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The former mayor of Canteleu in Normandy, Melanie Boulanger, arrives at the Bobigny criminal court, where she will be tried along with 18 other defendants for a vast drug trafficking operation in her small town. The hearing, which had barely begun on Monday 27 May, had been suspended for the week due to a pending appeal. The outcome of the trial depends on the high court. IMAGES
The trial of a vast international cocaine and cannabis trafficking operation, for which more than 100 people have been summoned to appear before the Brussels court, was adjourned and the opening of the proceedings is now set for 18 December, the court has announced. IMAGES
WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner arrives for a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and WNBA champion, was detained at Moscow airport in February on charges of carrying in her luggage vape cartridges with cannabis oil, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside a courthouse in New York as the brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez awaits sentencing in a drug trafficking case. IMAGES
Israeli-American Naama Issachar, jailed for drug smuggling, attends her appeal hearing at the Moscow Regional Court. Naama Issachar was arrested in Russia in April 2019 for possession of nine grams of cannabis in her baggage when she was transiting in Moscow between India and Israel. She was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for trafficking and possession of the drug. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.