Drug-related Crime


HOUSTON - Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly appeared briefly in a Houston courtroom Tuesday to answer refiled charges he illegally possessed at least 200 grams of codeine.
China says trial for condemned Briton was fair
BEIJING - China on Tuesday dismissed an appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare a British man set to be executed next week for drug smuggling, saying he had a fair trial despite concerns he suffers mental health problems and was duped into the crime.

LONDON - China plans to execute a British man convicted of drug smuggling before the end of the year, officials said Monday, ignoring a personal appeal from Prime Minister Gordon Brown to spare the man's life.

AL AIN, United Arab Emirates - A drug expert testified Monday that a combination of drugs used by a member of the Emirates' ruling family could have triggered aggressive behavior that led him to torture an Afghan man five years ago.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican prosecutors are requesting that Texas-based norteno singer Ramon Ayala be held pending investigation after he was detained at a drug cartel's Christmas party.
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