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ART Garfunkel has been charged with cannabis possession after his car was stopped by police. The drug was found in his limousine's ashtray when an officer smelt it. The 63-year-old singer pleaded guilty to the same offence last year and was fined £110. Garfunkel was stopped after driving through a red light in Woodstock, New York state, said police. He had been stopped for speeding nearby in January 2004 when officers found cannabis in his jacket pocket. Garfunkel had a string of huge hits in the 60s in a duo with Paul Simon. Author:www.mirror.co.uk Date:31 August 2005 Source:www.mirror.co.uk Copyright:www.mirror.co.uk

POLICE have charged 48 people with 128 drug and property offences after a series of raids on the Darling Downs in south-east Queensland. In an operation code-named Haricot, State Flying Squad detectives executed 40 search warrants in Toowoomba, Helidon, Oakey, Goombungee, Kingsthorpe, Hirstvale and Millmerran. There were 79 drug and 43 property-related offences. Six other charges were also laid, including possessing an insecure firearm, assaulting police and obstructing police. A cannabis plantation was found on a property outside Millmerran and a 19-year-old woman and a 20-yer-old man were also charged with drug offences after a quantity of cannabis, ecstasy and ca…

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A MAN who grew cannabis worth millions of dollars on a property called Hippy Valley in central-western New South Wales has had his jail sentence more than doubled. Blaz Skorin, known also as Bill, was sentenced in March to two years and two months' jail for the cultivation of almost 7000 cannabis plants on a property he co-owned near Forbes. Skorin, 31, had pleaded guilty in the District Court to growing plantations, estimated to be worth millions of dollars, from June 2002 and March 2003. Today, following an appeal by the prosecutors, his jail term was increased to four and a half years by a panel of three judges in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal. His pre…

Police have seized cannabis worth more than $900,000 in a raid on a western Sydney home. Detectives found 307 cannabis plants in a hydroponic set-up during a raid of a home William Street, Bankstown, about 7.30am (AEST) Friday. Police estimate the plants have a street value of more than $900,000. A 30-year-old man has been charged with cultivating greater than a commercial quantity of a prohibited plant, and will appear in Parramatta Local Court. Author:AAP Date:Sat Aug 6 2005 Source:ninemsn.com.au Copyright:©AAP 2005 So they were expecting each plant to provide a pound of dry mj, more brown dribble from the anally retentive so called experts on crime.

This week Ukiah residents will notice a definite increase in helicopter traffic overhead. Nine helicopters, ranging from small Bell Jet Rangers to a National Guard Black Hawk from Moffett Field in the Bay Area, are taking part in a week-long Aerial Observation School being held at the Ukiah Airport as part of the ongoing marijuana suppression effort. The school is funded by the Drug Enforcement Agency whose larger goal is to eradicate cannabis growing nationwide. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Department plays an instrumental role, using its local expertise by hosting the training session for other law enforcement agencies. It all happens under the watchful eye of Sergea…

MORRIS IEMMA, medical cannabis draft exposure bill A bit over two years ago, (May 20, 2003 to be exact), Bob Carr, illustrious leader of the state of NSW for over ten years, stated on parliamentary record the following: "The complexity of an issue does not provide a licence to walk away while ordinary people suffer and acquire criminal records, simply for treating their illness and relieving their suffering in the only way that works for them. With a sensible mixture of common sense and compassion we can make a medical cannabis regime work in this state, as it works in other jurisdictions around the world. That is the governments intention and I look forward to introducin…

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16051865-13762,00.html A TEXAS man was arrested overnight after calling police to complain about the theft of his marijuana, authorities said. Stephen Knight, 17, said three men had broken into his apartment, hogtied him with Christmas lights and stole some marijuana, along with a plasma screen television, police said. Police are looking for the suspects. In the meantime, they arrested Knight after finding several marijuana plants growing under heat lamps in the apartment, four grams of harvested marijuana and a tablet of ecstasy, Officer Chad Ripley said. Knight said the men barged into his home early this morning demanding, "Wh…

SOUTH Australian road safety authorities admit they are "concerned" about what random drug driving tests on Adelaide roads would reveal. The concern comes after figures from Victoria, released last week, showed one in 50 drivers randomly tested were driving while under the influence of drugs. Victorian police are running a year-long random drug testing trial, with 145 of the 7207 drivers tested in the first six months of this year positive for methamphetamines, cannabis, or both. The strike rate of one in 50 compares to one in 250 drivers caught for drink driving by roadside breathalyser tests. Opposition transport spokesman Robert Brokenshire said yesterday he was …