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http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/suspect-in-police-shooting-says-he-feared-for-life-1.3505124 Suspect in police shooting says he feared for life Published: February 4, 2012 7:11 PM By The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - (AP) -- A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking into his home to rob and kill him. Matthew Stewart told The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/zMxrig ) that he never heard the drug strike force members identify themselves or announce they were at his home to serve a search warrant the night of Jan. 4. Stewart, …

KUCHING: A couple has been sentenced to life imprisonment for growing cannabis in their house and also possessing 20.44g of cannabis. Sessions Court judge Afidah Abdul Rahman handed down the sentence on Tajol Ashikin Tambi, 39, and his wife Rozaimah Mat, 37, yesterday after taking into consideration the seriousness of the charges against them as well as public interest. Tajol, an auxiliary policeman, and Rozaimah, who is unemployed, were arrested at their house in Bandar Baru Semariang here on Jan 12 last year. http://starstorage.blob.core.windows.net/archives/2012/2/1/sarawak/sw_03tajol.jpg Off to jail: Tajol and Rozaimah being led out of the courtroom after being …

Michael Bublé believes that marijuana has helped him writes hit tunes. A Class B illegal drug in the UK, the drug can have a hallucinogenic effect. 'Marijuana can be very useful in the studio,' says Michael, 36. 'I never wrote a song without a bit of a smoke. 'It helps me create something good.' But Michael admits model wife Luisana Lopilato, 24, doesn't agree with him - and she made her feelings clear on a recent trip to Holland. 'My wife hates the hash fumes,' he tells The People. 'Each time we passed a coffee shop I took a deep breath while she was disgusted.' Saturday, 28 January 2012 http://www.nowmagazi...out-marijuana/1 © Copyright nowmagazine.co.uk 2012

Geopolitical Weekly Security Weekly January 26, 2012 Text Size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's Note: In this annual report on Mexico's drug cartels, we assess the most significant developments of 2011 and provide updated profiles of the country's powerful criminal cartels as well as a forecast for 2012. The report is a product of the coverage we maintain through our Mexico Security Memo, quarterly updates and other analyses we produce throughout the year. As we noted in last year's annual cartel report, Mexico in 2010 bore witness to some 15,273 deaths in connection with the drug trade. The death toll for 201…

Dutch police and local governments in the southern Netherlands will work with the European Space Agency to find illegal cannabis plots hidden in fields of corn and asparagus using satellite data. The space agency will perform a trial in 2012, using multispectral and infrared images taken from Earth’s orbit to identify hemp plants, according to Max Timp, a spokesman for the municipality of Venlo, which is leading the project. While growing hemp for marijuana is illegal in the Netherlands, authorities tolerate raising five cannabis plants for home use. Limburg, the country’s southern-most province, has set up a program called “green gold†to root out illegal ru…

Smugglers are using remote controlled planes to sneak drugs into Europe without fear of being caught. Police found a device carrying 2.2 kilos of cannabis resin after it crashed in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain. Officers suspect the customised, petrol-powered plane was controlled by a pilot in a boat following as it attempted the 19-mile trip to Tarifa on the southern coast Inside the structure they found two packets containing the drug, worth around 2000 euros (£1,700). Officers from Spain's Civil Guard force were stunned when they discovered the new system for drug smuggling, two miles north of the Moroccan coastline, last week. A police source said: 'T…