Needle spiking refers to the non-consensual injection of drugs, typically in crowded settings like clubs, bars, or festivals.

A woman has claimed she was almost spiked with a needle in a Bristol nightclub. The 19-year-old went to Thekla on the night ...

Spiking can involve adding alcohol or drugs to drinks, as well as needle spiking which sees victims injected, or the spiking of vapes or cigarettes.

"In October 2021, basically, there was a high-profile case of needle spiking with a student at Nottingham University and everything sort of went wild," she said.

By February 2022, UK police had received more than 1,300 reports of needle spiking over the previous six months, without a single confirmed case or conviction. 'Social panic' ...

Paris (CNN) — French police detained 12 people on Sunday after 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, according to France’s interior ...

(CNN) — It was around 1.30 a.m., after the crowds had thinned from the streets of Bordeaux, when Manon felt the prick of a hypodermic needle going into her arm.

The growing fear surrounding so-called "needle spiking" has been a point of concern in France after a wave of reports of syringe attacks in 2022.

French police detained 12 people on Sunday after 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, according to France’s interior ministry. The ...

By February 2022, UK police had received more than 1,300 reports of needle spiking over the previous six months, without a single confirmed case or conviction. 'Social panic' ...