In yet another major haul of banned narcotic substances, the General Authority of Customs (GAC), represented by the Maritime Customs Department, seized 1,653kg of ‘tambaku’ (a kind of chewing tobacco) at Hamad Port. According to a video tweeted today by the GAC, the banned substance was...

Qatar has underlined that the threat of narcotic drugs to the health and safety of all mankind still exists, in light of its escalating negative repercussions on the social, economic and political stability ...

The Philippines' top policeman, who leads the nation's deadly drugs crackdown, quit on Monday as he faces allegations of protecting officers accused of selling a huge haul of seized narcotics.

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

A total of 102 suspected traffickers have been killed since Bangladesh launched an aggressive war on drugs in mid-May to smash the surging trade in yaba.

A Philippine mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said, the latest official to be killed since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a drug war.

Signalling a shift in strategy in its blood-soaked war against drugs, Philippines police aim to reduce the killing of suspects and put more resources into arresting prominent people tied to the trade ...

Directors of anti-narcotics organisations in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states have decided to come with up an immediate plan and a new strategy to deal with the trafficking of Captagon pills.

Police Wednesday shot dead six supporters of a Philippine mayor days after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to have him ‘shot on sight’ for protecting his allegedly drug-dealing son.

Employees of Pakistan's national airline are in custody and under investigation after drugs were seized from a Dubai-bound flight, a spokesman said on Monday.