1.   A fugitive drug trafficker has become the first woman to receive the death penalty since the punishment was restored last year, Manila newspapers reported Friday.

2.   Ethnic rebels responsible for most of the drugs produced in Myanmar have denied giving sanctuary to a fugitive drug dealer from Thailand, the Bangkok Post reported on Thursday.

3.   Gonzalez, set to take over the ministry in February, is alleged to have links to fugitive drug trafficker Pastor Perafan.

4.   Saritchai said the suspects may have had links with fugitive drug warlord Wei Hsueh-Kang, but did not elaborate.

5.   The Cali cartel produced Ricardo Bilonick, a fugitive drug smuggler for the rival Colombian Medellin cartel, CBS reported.