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Largest ever seizure of synthetic opioids made in raid on suspected drug factory

The largest ever UK seizure of synthetic opioids has been made by police and border officials in a series of raids that also saw 11 arrests. Around 150,000 tablets of a drug called Nitazene were found in Waltham Forest, east London, in a factory set ...

23 Nov 2023 at 07:48

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RED ALERT: HSE issues serious warning over potentially fatal drug

A total of eight drug-related overdoses have been reported to the HSE in the last 36 hours, prompting the Health Service Executive (HSE) to issue a red alert. This comes after a series of overdoses in the areas of Cork City, reported on Wednesday, ...

03 Feb 2024 at 15:33

Ireland

Suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison ‘probably due to synthetic opioids’

The 10 suspected overdoses by people at Portlaoise Prison were probably linked to a synthetic opioid, a detective has said. A number of prisoners were taken to hospital by ambulance on Tuesday while others received treatment at the prison. The ...

14 Aug 2024 at 13:29

Scotland

Highly-potent nitazenes present in most of Scotland, police expert warns

Synthetic opioids up to 500 times more potent than heroin have been detected across most areas of Scotland, an expert has warned. Nitazenes is an umbrella term given to a number of synthetic opioids that are often cut with other opioid ...

22 Aug 2024 at 18:20

Scotland

Alert issued over synthetic opioids linked to 38 deaths in three months

Public Health Scotland has issued a warning on synthetic opioids nitazenes after the drugs were detected in 38 deaths in just three months. Nitazenes are most commonly detected as a contaminant in drugs sold as heroin, benzodiazepines ...

12 Aug 2025 at 16:27

Scotland

Nitazenes in drug supply lead to minister’s ‘life-saving’ naloxone plea

Scots who carry naloxone are being urged to have “extra life-saving kits” of the drug to hand, with a warning that “dangerous” synthetic opioids such as nitazenes mean repeat doses may be needed. Drug and alcohol policy minister ...

31 Aug 2025 at 00:01

National News

Prisoners willingly hand over hundreds of drug tablets following death of 21 year-old inmate

Hundreds of suspected nitazene tablets have been handed over voluntarily by inmates of Mountjoy Prison following a fatal overdose linked to the drug in the jail on Thursday morning. The Irish Prison Service confirmed the death ...

20 Jul 2024 at 12:10

National News

Suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison ‘probably due to synthetic opioids’

14 Aug 2024 at 13:29

WARNING: HSE in tablet warning amid 'overdose clusters' and death fears

National News

WARNING: HSE in tablet warning amid 'overdose clusters' and drug death fears

A new HSE alert has been issued following the identification of a lethal nitazene-type substance in yellow tablets sold as benzodiazepines in Ireland. The tablet have cropped up most across the Mid-West, Dublin and Galway ...

15 Jun 2024 at 10:42

UK’s first nitazene drug lab found in Ayrshire, police board told

Police uncovered the UK’s first drug lab for nitazenes in Ayrshire, a senior officer has told an oversight board. Nitazenes are high-strength synthetic opioids which are sometimes mixed into other drugs which can be ...

25 Sept 2025 at 12:01

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