Khat falls into the class C drug category but it isn't recorded as a specific drug in seizure data A decade ago, a stimulative drug that sold for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as khat ...

Lately, law enforcers have carried-out six seizures of khat, a New Psychotropic Substance (NPS) drug, in different areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s largest-ever consignment of khat was seized at ...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has disrupted a major international khat leaves trafficking operation in Bengaluru, ...

Opinion is divided on whether banning khat in the UK is the right thing The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned class C drug in the UK. But how big a ...

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia – Five men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars' worth of the illegal African drug khat into the U.S. all received prison sentences of one year or less Friday, ...

Abdo Algazzali, a 61-year-old native of Yemen, will not forget the day last year when police called him at Super Save, his corner market in Hunter's Point and told him to return to his San Leandro ...

The British government has decided to ban the import and use of khat, after years of turning a blind eye to the herbal stimulant. As recently as January 2013, the U.K. Advisory Council on the Misuse ...

WASHINGTON — In the heart of the Ethiopian community here, a group of friends gathered after work in an office to chew on dried khat leaves before going home to their wives and children. Sweet tea and ...

The chewing of khat leaves is common in the Horn of Africa, but in eastern Ethiopia it is both big business and a big worry for the authorities. Khat is a major agricultural crop. Yet many some say it ...

It’s an oval-shaped, bitter tasting leaf that makes you chatty after chewing it, while inducing a feeling of euphoria and alertness. The East African plant khat, a mild narcotic, has been chewed for ...

Khat is the leaves and shoots of the shrub Catha edulis, which are chewed to obtain a mild stimulant effect (AFP/Getty) (AFP/Getty Images) Today, khat joined the range of prohibited substances that ...

The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned class C drug in the UK. But how big a problem is it and why are ministers making it illegal? It could be a ...