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PRISON farm inmates are suspected of growing a drug crop concealed behind the farm in the Gold Coast hinterland. Wildlife rangers on Tuesday found more than 181 marijuana plants hidden in rugged terrain in the Lamington National Park, which backs on to the Numinbah Correctional Centre. The well-tended crop, with an estimated street value of up to $20,000, was 300-500m from the jail's perimeter. Police and prison sources said they suspected that inmates were involved. Water containers and fertiliser found at the scene will be checked for fingerprints, and to establish whether they were taken from the jail. An abandoned marijuana-crop site, complete with a shotgu…

New South Wales police are this morning destroying nearly $60 million worth of cannabis plants seized during a drug raid in the state's west two days ago. Police finished pulling up thousands of the plants at a property near Dubbo yesterday. About 200 armed police conducted a dawn raid at the property 80 kilometres west of Dubbo on Thursday. Police say it was one of the biggest cannabis seizures in New South Wales history. Sergeant Kevin Daly from police headquarters says police spent yesterday afternoon pulling up the plants. "In total there were 30,851 plants located on the plantation at Dubbo and those plants had an estimated street value of $59.6 million," h…

Police in Wollongong have seized cannabis plants with a street value of more than $200,000 as part of an ongoing drug crackdown on the New South Wales south coast. The operation has been underway for several weeks and has resulted in more than $1.3 million worth of cannabis being seized. The latest operation involved raids on two plantations at Bulli Tops, where 100 plants were discovered. They will be destroyed tomorrow. http://abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/200402/s1038124.htm

A STRATHAM woman has escaped a jail term for possessing cannabis because she used the drug to ease the pain of her chronic medical condition. Rebecca Anne Miller (31) appeared in the District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of possessing cannabis with intent to sell and supply. The court heard how Miller suffers from benign intracranial hypertension, or water on the brain, and smoked cannabis to help her cope with the chronic pain associated with the condition. After searching Miller's house twice in October and November in 2002, police found about 600gms of cannabis as well as a set of scales and some small plastic bags. Defence lawyer Rhonda Parks sai…

55-YEAR-old man has been released on bail after police discovered a marijuana crop in a Springvale backyard. Police said 250 plants from 60cm to 180cm were found about 5pm on Monday. They were growing among vegetables and in a shed. The man was charged with trafficking, cultivating, using and possessing marijuana. He was ordered to appear at Dandenong Magistrates' Court next month. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...55E2862,00.html

An interesting read: http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/sent_remarks/s...nic_anthony.htm

hey ozstoners!!! ive heard of many people quoting laws and what people would get for some small amounts of mj but does anybody know of the amount of time you would get say if you where pinched with thirty or so plants its not as if you could say its perso.... thanks mr evo 3

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...5E26462,00.html POLICE have made one of the biggest seizures of cannabis plants in NSW, worth more than $20 million, during a pre-dawn raid of a property in the state's west. NSW Police arrested 12 people in the raid of a property 30km north east of Gilgandra, near Dubbo. More than 200 armed specialist police swooped on the property about 6am (AEDT) today, seizing hundreds of mature cannabis plants in a plantation roughly the size of three football fields. Police said the raid had dismantled a significant and well-organised drug syndicate aimed at dominating the drug trade in NSW. The 12 people arrested were …

It seems whoever is around the site at the time a new poll starts votes, but when the thread dies off new members don't vote in the old polls. Some polls have been up for ages, and still only have around 50 votes. So this is just an encouragement to all new members, and all old members for that matter, to have a look through the pinned polls in this forum and cast a vote if you haven't already. The more people that vote the more meaningful these polls will be. cheers. PS - I'll bump this topic from time to time as a continuing reminder.

went 2 get the latest "Hightimes" mag a couple of weeks ago and I was told that the customs had confiscated the shipment and would not be letting anymore in. What is this country becoming? JF, peace

hi every1 i was reading on another website that the laws in aust are changing soon to decrim MJ but i couldnt find out exactly what it means........ anyone care to put it simple, laymans language for a stoner *doh* peace

Hiya all! This is my first post here(I think!) A little story for ya'all... My partner has an arthritic condition, and spinal injuries sustained through her ex-husbands inability to control himself :angry: I put her onto 'erb about 3 years ago and after securing the right clone,she was able to function 200% better than before! Although the legal risks involved were too high, so she has discontinued treatment and has re-lapsed. This fool (ex-husband) grows copious amounts of 'commercial bud' for re-sale,we know this as he used to weigh up and sell in front of the kids....but doesn't contribute anything but hassles and threats to us and our 3 kids (not that we want …