Lebanon’s anti-drug squad and the handful of soldiers protecting them had an unpleasant surprise last month when they launched an annual raid on fields of ripe hashish in the northern Bekaa Valley.

Hashish (or hash) is the original cannabis concentrate, and humans have been producing, using and consuming it for centuries. According to “Cannabis: A History” (written by Martin Booth and first ...

Police said two people headed the network, including one person considered to be the "narco-architect" and "mastermind of the tunnels." ...

In the neighbourhood of Ichhra in Lahore, hundreds of people gather every Thursday night at the shrine of Shah Jamal, a Sufi of the Suhrawardi and Qadiriyya orders (silsila). Under the sacred peepal ...

MADRID, March 31 (Reuters) - Spanish police have discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, complete with a rail system and underground cranes to transport hashish from ...

KABUL, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following the government's fight against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, local farmers have mostly replaced the opium poppy with another profitable but illicit herb, the ...

(Bloomberg) -- On a cedar-lined dusty track in the north of Morocco, visitors are greeted by a pungent whiff of cannabis and the loud tapping sound of workers busy extracting hashish. It’s cashing in ...

Reporting from Tangi Abresham, Afghanistan — Gula Jan ground a small amount of hashish, about the size of a marble, in his hand. He mixed it with tobacco and carefully rolled it into a cigarette. Then ...

Moroccan royal gendarmerie officers in Massa foiled an international drug trafficking attempt on Sunday as a shipment was preparing to leave from Sidi Boulfdail beach in Chtouka Ait Baha province, ...

An underground “narco-tunnel” used to smuggle tens of millions of pounds’ worth of hashish between Morocco and a Spanish territory has been unearthed by police.

A rapper arrested in Morocco earlier this week on accusations of incitement to drug consumption, violence, and defamation was released on bail Wednesday pending a trial, according to his lawyer. Taha ...