Drugs
‘He doesn’t believe you’: Nicki Minaj reportedly arrested for possessing drugs in Amsterdam
The rapper and pop star was travelling to England for the next stop of her world tour when police reportedly said they found drugs in her luggage.
- by Avi Selk
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Ex-AFL star Sam Fisher cries as he’s jailed for drug trafficking
The former St Kilda footballer will spend at least three years in prison over his involvement in a cross-country drug trafficking ring.
- by Emily Woods
Gunmen stage deadly ambush to free drug dealer ‘The Fly’, manhunt under way in France
The brazen morning attack at a toll booth in northern France underlines the growing threat of drug crime across Europe, the world’s No.1 cocaine market.
- by Gabriel Stargardter and Dominique Vidalon
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Investigations
Australian drug smuggling suspects right at home as Dubai makes world’s worst welcome
A mega-leak of property records reveals how suspected drug traffickers and other criminals call the United Arab Emirates a safe haven as the Gulf state looks the other way.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
Drugs allegedly mailed to Australian in Bali were gift in toothpaste tube: lawyer
Australian Troy Smith was holidaying with his wife in Bali when he was allegedly caught with methamphetamine.
- by Zach Hope
‘She looked as though she was dying’: The Australian show that saw the unravelling of a diva
When Judy Garland arrived at Mascot Airport, customs officials made a decision that would likely prove fateful.
- by Patrick Gallagher
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Crime
‘Stronger than fentanyl’: The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid
Australian authorities are intercepting more shipments of super-potent nitazenes, and medical professionals fear it could lead to a wave of overdoses.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Domestic violence
Carly was looking for help. Instead, she found the man who killed her
Carly McBride vanished just before a letter landed on her mother’s doorstep. Had it arrived earlier it could have saved her daughter’s life.
- by Perry Duffin
Editorial
Opinion
Safe injecting room decision fails city and many of its most vulnerable
The premier’s consensus-building approach may serve her short-term political interests, but it will have a disastrous effect on those living on society’s margins.
- The Age's View
In Melbourne’s famous laneways, there is life – and death
In one laneway, people sip wine at a table under a heater. In another, someone is crouched behind a bin on the hard ground ready to inject. Their drug of choice is illegal, and without a safe injecting room, they have nowhere else to go.
- by Sophie Aubrey and Cara Waters
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AFL 2024
Emotional Lyon remembers ‘special young man’ as former AFL player’s death probed
Sport Integrity Australia is reported to be probing the death of former Docker and Demon Harley Balic, as part of its investigation into the AFL’s illicit drug policy.
- by Jon Pierik, Carla Jaeger and Michael Gleeson