More than 55 million amphetamine tablets—known locally as “yaba,” or “crazy pills”—and over 1.5 tons of crystal methamphetamine, hidden inside beer crates and loaded into the back of a truck. This is what Asia’s single biggest illegal drug bust looked like, after authorities in Laos intercepted a smuggler’s vehicle in the country’s northwestern Bokeo Province
“Please be informed that the death sentence passed on your son, Nagaenthran A/L K Dharmalingam, will be carried out on 10 November 2021 (Wednesday),” the official letter from the Singaporean government read. The matter-of-fact declaration was how Madam Panchalai Supermaniam, from the Malaysian city of Ipoh, was informed this week of her son Naga’s upcoming
An Indian court just granted Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood’s biggest superstar Shah Rukh Khan, bail, almost four weeks after he was arrested during a drug bust on a celebrity rave. He was denied bail twice and kept in an overcrowded jail known for holding convicted mass murderers, despite opposition politicians arguing that the
Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained. One option for her 13-year-old, who also has cerebral palsy, was cannabis oil. “I was aware
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – He wants to recultivate the island’s traditions surrounding the cannabis plant, which goes back more than 6,000 years, and he has tens of thousands of Facebook followers rooting for him. But Wasantha Sena Weliange, Sri Lanka’s leading weed scholar and influencer who has a PhD in the natural sciences, was recently arrested.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – He wants to recultivate the island’s traditions surrounding the cannabis plant, which goes back more than 6,000 years, and he has tens of thousands of Facebook followers rooting for him. But Wasantha Sena Weliange, Sri Lanka’s leading weed scholar and influencer who has a PhD in the natural sciences, was recently arrested.
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