crime
World news wrapup: 17 May 2018
Pharmacist shot and killed in Jordan; prison tech struck off after inappropriate relationship with inmate; US pharmacist foils gun robbery Zarqa, Jordan: A pharmacist is dead and another injured after …
World news wrapup: 10 May 2018
Pharmacy crime rampant in Ireland; counterfeit drugs epidemic in Trinidad and Tobago; Walmart’s new measures to combat opioid crisis Dublin, Ireland: President of the Irish Pharmacy Union Daragh Connolly has …
Infant formula allegedly stolen from pharmacy
Theft of baby formula in Geelong is “absolutely rife,” a court has heard Sourcing baby formula from pharmacies and selling it on to the Chinese market is increasingly a way …
World news wrapup: 2 May 2018
“Purple drank” robber foiled; pharmacy in North Korea; alleged price-fixing in New Zealand Wauna, Washington State: It was stacks on for a would-be thief in Washington State over the weekend, …
Pharmacists acting like ‘street drug dealers’
A London pharmacist allegedly sold “hundreds” of Class C controlled prescription medicines to an undercover reporter, the Daily Mail claims Pharmacists are acting like “street drug dealers,” and “flooding the …
Chemist had ‘pharmacy in his car’
A NSW pharmacist has been fined $800 and given an 18-month good behaviour bond for supplying steroids without prescription In June 2016, police executed three search warrants and charged two …
Jail for ‘disturbing’ petrol attack on pharmacist
A man has been sentenced to seven years’ jail after he threw petrol on a pharmacist and threatened to burn him Fairfax media reports that Kepa Kemp, a former disability …
World news wrapup: 19 April 2018
US pharmacist’s murder sentence appeal denied; Irish pharmacist saves a life; pharmacy app under fire Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: A former pharmacist who fatally shot a teenage boy has had a …
World news wrapup: 12 April 2018
UK safety standards unmet; pharmacist allegedly robs another pharmacy; narrow miss for patients; Kiwi pharmacy unfazed by Chemist Warehouse next door Oakland, California: Drugstore robberies are commonplace in the US, …
Expensive pizza for pharmacist under the influence
A pharmacist has had his driver’s licence suspended after he crashed his car into three parked vehicles while more than four times the blood alcohol limit The Warrnambool Standard reports …
Call for better pharmacy protection
A Gold Coast pharmacist had to wait nearly 20 minutes for police to arrive after a man attempted to rob his pharmacy of its controlled drugs Amin Javanmard, who owns …
Ram raid sentence appeal dismissed
A man has been refused leave to appeal against his sentence for ram-raiding a pharmacy to steal cold and flu tablets Victorian man Paul Ward has been handed a total …