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Kenya probing sale of donated condoms, drugs on black market

Kenya said Thursday it was investigating allegations that thousands of donated condoms, mosquito nets and life-saving medicines were stolen from a government-run warehouse and then sold on the black market.
#kenya #blackmarket

Kyari May Spend More Days In Detention As NDLEA Approaches Court

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and four others may spend more time in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency as the NDLEA has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja informing the court of its intention to detain the suspects beyond the stipulated 48 hours.
#abbakyari #ndlea

EU, Gates Foundation to invest over R1bn to set up African drugs regulator

The European Union and the Gates Foundation will invest over 100 million euros (about R1.7 billion) over the next five years to help set up an African medicines regulator to boost the continent's drugs and vaccine production, the EU Commission said on Tuesday.
#eu #gatesfoundation

Guinea-Bissau president says failed coup driven by his fight against drugs, corruption

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau says the coup attempt in his country this week is linked to his fight against drug trafficking and corruption.
#drugtrafficking #umarosissocoembalo #guineanissau

Four men charged in death of actor Michael K Williams

New York prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged four men in relation to the drug overdose death of The Wire actor Michael K. Williams.
#murder #michaelwilliams

Filipino journalist who helped probe Duterte’s drug war shot dead

A journalist who helped in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters news agency investigation into the drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been shot dead — the latest casualty in the continuing violence against people working in the media in the Philippines.
#filipinojournalist #pulitzer

Methamphetamine Drug Belongs To Almajiris In North

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPO has vowed to curtail the use of illicit drug, methamphetamine also known as mkpuru mmiri among youths in the South-East region.
The group alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) is behind the distribution of the drug in the North, and would not allow such in Igboland.
#drugs #methamphetamine #mkpurummiri

Otoniel: Colombia Captures Most Wanted Drug Lord With 22 Helicopters

Dairo Antonio Usuga was captured in a jungle raid involving 500 police personnel and 22 helicopters. President Ivan Duque compared it to the fall of Pablo Escobar.
Colombian authorities said on Saturday they captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country's biggest drug trafficker.
#colombia #druglord #antoniousuga

Son of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan in custody in drugs probe

A Mumbai court sent the 23-year-old son of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan to three days' custody on Monday, a lawyer said, after he was arrested in a drugs investigation that has captivated India's broadcast media.
#bollywood #drugs #shahrukhkhan

Imo Is Capital Of Drug Abuse In Southern Nigeria –NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has described Imo State as home to the highest incidents of substance abuse in the entire Southern Nigeria.
#drug #drugabuse #ndlea #imo