Here’s a summary of some of the more interesting drug testing news stories and articles from around the UK this week. As always, if drugs are a concern for you, your family or your organisation, Zoom Testing is here to help. Contact us with all of your drug testing requirements.
Cannabis
Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in the UK. At Zoom Testing we offer a very wide range of drug testing kits for cannabis. This week, there were a number of cannabis related news stories that caught the eye:
- Training dogs sniff out £1.3m cannabis factory in Leicester
Dogs trained by a security company ensured ruff justice for three men who were jailed after a £1.3m cannabis factory was sniffed out | BBC, UK - Isle of Man: Man caught growing cannabis plants at home fined £1,300
A man who grew cannabis in what police described as an “unsophisticated set-up” at his home has been fined £1,300 | BBC, UK
Cocaine
Powder cocaine continues to be the second most commonly used drug of abuse in the UK, after Cannabis. Zoom Testing supply a wide range of drug testing kits for cocaine. In the news this week:
- Lorry driver who smuggled £480,000 of cocaine while delivering frozen potatoes is jailed
A lorry driver has been jailed for smuggling £480,000 worth of cocaine while delivering frozen potatoes | ITV, UK - Kirkby drug dealer caught with £1m of cocaine stuffed in ‘bag for life’
John Butler, of Kirkby, seemed to be “nervous” and was physically shaking when stopped by Merseyside Police as he drove through Netherton on 8 January | BBC, UK - Drug Test Cut-off Levels for Cocaine
When it comes to cocaine drug testing kits, one very important consideration is the drug testing cut-off level. This is the level, the pre-determined threshold or breakpoint, which determines whether a drug test is positive or negative | Zoom Testing, UK
Heroin
Heroin is a pain-killing drug, which is derived from the dried milk of the opium poppy. Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as opiates, other opiates include morphine and methadone. Heroin is also known as smack, H, junk, brown, skag and gear. Zoom Testing is a leading supplier of drug testing kits for Heroin.
- Peterborough: Class A drugs haul worth £933k seized by police
Officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) found the Class A drugs after stopping a car in Boongate on Monday | BBC, UK
Kush
Similar, if not the same as Spice in the UK, Kush is a drug that is causing major problems in Sierra Leone.
- Kush: Sierra Leone’s new illegal drug – video
Kush – a cheap new illegal drug, is ravaging communities in Sierra Leone. The BBC has heard reports of young people killing themselves or harming themselves and others | BBC, UK
Other Drug News in the UK
Also in the news this week:
- Carlisle dealer snared by EncroChat sting jailed for eight years
A drug dealer who was caught when an encrypted global messaging system was cracked has been jailed for more than eight years | BBC, UK - Appeal court overturns drug supply conviction
A man jailed for drug trafficking has had his conviction overturned after the judge at his trial failed to give jurors proper instructions over an interview he gave to police | BBC, UK - Leeds house closed down after drug users formed queues outside
A drug dealers’ house has been closed down after a court heard it attracted so many customers “McDonald’s and Starbucks would be jealous” | BBC, UK
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