Rebecca Tidy

Drugs

The Wildest Excuses People Gave After Getting Busted with Drugs

“We once found heroin stashed inside a shopping bag of Cornish pasties – a granny from Bodmin told us she’d picked up the wrong bag."
Rebecca Tidy
4.20.22
Drugs

Cops Tried to Claim a Smuggler’s £90 Drugs Stash Was Worth Nearly £1m

Authorities tried to convince a court that a British man was in line to make a profit of nearly £1 million. An expert told VICE World News he found the overvaluation “incredulous.”
Rebecca Tidy
3.18.22
Drugs

Here's Why There's So Much Fake MDMA in the UK Right Now

Low demand for club drugs over lockdown has hit Dutch ecstasy makers and international traffickers, resulting in a rise in duff deals containing zero MDMA.
Rebecca Tidy
9.2.21
Drugs

Record Drug Busts and Illegal Raves: Welcome to Summer on Spain's Party Islands

As people party on despite club closures, police are battling to stem the tide of drugs heading to the Balearics.
Rebecca Tidy
8.6.21
Drugs

These Are the Code Words Used by Top-Level Drug Traffickers

We spoke to an expert who has spent years deciphering communication between drug dealers.
Rebecca Tidy
7.1.21
Drugs

A Nurse with PTSD Used Drugs to Self-Medicate. He's Been Jailed for Three Years.

Pip Orchard suffered PTSD after working in refugee camps for six years. His family say his sentence is typical of Guernsey’s harsh justice system.
Rebecca Tidy
5.19.21
Drugs

I Make £30,000 a Month Selling Drugs from My Prison Cell

"Most dealers make more profits in prison than outside – what the fuck have they got to spent cash on while locked up?"
Rebecca Tidy
2.23.21
Drugs

More Women Are Dealing Cocaine. This is Why.

Rising numbers of women are getting mixed up in the powder cocaine and crack trade. But for most, it’s an act of desperation.
Rebecca Tidy
2.1.21
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I Smuggled Liquid MDMA Hidden In Gin Bottles Onto An Island

"I knew the profit would easily pay for my Ibiza holiday and all of the summer festivals."
Anonymous
9.29.20
Drugs

Cornwall's Drug Dealers Are Teaming Up to Combat Big City Drug Gangs

With more urban gangs selling drugs in the UK's rural areas than ever before, drug dealers on the south-west coast are uniting to fight back.
Rebecca Tidy
9.9.20
Drugs

The Ups and Downs of Dealing Drugs During Lockdown

VICE News spoke to a drug gang about the challenges they have faced since mid-March, including $125,000 of heroin going missing and the fact they owe their cocaine supplier over half a million dollars.
Rebecca Tidy
7.17.20
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