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March 28, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now becoming what many are calling the “Pacific drug highway”. And Papua New Guinea has over three years seen a plane crash, a hotel laboratory, a shipment in postal services, arrival ... <a title="PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/png-a-key-transit-point-for-pacific-drug-highway-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
By Lian Buan in Manila The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up calls from different sectors to free jailed opposition senator Leila De Lima, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) is not budging. The difficulty with this development is that Espinosa is ... <a title="Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/retraction-by-key-filipino-accuser-triggers-calls-to-free-jailed-senator/" aria-label="Read more about Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Tongan legislature is now considering the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was introduced as a private members’ bill by the Speaker, Lord Fakafanua. He wants a mandatory death sentence for offenders who traffic 5 kilograms or more of a Class A drug. Matangi Tonga reported Fakafanua as saying “drugs offences ... <a title="Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/tongan-talk-of-the-death-penalty-for-worst-drug-offenders/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders">Read more</a>
