by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 19, 2024 | Drugs
Legislation has been laid in Parliament to ban xylazine and 21 other dangerous drugs as part of the government’s action to prevent drug deaths and crack down on drug dealing gangs. Xylazine, often known as ‘tranq’, is a high-strength veterinary sedative, which has...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Mar 19, 2024 | Drugs
The EU retail drug market is estimated to be worth more than EUR 30 billion annually, making it a major source of income for organised crime. Europe occupies a central position in drug supply and trafficking, as evidenced by the large-scale production of cannabis and...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Dec 17, 2023 | Drugs
Sentencing guidelines exist to guide a court when deciding on the appropriate punishment for most drug-related offences. The guidelines reference the most common drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis, but do not expressly cover drugs which are less commonly found in...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jun 24, 2023 | Drugs
In a recent case, an offender offered the following by way of mitigation: ‘[He] said that he owed a gang £25,000 for his passage to the United Kingdom. He now said that he had initially been working on a construction site and had moved to work where the cannabis...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jul 14, 2022 | Drugs
A recent Court of Appeal case shed some light on the use of algorithms to measure the likely quantities of drugs supplied by a particular defendant. The algorithm has been designed by a police officer of the Metropolitan Police Service, in collaboration with an...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 4, 2021 | Drugs
The government has announced the set-up of a new drugs unit to help end illegal drug-related illnesses and deaths. To be known as the Joint Combating Drugs Unit, it will bring together multiple government departments to tackle drug misuse across society. Drug misuse...
