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Customs officers stand next to packages of seized cannabis buds during a press conference in Gresik, Indonesia’s East Java province, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Thailand

Thai PM warns may ‘shut down’ cannabis industry after global smuggling spike

Four years after decriminalisation, a wave of international drug busts could force Asia’s only legal cannabis market to recriminalise.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Anti-drug video fiasco not a vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s AI goals

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police seize HK$120m of cocaine hidden in 3-tonne metal containers

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong cocaine haul hits 361kg in days after police raid another yacht

Narcotics bureau officers raid 20-foot yacht moored near boats targeted in earlier operation and arrest woman.

The second seizure involved drugs worth about HK$90 million. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Video | Anti-drug video pulled over claims it promotes drug use

Internet users have been posting selfies, sticker packs and song parodies mocking the video’s AI-generated K-pop girl band.

Trending in China

‘You are a hero’: Yunnan’s sole female anti-drug chief champions women in drug war

Li believes male and female officers perform equally vital roles; she is determined to ensure no drug criminals escape her watch.

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Crime in Hong Kong

3 held as Hong Kong police seize HK$180m of suspected cocaine at typhoon shelter

Mastermind and two key syndicate members are arrested in city’s largest drug bust in 12 months.

Kwan Chun-hin (left) and Lam Pak-kiu at a press briefing about the raid. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong prison service pulls AI K-pop video after anti-drug message backfires

Beautiful AI-generated virtual K-pop girl group appears to be promoting use of illegal substances, not discouraging it, social media users say.

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China-Latin America relations

China extends hand to Colombia’s Trump-backed president-elect

Beijing offers to work with de la Espriella in spite of his firm’s legal clash over the metro with a Chinese group and his US realignment vow.

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Australia

Australia makes record cocaine bust after 2.7 tonnes found buried in Sydney

The largest cocaine haul in Australian history was found stored in plastic tubs and hidden in underground bunkers in a Greater Sydney suburb.

Australian police display the 2.7 tonnes of cocaine seized in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: Australian Federal Police/AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Trump-backed ‘El Tigre’ wins Colombia presidential election

Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly secures a hard-right victory, promising an ‘iron fist’ security campaign against cartels.

Abelardo De La Espriella addresses supporters from behind bulletproof glass. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Colombians vote for president amid corruption fears, polarisation

Conservative businessman Abelardo de la Espriella and leftist senator and heir to the outgoing president Iván Cepeda have traded insults and accusations of election fraud.

Americas and the Caribbean

How did a Venezuelan school dropout become a crime boss on the US hit list?

Guerrero Flores, known as the ‘child warrior’, led the powerful Tren de Aragua gang before his demise in a raid announced by Trump on Friday.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police seize HK$7.2m of drugs, target syndicate recruiting using online gaming

Two of four arrested suspects recruited by syndicate through gaming platforms to help run drug packaging and distribution, force says.

Hong Kong police display the 9.5kg of suspected drugs seized. Photo: Handout
United States

US expects to finish Trump’s Mexico border wall by next year

Traffickers are already using drones and other workarounds to spot patrols and move drugs across the barrier.

Children play football on a court next to the border wall in Tecate, Baja California state, Mexico, in April. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Trump urged to press Xi on Chinese money laundering tied to Mexican cartels

Congressional hearing witnesses encourage US president to tackle alleged fentanyl supply chain crisis linked to Chinese money laundering.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Police arrest man after Tesla rams parked vehicle in latest drug-driving case

Hong Kong police have detained at least four drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs in less than a week.

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China’s private sector

Which company could become the Chinese Pfizer? Here are analysts’ top picks

A boom in outlicensing agreements leads to a debate over which Chinese firms may be first to break into overseas markets with own brands.

Chinese pharmaceutical companies may expand into international markets in the coming years. Photo: Shutterstock
The Philippines

Philippine lawmaker charged with corruption to surrender

Senator Jinggoy Estrada has strongly denied allegations that he received more than 570 million pesos (US$9.3 million) in kickbacks.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Behind bulletproof glass: pro-Trump showman has edge in Colombia presidential race

Abelardo de la Espriella to face Ivan Cepeda in June 21 run-off following a violent and highly polarised first-round.

The Philippines

Philippine lawmaker surrenders, posts bail after court orders his arrest

This will allow Senator Jinggoy Estrada to remain free while the corruption case against him proceeds.

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Senator Jinggoy Estrada smiles during a break in investigations on flood-control projects at the Senate Blue Ribbon committee in Pasay city, Philippines in 2025. Photo: AP
Biomedicine: Companies

China’s Innovent Biologics signs US$10.5b Pfizer deal for 12 cancer drug trials

The agreement covers eight early-stage trials from Innovent and four discovery programmes from global giant Pfizer.

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A researcher uses a microscope in a cancer research laboratory. Photo: Shutterstock
Fame and celebrity

Assistant who gave Matthew Perry fatal ketamine dose gets 41 months in prison

After injecting the drug, Kenneth Iwamasa left to run errands and then returned to find the Friends star dead in the hot tub.

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The Philippines

Philippine ex-president Duterte’s ICC trial to start on November 30

He faces three counts of crimes against humanity, and will be the first Asian former head of state to face trial at the ICC.

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Malaysia

Malaysia police’s ‘gay party’ label sparks debate after hotel drug raid

LGBTQ activists were critical of police using terms such as ‘immoral activities’ when describing the raid.

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The sun sets behind the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AP
US-China relations

Two Chinese nationals charged in US drug cartel money-laundering case

Prosecutors say pair used mirror transfers, encrypted apps and trade schemes to launder cartel drug profits globally.

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US prosecutors said co-conspirators operating across the US, Mexico, Latin America and China allegedly laundered proceeds from trafficking narcotics including fentanyl and cocaine. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines

Philippine justice chief orders arrest of senator wanted by ICC

Senator Ronald dela Rosa is a former national police chief who enforced then-president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody crackdown against drugs.

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US-China relations

Chinese national charged in alleged scheme to smuggle drug shipments to US

Arrest shows signs of growing cooperation between US and China authorities in wake of last week’s Trump-Xi summit in Beijing.

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