A British multi-millionaire chemist behind controversial businesses that sold 'legal' LSD-based hallucinogens 'for research' could be facing up to life in prison in a high-security prison in the US after being accused of a conspiracy to import banned class A drugs into the country. Alexander Stratford, 35, (below) is facing extradition to the US after he was arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers and brought before Westminster Magistrates' Court. At a brief hearing

TOURISTS and revellers in central London need to be warned about a growing menace that sees people seemingly drugged then robbed while they are incapacitated, a former police officer has warned. Former Met Police DCI Dave McKelvey has issued another warning about the risk of "spiking robberies" in central London after two further suspected incidents overnight, including one where a man said he went unconscious after being forced to sniff white powder. Mr McKelvey runs the pri

AN organised crime network responsible for funnelling millions of pounds’ worth of cocaine into Essex has been dismantled from the top down. Drugs courier William England, 71, became the final domino to fall last month, when he was jailed for more than five years. England (top right) joins nine other offenders - including wholesale suppliers, criminal associates and street level dealers - who have now all been convicted and sentenced as part of this complex investigation. In

POLICE have continued to carry out drug operations across Benidorm's party strip. Raids were undertaken on Thursday, May 7, with two venues on Calle Gerona visited by the Policia Nacional. The visits resulted in reports concerning drugs, weapons and safety deficiencies, including the serving of a sanction to one establishment that allegedly did not have civil liability insurance. The Policia Nacional said the latest inspections were welcomed by customers and residents in the

THREE men were arrested on suspicion of drug offences in front of members of the public on a busy Saturday in Huddersfield. Several police officers were seen searching a vehicle and detaining the men in New Hey Road, as people nearby queued for fish and chips in the West Yorkshire town. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Three men were arrested following a police stop of a vehicle in the Marsh area of Huddersfield at around 7.30pm on 4 April. "The men, aged 21, 22 an

A HUGE seizure of suspected MDMA has been made on the M62 motorway. A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: "As part of a joint operation involving Matrix and Operation Medusa, we have arrested a man and seized large quantities of suspected MDMA following a stop check on the M62 yesterday, Tuesday 14 April." At around 7.20pm, officers from our Matrix Roads Policing Unit stop checked a Ford Transit van at Junction 7 of the M62, with the intention of checking documentation. Dur

NEARLY a tonne of cocaine has been seized at Southampton Docks after the container they were in had sailed from Nicaragua via Panama to the UK. Two men have been charged as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. The Class A drugs were seized at Southampton Docks after the container they were in had sailed from Nicaragua via Panama to the UK. Acting in partnership with the NCA, Border Force officers opened the container and found 943kg of cocaine with a street va

A website that made millions of pounds from the sale of illegal drugs has been infiltrated by Met Police officers in their latest major operation to crack down on cybercrime In June 2025, the Met’s Cyber Crime Unit became aware of AEGIS Marketplace, a site where individual sellers could market drugs for sale to users who could make purchases using cryptocurrency. By March 2026, the website had 30 active sellers and was estimated to have generated 10,000 drug sales in ten mont

A convicted murderer and two accomplices staged an elaborate but botched scheme to try to help criminal associates escape big EncroChat prison sentences for international drug trafficking. William Todd, 61, (top left) was 21 years into two life sentences when he orchestrated a plan to help Danny Brown, 58, Stefan Baldauf, 66, (below) and four other guilty men walk free after they were convicted of trying to smuggle 448kg of MDMA worth £45m to Australia in the arm of an indust

DRUG suppliers are using "cleanskin" adults to deliver their goods in the hope it will lead to less detections by police, it has emerged. Adults with no criminal past are offered regular well-paid shifts with expenses covered inthe hopeitwill lure them into being illegal delivery drivers to drug users. Details emerged during the prosecution of Claire Young, a woman, who said she was "buzzing" to work part time "shifts" as a drug courier, instead of a standard job. She avoided