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An alleged drug farm which used an elaborate irrigation system to grow cannabis has been raided by NSW police. More than 1500 marijuana plants — with an estimated street value of $1.5 million — were seized from the property in Mudgee in the state's central west. Four men were arrested at the scene and are being questioned. The cannabis plants were ripped from the ground and will be destroyed in a large burn-off, police say. I BET NO ONE CALLS IN SICK WHEN THEY DO THE BURN-OFF!!!! WANKERS!!!

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Hi. Just a heads up (or down depending on ya circumstances) to anyone in the Nimbin/NSW FNC area. The chopper arrived yesterday (mon 2/2), apparantly they did Moondani just south of town, they also did around Tuntable, Avalon at Stoney Chute, and the Area between Lillyfield community heading East to Blue Knob, including Lofts Pinnacle Rd on the border of the Tweed and Kyogle shires. This morning (Tues 3/2) they did finished up at Lillian Rock and appear to be heading toward Barkers Vale as of now(the time of typing.) Flying Grid patterns. I'd say they will spend the rest of the day around barkers Vale and probably head elsewhere, like the Channon/Terania Valley, …

Author: Miranda Bovine Date: 5 February 2009 Source: Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: 2009 The Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/the-war...3423306097.html

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0...5006301,00.html POLICE said a huge cannabis crop found at Virginia had a possible street value of $60 million. Detectives and STAR Group officers swooped on the O'Loughlin Rd market garden this morning where they found about 4000 cannabis plants in five glasshouses. The plants ranged in size from about 30cm to two metres in height and all were in healthy condition and were being fed by an elaborate watering system. Superintendent Linda Fellows from the Drug Investigation Branch said, "it has been some time since we have had a crop of this size".

http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_r...CZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Did anyone else see this on the News last night? Australia started as a penal colony - although without the history books I'd have guessed as a mental asylum - and now we've come full circle. Just imagine how good it will be when a police officer can arrest you if you refuse to give your fingerprints! I'm feeling safer already!

Oh shit. Looks like were following the good 'ol fascist state of U.S. down the track of private prisons, I suppose the useless govt. here can't organise a root in a brothel even with the ludicrous amounts of tax they steal from us so foisting out incarceration services is the next money-saving, responsibility dodging scam from the NSW gov. "The former Unions NSW boss John Robertson will be sworn in as Minister for Corrective Services today at a time when the Government is moving to privatise prisons. Mr Robertson will also be Minister for Public Sector Reform and Special Minister of State. Monaro MP Steve Whan will be Minister for Emergency Services and Small Busi…

February 26, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...34-2702,00.html Copyright 2009 News Limited FOUR men believed to be high ranking members of a Sydney cannabis syndicate have been arrested in raids across the city. Police also seized drugs with an estimated street value of $1 million. On Wednesday night police from Strike Force Morvan raided houses in Bexley, Woodbine and Marrickville. Police arrested the four men in Wolseley St, Bexley, after finding an what they called an "elaborate hydroponic set-up", which included a tunnel in and out of the house. The three raids netted 347 hydroponically enhanced plants, an estimated 30 kilograms of ca…

15:21 AEST Tue Feb 24 2009 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/756523...l-of-pot-plants © 1997-2009 ninemsn Pty Ltd Northern Territory police have stumbled on a caravan in the bush that has quite literally gone to pot. More than 200 cannabis plants were allegedly growing inside the vehicle parked near the Northern Territory-Queensland border. Police believed although it was totally unroadworthy, the caravan was going to be towed to the remote Aboriginal community of Wunarra, about 100 kilometres west of Avon Downs. Officers on a traffic campaign came across the caravan parked in a rest area close to the border on Monday afternoon. The vehicle had no brakes, …

Author: Chris Peterson Date: 23 Febraury 2009 Source: Bloomberg Press http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...r=latin_america

Police have seized more than $107,000 worth of cannabis following the execution of a number of search warrants in Alice Spring s on Friday. Police from the Drug Intelligence Unit, the Dog Operations Unit and the Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk were involved in the operation which resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old man and seizure of almost 4.3 kilograms of cannabis and $16,000 in cash. Police pulled over the driver of a Ford Falcon sedan which was travelling outbound along Larapinta Drive just after 2pm on Friday. A search of the vehicle located 336.5 grams of cannabis in 12 bags along with $3,750 in cash. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and two subs…

Author: ? Date: 7 February 2009 Souce: Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...pensioners.html

THE free-wheeling days of buying cannabis and pot smoking at Nimbin's Hemp Bar and the Nimbin Museum are over – or so it would seem. The Nimbin Hemp Bar has been revamped and reopened as part of the Hemp Embassy and will not tolerate drug deals and smoking on the premises. The Nimbin Museum has installed cameras to help stomp out drug dealing. A fence is being built beside the notorious Rainbow Lane. Museum founder and operator Michael Balderstone confirmed his associate Elspeth Jones had applied to take over the museum. Lease negotiations are still being finalised. Mr Balderstone said two of the four museum security cameras have been stolen. Hemp activist Gar…