KATE Moss will be arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine when she returns to Britain. The shamed supermodel will be asked to attend a police station where she will be formally arrested and interviewed under caution. [end]
Cops blasted new cannabis guidelines unveiled by David Blunkett as completely unworkable. The Home Secretary plans to downgrade cannabis from a Class B drug to Class C next January. But the change leaves police with a bewildering set of options about whether to arrest pot users or let them off. Guidelines issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers mean most adults caught smoking cannabis will escape with a warning. But officers will be able to confiscate the drug and issue warnings to people using it in public, near schools or kids or caught with it repeatedly. [continues 247 words]
THE police chief dubbed Commander Crackpot has banned sniffer dogs from drug-riddled Brixton. Brian Paddick, who sparked outrage last week by saying anarchy was "appealing" reckons the animals upset Afro-Caribbeans living there. But it was claimed last night the ban would hinder a massive crack-down on street crime. Mr Paddick ordered dogs to be kept out of the entire borough for which he is responsible - Lambeth, South London. It includes Brixton which is notorious for drug dealing and gun crime. [continues 492 words]
