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A PRISON employee smuggled a loaded gun into a jail in an alleged plot to kill mobster Lewis Moran, a court has heard. The gun was found in the cell of a convicted kidnapper in 2003. The prison worker allegedly handed a package containing the gun to the kidnapper in the presence of a road-rage killer who was a close associate of gangland murderer Carl Williams. Crime patriarch Lewis Moran, 58, was slain the following year at the Brunswick Club. Williams, 36, was jailed this month for organising Moran's murder. The County Court heard that several people could be charged over a conspiracy to kill Moran while he was in custody. A former Port Phillip Prison emplo…

Drugs cause of Pine Creek Road Train Collision Northern Territory Police say that one of the drivers in Monday night's road-train crash near Pine Creek was on drugs at the time of the head on collision. Northern Territory Police have charged a 35-year-old man for driving in a reckless manner endangering life, being under the influence of drugs and in possession of cannabis. The road train was carrying cattle when it veered onto the wrong side of the road. The Stuart Highway, 20 kilometres north of Pine Creek, was closed for 18 hours while debris was cleared from the road. The accused is being treated for injuries at Katherine hospital. He will face court i…

Former pop queen grew drugs FORMER pop star Allison Durbin has admitted growing and trafficking cannabis. Australia's former Queen of Pop, 57, pleaded guilty to three charges in the County Court yesterday. The court heard Durbin, who goes by her married name Allison Ann Giles, lists her occupation as an "entertainer on a disability pension for the last six or seven years". In Melbourne Magistrates' Court last year, the faded pop sweetheart was accused of supplying cannabis to convicted drug dealer Giuseppe Dom "Joe" Barbaro, 50. Barbaro's three-week-old daughter Montana was kidnapped in 2004. The court heard Giles allegedly used the code word "baby" at th…

Wetherill Park police have charged a 48-year-old Vietnamese man after raiding a hydroponic cannabis home in Smithfield today at 7am. They confiscated 264 cannabis plants with a street value of $300,000, along with drug equipment including lamps, chemicals, containers and extractor fans. The man was charged with cultivate cannabis, divert electricity and operate drug premises. He was refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court this afternoon. Picture by Helen Nezdropa Author: Fairfield Champion Date: May 25, 2007 Source: www.fairfieldchampion.com.au Copyright: © 2006. Fairfield Champion

The largest known marijuana plant grown in the Territory has been seized by police. The tree, 2.5m high and 2.5m wide, was found in a hydroponic set-up in a locked bedroom of a home at Anula in Darwin. Drug Squad Superintendent Kris Evans said the tree was so big it took up an entire room. The plant had been specially pruned and ``terraced'' along a series of wires to maximise its growth potential. Supt Evans said while it was common to come across marijuana plants strung up so they did not snap under their own weight, he had never come across such a plant before. Supt Evans said he had heard of the technique being used in southern states. But he would no…

Just had word that stacks of ppl around my area have been stopped and swabbed in a bit of a crack down Around 40 ppl charged as a result of the swabs (rumour number yet to find anyone charged its a small town thus hard to ask around) Has anyone got any more info on this and/or the test they are using and the detection time frame involved

Do you use, sell and/or grow Cannabis? You are invited to take part in a confidential survey run by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW in March 2007. We are interested in finding out more information on the cannabis used in Australia. Is cannabis stronger now than in the past? Is anything added into the cannabis that you smoke or grow? Participation is completely anonymous and confidential. No identifying information is collected. To participate, visit the NDARC web site and follow the links: http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/060922/15/10n3d.html Polish woman caught growing marijuana for cow WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish woman who grew marijuana to calm the nerves of her cow has been charged with cultivating a narcotic by police in the western town of Lobez. The cow had been "skittish and unruly" -- once breaking a person's arm -- until someone suggested mixing cannabis in with its feed, the woman told police. "The cow became as calm as a lamb," the 55-year-old woman said, according to the PAP news agency. The woman's plants, grown from seeds she bought at a market, reached nearly three metres (yards) tall and were extremely potent, police said. Marijuana p…

Day One: I arrive as a homeless, broke backpacker. I'm asked if I was referred by Centrelink. Ushered through to a rear courtyard where seven or eight tenants are milling around. Some are friendly, others guarded. I'm quizzed about my background. All goes well. Within 15 minutes, I'm offered a bong and told I can buy marijuana in deals starting from $10. The caretaker, Ned, provides a guided tour. There are 30 rooms spread across three floors and only four communal bathrooms. My room, number 1, costs $140 a week and sits feet from the front door. I'm amazed to discover my electricity runs through an extension cord travelling 25 metres down a corridor to a plug socket …