ann Morrissey dumping cups of water into Democratic state Rep. Jim Carroll’s tote bag, which was hanging on a coat rack.Two videos, showing separate incidents, were first released by the Vermont outlet Seven Days.Unsure of the source of the water, Mr Carroll told the outlet that he set up a $23 spy camera behind a scarf aimed at the coat rack, which hangs in the hallway outside of his committee room.Ms Morrissey this week apologised for her behaviour on the House floor in front of their colleagues.“I am truly ashamed for my actions,” the Republican legislator said.      Read More               Rayner’s battle bus and Rishi in the rain: Most bizarre general election momentsAI will allow pupils to explore sites of Holocaust through virtual realityPutin drives Kim Jong-un in luxury Russian-built limousine during North Korea visit      

US Republican caught on camera secretly pouring water in Democratic colleague’s bag for months

A seemingly plausible theory in the run-up to the general election suggested there might be dramatic change nationally but rather less of an upset here in the South West. Several Conservative MPs who have just lost their seats were bullish about their prospects and the sheer size of many of the Tory majorities clearly presented a massive obstacle to either Labour or the Liberal Democrats.

South West experiences 'electoral earthquake'

Adel, GA

Last Friday, two men were arrested on charges following a joint investigation into drug trafficking in Adel, culminating in a search at their home. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the search took place on Friday, June 28, at the residence of 28-year-old Shyiem Marquon Banks and 36-year-old Roderick Dion Collins. Investigators discovered a substantial quantity of drugs, including 210 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 3.2 pounds of suspected marijuana, 13 grams of suspected alpha-PVP (Flakka/bath salts), over 90 suspected oxycodone tablets, and 2 firearms.

Two Arrested in South Georgia Drug Bust Uncovering Methamphetamine, Marijuana, and Firearms

A street where four cats have been poisoned was the scene of identical attacks 13 years ago. Police have a launched a new investigation after at least four cats died in the Ramsons Close area of Malvern in recent weeks. Suspected attacks were first reported in 2011 after 15 cats...

Street in cat poison probe was targeted years earlier

A security guard checked out an abandoned stud farm with cells to “keep” TV presenter Holly Willoughby after kidnapping her, a court has heard.Gavin Plumb, who is accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Ms Willoughby, allegedly told another man she would be put in a van after a “home invasion” before being taken to “her new home and her new way of living”.A jury was previously shown an image of items purchased by the 37-year-old, including metal cable ties, handcuffs and a blindfold.His online searches were also read out to the jury, including “killers from Harlow...

Security guard ‘looked at abandoned farm with cells to hold Holly Willoughby’

Search teams attempting to locate missing British teenager Jay Slater have narrowed their efforts down to a group of small buildings close to where his phone last pinged in Tenerife.Officers from the Guardia Civil could be seen circling two structures at the bottom of a ravine in Rural de Teno Park on Sunday.Efforts appeared to be solely focused on this area after days of searches in the village of Masca and the surrounding landscape.Those conducting the searches on the seventh day of the hunt for Mr Slater could be seen looking into blue barrels outside one of the small buildings.It...

Police close in on small buildings near where Jay Slater’s phone last pinged

Police have issued CCTV of a masked man as they probe reports that nails have been glued to children’s play equipment in a quiet, Oxfordshire village for the second time in a month.Villagers in Marcham Village were left horrified after a three-year-old girl alerted her mother that she found a sharp spike glued to the see-saw in their playground in May.The toddler was about to be placed in a swing when her parents discovered that nails had also been glued to every other piece of play equipment.Fears the vandal had struck after another nail was found glued to the toddler...

Police hunt masked man after nails glued to playground in Oxfordshire village for second time

A doctor who was on drugs while seeing patients has been suspended. Nathan Sandles, who worked as a GP at Church Langley Medical Centre in Harlow, Essex, was found acting "drowsy, sleepy and disorientated" while on shift. He prescribed medication for himself by falsely using a patient’s name, the Medical...

Search underway in Oxford County for man who may be armed

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