As part of its efforts to protect the society from drug hazards, authorities concerned at the Ministry of the Interior thwarted an attempt to smuggle a quantity of cocaine into the country.

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling after prosecutors said an original 15-year sentence given in November was too lenient.

A Chinese court said Saturday that a 15-year jail sentence for a Canadian national charged with drug smuggling was too "lenient" and remanded his case for a retrial.

The now 45-year-old was originally given a life term -- narrowly escaping the death sentence handed to some other foreign drug traffickers.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday accepted the resignation of his eldest son as vice mayor of the southern city of Davao following allegations he was involved in drug smuggling.

Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani national on Thursday for smuggling drugs, taking to 86 the number of people the kingdom has put to death this year.

An Indian man was jailed for 14 years on Monday for trying to bring crystal methamphetamine into the Indonesian resort island of Bali.