1.   A BRITON being held in a Thai prison on possible drug smuggling charges has been found with heroin which police suspect he bought in prison.

2.   He once worked hanging drywall, and then as a fishing guide, a career choice that led to his last line of work, drug smuggling.

3.   Drug smuggling cases and Internet crimes were on the rise, the agency said.

4.   Saying that wiretapping is sometimes necessary in cases of spying, drug smuggling and kidnapping, they promised to make sure that officials receive court approval first.

5.   The Miami airport is tightening security after two drug smuggling busts, requiring workers to carry see-through bags and to undergo inspections as they enter and leave restricted areas.

6.   The president criticized discipline, said there were cases of drug smuggling and embezzling by officers and threatened to dissolve the committee altogether.

7.   Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev said that widespread poverty, unemployment and drug smuggling and trafficking in people were creating a breeding ground for terrorists in the region.

8.   The Iranian interior minister was in Azerbaijan to sign accords on border security and combatting cross-border crime, particularly drug smuggling.