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Council hunts cannabis cultivating culprits after Newport plant pots display planted pot

By the time the police had been informed the plants had already been harvested

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Cory Monteith: Glee tribute episode to 'deal directly' with drug addiction

A tribute episode of Glee will “deal directly” with the circumstances surrounding Cory Monteith’s death, a Fox executive has confirmed.

On the ground: On a friendly street with a terrible secret - the terraced house where four-year-old Daniel Pelka was starved, abused and left to die

They were Tarmacing the pavements down the narrow street in north Coventry, much to the irritation of groups of bike-riding schoolchildren enjoying the start of a hot, glorious summer holiday.

Uruguay wants to create a legal marijuana industry in an attempt to fight organised crime

Uruguay set to legalise marijuana after President Jose Mujica's bill goes through congress

The bill would make Uruguay the first country to have a government led legal marijuana industry

Justin Bieber appears suspended from the ceiling as an angel as part of his 'Believe' world tour

Border officials discover marijuana on Justin Bieber tour bus as it enters America from Canada

Marijuana has been found on a tour bus belonging to "Baby" singer Justin Bieber as it crossed into America from Canada, according to Detroit Customs and Border Protection.

UK faces falling into cyber-crime 'black hole' if banks keep quiet on small scale fraud, warn MPs

Banks must be forced to report every case of fraud amid concerns of a “black hole” of unseen illegal activity where cyber-criminals act with impunity, MPs have warned.

Farmers destroy cannabis plantations under Moroccan police supervision in the northern Moroccan Larache region, pictured here in 2006

The green shoots of recovery? Morocco considers the legalisation of marijuana cultivation

Keen to boost the economy and pacify a restive nation, politicians want to  decriminalise cultivation of marijuana

The lab fighting cybercrime: Russia's weapon in the war against hi-tech gangs

Russia is the main breeding ground for hi-tech crime gangs but its security experts are linking with Interpol to combat the threat. Oscar Williams-Grut reports from Moscow

Pope Francis receives a warm welcome as he visits the Varginha slum

Humble Pope Francis's visit to a Rio slum gives residents fresh hope

‘It’s important the Pope is coming… hopefully things will get better’

Actress Amanda Bynes arriving for a court appearance in Manhattan earlier this month

Troubled She's The Man actress Amanda Bynes sectioned after allegedly setting fire to herself

She’s The Man actress Amanda Bynes has been sectioned following a disturbance in Southern California during which she is alleged to have set fire to herself and the driveway of a residential property.

Detectives issue MDMA warning after Martha Fernback dies in cardiac arrest

The 15-year-old reportedly fell ill after consuming what she thought was the class A drug

Grant Cameron, Suneet Jeerh and Karl Williams were arrested during a holiday in Dubai last year

Three ‘tortured ‘ British men freed from Dubai jail by Sheikh’s festive pardon list

One man back in England while others await deportation after three months of four-year sentences

Peckham teen raped boy, 13, for 'having a poor phone'

A teenager raped a 13-year-old boy he had intended to rob and then told him he deserved it for not having a phone worth stealing, a court heard yesterday.

Boxer Herbie Hide fails to attend drugs trial

The former world champion boxer Herbie Hide is facing arrest after he failed to attend court on drug charges, saying he was suffering from malaria in a Nigerian clinic.

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