Noemie Lenoir is the last of a string of models to have committed suicide or attempted to commit suicide in the past year. Is the Swiss millionnaire, Carl Fleischmann to blame?: "successful French model, Noemi Lenoir, fronted campaigns for The Gap, Next, Victoria’s Secret and L’Oreal, but it was as the GBP1 million-a-year face and body of Marks & Spencer, that she found true fame.
Together with Twiggy, Laura Bailey and Mylene Klass, her image has been credited with helping to revive M&S’s womenswear’s fortunes, and that image is plastered over magazines, billboards and TV advertisements, throughout the UK.
She has a beautiful son, Keylan, with the ex-Chelsea footballer, Claude Makalele and had just re-signed her contract with M&S.
But yesterday, this golden, beautiful woman, was discovered, unconscious, on a path in a forest, in the suburb of La-Selle St Cloud, Paris, with a vast amount of drugs and alcohol in her bloodstream."
Drug smuggling in North Africa - Africa Aviation / Afrika Lugvaart: "Traces of cocaine found amid the burnt-out wreckage of a Boeing 727 recently discovered in the Sahara desert have pointed officials to the worrying scale of a new drug trade stretching across the African sands"
| Scotland | STV News: "42 confirmed cases of anthrax in heroin users in the UK since the first case was reported in Glasgow in December 2009,
The contaminated drugs have been blamed for a total of 14 deaths. Twelve of these have been in Scotland, across eight NHS board areas, and there have been two deaths in England. No cases have yet been reported from Wales or Northern Ireland.
An HPS spokesman said: 'Cases continue to be diagnosed in Scotland, suggesting that contaminated heroin is still in circulation.
'Clinicians and microbiologists are encouraged to remain alert to the possibility of anthrax in heroin users with appropriate signs and symptoms.'"
Two more cannabis seizures as Gardai clamp down on drug smuggling | Cork Student News: "Cannabis with an estimated street value of over €240,000 was seized by the police in the Castleconnel area of Limerick this morning. The man charged has been brought to Henry Street Garda Station where he is being held under the Drug Trafficking Act.
The arrest follows closely on yesterday’s arrest in Dublin of a man charged with a similar offence involving €1,000,000 worth of the drug."
Iran hangs six drug traffickers - media | World | Reuters: "Iran hanged six convicted drug traffickers in a prison west of Tehran on Saturday, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.Murder, adultery, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and apostasy are all punishable by death under Iranian Sharia law practised since the 1979 Islamic revolution."
Inmate at Scots prison had fellow cons queue for cocaine outside his cell - The Daily Record: "inmate at a maximum security jail smuggled in so much cocaine that other lags queued outside his cell to buy some.
Michael Elder was caught red-handed with a package of cocaine worth more than £1500 in Perth prison.
Several other prisoners were with him when guards raided his cell at 8.30am.
Elder, 23, was yesterday jailed for an extra 26 months after admitting supplying the drug on June 7 last year.
Alan Kempton, prosecuting, said: 'The prison value of the cocaine was in the region of £1660."
2 figures in heroin ring get prison - JSOnline: "Jason Lund and Luke Bandkowski were linked to two heroin deaths each in Waukesha County and were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in death. They were arrested as a result of an investigation and sting dubbed 'Operation Lake Effect' that started in early 2007.
In back-to-back sentencing hearings in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Lund to 14 years and 7 months in prison and Bandkowski to 13 years and 4 months. Bandkowski received a lower sentence in part because his prior criminal record was less than Lund's.
In both cases, the sentences Stadtmueller meted out were less than the prison terms handed down in Waukesha County Circuit Court that Lund and Bandkowski received after being convicted of first-degree reckless homicide.
And Stadtmueller's sentences won't add any more time behind bars for the two men because the judge ordered the federal prison terms to be served at the same time as the state's."
Bali Nine member's final appeal today | Herald Sun: "BALI Nine drug mule Martin Stephens' final appeal against his life sentence will go before an Indonesian court today. Stephens was arrested at Bali airport on April 17, 2005 with 2.9kg of heroin strapped to his legs and stomach.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 2006, a sentence later upheld by a higher court and Indonesia's Supreme Court.
But lawyers for the 33-year-old Wollongong man last month lodged a request for a final appeal - known as a judicial review - which will be heard by the Denpasar District Court this morning.
The appeal cites new evidence in the form of a letter from former Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty.
In the letter, dated April 2009 and addressed to defence lawyer Wirawan Adnan, Mr Keelty describes Stephens' role in the failed heroin smuggling plot as 'minor'.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.'There is no indication that Martin was an organiser or aware of the details relating to the suspected importation,' the letter reads."
Alleged Heroin Dealer Shot Twice By Police - cbs2.com: "Police in Glendale shot a suspected heroin dealer twice Tuesday.The extent of the suspect's injuries is not known. Police did say, however, that the suspect is expected to survive. Sgt. Tom Lorentz of the Glendale Police Department said oneofficer sustained minor injuries and was treated by paramedics at the scene. The confrontation occurred near San Fernando Road and Desmond Street in
Pacoima at 2:55 p.m., said Lorentz.Narcotics officers had reportedly just completed purchasing heroin from the
suspect and tried to take him into custody when he backed up his vehicle and tried to run over the officers, Lorentz said."
Antigo man to be sentenced today in Merrill heroin death case | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald: "32-year-old Antigo man will be sentenced this morning on a homicide charge in connection with a woman who died from a heroin overdose last year at a Merrill domestic abuse shelter.Kevin Krugel pleaded guilty in February to a felony charge of first-degree reckless homicide. He faces up to a 40-year prison sentence.
Nicole Hedges, 29, of Tomahawk, was found dead May 2, 2009 at HAVEN in Merrill. Toxicology tests conducted on her blood showed she died of an acute overdose of heroin, according to a criminal complaint.
At a court hearing last June, Dominic Becerra, 32, of Antigo testified that he and Krugel drove from Antigo to Wausau to buy heroin. Becerra and Krugel then went to Merrill and met Hedges at Streeter Square Park, across the street from HAVEN, where Krugel and Hedges ingested the heroin, Becerra testified in June."
The Associated Press: `Deadliest Catch' employee facing drug charges: "Police in the Alaska fishing town of Unalaska say a production manager for the hit cable TV show 'Deadliest Catch' who bragged about his ability to deliver large amounts of cocaine is facing felony drug charges.
Police say 22-year-old Matthew Schneider delivered about $300 worth of cocaine to an undercover officer on March 20.
Court documents say Schneider talked about large amounts of cocaine from California being distributed at 'Deadliest Catch' parties in Unalaska.
He is one of 18 people charged in the investigation, and the only one connected to the show.
Schneider is not in custody and police don't know his whereabouts."
Ex-Olympic snowboarder jailed for cocaine trafficking: "former Olympic snowboarder who missed the 2010 Games in his hometown this year will also miss the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, after the now-convicted cocaine smuggler was handed a four-year prison term in San Diego on Thursday.
Ryan Wedding of Coquitlam, B.C., was convicted last December of conspiring to distribute 24 kilograms of cocaine.
Wedding has already been held in custody for two years. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey T. Miller sentenced Wedding to 48 months in custody as well as a three-year supervised release."
Translation error in Keelty letter delays appeal of Bali Nine mule Martin Stephens | The Australian: "SIMPLE translation error has stymied drug mule Martin Stephens' attempt to get out of jail early, with an Indonesian court ordering the Australian's lawyers correct a reference from former AFP boss Mick Keelty before his appeal can be heard. Stephens' life sentence, delivered after he was found guilty of trying to import 2.9kg of heroin to Australia in 2005 as part of the so-called Bali Nine gang, is being contested on the basis of the reference, written by Mr Keelty last year."
Bali Nine Stephens to make final appeal: "Bali Nine drug mule Martin Stephens' final appeal against his life sentence will go before an Indonesian court on Friday.
Stephens was arrested at Bali airport on April 17, 2005 with 2.9kg of heroin strapped to his legs and stomach.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 2006, a sentence later upheld by a higher court and Indonesia's Supreme Court.
But lawyers for the 33-year-old Wollongong man last month lodged a request for a final appeal - known as a judicial review - which will be heard by the Denpasar District Court on Friday morning.
The appeal cites new evidence in the form of a letter from former Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty.
In the letter, dated April 2009 and addressed to defence lawyer Wirawan Adnan, Mr Keelty describes Stephens' role in the failed heroin smuggling plot as 'minor'."
FOXNews.com - Number of Soldiers Seeking Opiate Abuse Treatment Skyrockets: "number of American soldiers seeking treatment for opiate abuse has skyrocketed over the past five years, at a time when the U.S. military has been surging forces into the heart of the world's leading opium producer.
Pentagon statistics obtained by FoxNews.com show that the number of Army soldiers enrolled in Substance Abuse Program counseling for opiates has soared nearly 500 percent -- from 89 in 2004 to 529 last year. The number showed a steady increase almost every year in that time frame -- but it leaped 50 percent last year when the U.S. began surging troops into Afghanistan. Army troop levels in Afghanistan went from 14,000 as of the end of 2004 to 46,400 as of the end of 2009.
Based on the statistics provided, one in every 88 soldiers sought treatment last year."
BBC News - Two 'overdoses' in Bracknell spark heroin warning: "Police believe a dangerous batch of heroin is circulating in Berkshire which left two men in intensive care.
The drug users, aged 26 and 29, were taken to hospital after the emergency services were called to an address in Harmans Water, Bracknell, on Friday.
They are thought to have suffered overdoses due to a 'bad' batch of the Class A drug circulating in the area.
The two men were treated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and later released. Officers have appealed for information."
Hudson County sheriff's son is charged with cocaine possession, officials say | - NJ.com: "24-year-old son of Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez was arrested tonight on possession of cocaine charges in Jersey City, officials said.Arian Perez, of Bayonne, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (cocaine) and smoking at about 5:30 p.m. at the Danforth Avenue Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station, said NJ Transit spokeswoman Penny Bassett Hackett.
'It is a personal family circumstance. The young person is an adult. He doesn't reside with the sheriff,' Hudson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Robert Knapp said tonight. 'The sheriff will of course stand beside his son in regard to these allegations and will assist him as a family member in any way possible.'"
Former Lee County sheriff's brother says Melvin was forced to resign | SCNow: "brother of former Lee County sheriff Edgar Jerome “E.J.” Melvin said he was forced to resign his position Saturday.
Melvin, who had served as sheriff since 2001, and eight others were arrested Saturday and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of powder cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine since 2006."
Kristin Cavallari Spotted Snorting Cocaine | Gather: "Hills starlet Kristin Cavallari was spotted snorting a line of cocaine. It’s been common knowledge for awhile now that Kristin Cavallari enjoys a little of the ye-yo with her bikinis and beer, but her PR team tried crazy hard earlier this year to squash the rumors and say it was all hogwash. Kristin Cavallari? Cocaine?"
SFGate: Daily Dish : Robert Downey Jr. recalls moment that led to sobriety: "speeding ticket, a DUI, a weapons possession charge and a lost bag of cocaine led to Robert Downey Jr.'s salvation after years of drug abuse and legal woes.
In a candid new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the actor opens up about the two weeks in 1996 that eventually led to him getting help and getting clean.
It all began with a traffic cop pulling him over for speeding and discovering a firearm in his Ford F-150, and led to 'many felonies,' a brief spell behind bars and some left over drugs back home. And it ended with the Iron Man star realizing enough was enough - and he needed help."
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