crime
Knife held to ribs in robbery
A brazen 10am pharmacy robbery on the weekend sparked a manhunt in the NSW Central West town of Bathurst A man has been refused bail at Bathurst Courthouse following his …
World news wrapup: 8 March 2018
Pharmacist shortage in Malta; ‘lowest of the low’ steal charity tins from UK pharmacy; NZ pharmacist censured after leaving controlled drugs unsecured Malta: Malta is facing a pharmacist shortage, the …
Tribunal puzzled by pharmacist’s offending
A pharmacist’s registration has been cancelled after he supplied drugs to several patients without a prescription – and attempted to shift blame to his employers Pharmacist James Fearon was arrested …
Pharmacy robbery sentence ‘manifestly excessive’
A man has been granted parole eligibility after successfully appealing a sentence for pharmacy robbery Mark Bradley Kaufman contended that his sentence of five and a half years for helping …
World news wrapup: 1 March 2018
Missouri pharmacy stops providing lethal injection drugs; Ohio pharmacist a life-saver after spotting melanoma; Canadian pharmacist suspended after privacy breach St Louis, Missouri: A BuzzFeed report has identified the pharmacy …
Severe pain led to codeine theft
A woman stole codeine and other drugs due to severe ongoing pain, a court has heard Grafton’s Daily Examiner reports that Alicia Lee Cachia was involved in a car accident …
World news wrapup: 15 February 2018
Man stabs pharmacist over pharma conspiracy theory; hero pharmacy staff help collapsed man; Purdue to stop promoting opioids to GPs Swansea, Wales: A man has appeared in court after stabbing …
Thieves target codeine combo
Just days after the low-dose codeine upschedule, a Victorian pharmacy has been burgled and codeine taken Police say criminals used a sledgehammer and crowbar to break into a Lilydale pharmacy …
Eight years’ prison for role in deadly ‘fungal zoo’
A pharmacist involved in the deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak in the US has been jailed for eight years Glenn Chin was the supervisory pharmacist at the New England Compounding …
Shoplifter comes back to fill script
Most shoplifters don’t leave their name and address behind them for pharmacies to follow up… but this Bundaberg women did just that The Northern Star reports that on November 10 …
Police roundup
Criminals are targeting pharmacies around the country, with a machete used in one of the latest incidents Duncraig, WA: WA police are looking for a man who allegedly threatened staff …
Registration cancelled for doping colleague’s drinks
The pharmacist who was convicted in 2016 of spiking his colleague’s drinks has had his registration cancelled for four years Yan Chi Cheung was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment over …