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A 21-year-old man will face court after police seized a firearm and drugs during a raid on a house in Sydney's west late yesterday. Penrith detectives and officers from the Tactical Operations Unit searched a house in Rugby St, Werrington, about 7pm yesterday, where they found a .22 Magnum rifle, ammunition, a number of cannabis plants and cannabis leaf. A Werrington man was charged with a series of drug and firearms offences and bailed to appear in Penrith Local Court on February 2. Author:The Age Date:January 13, 2005 Source:The Age Copyright:Copyright © 2005. The Age Company Ltd.

A winner on the Austrian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been arrested after he allegedly invested his prize money in a cannabis farm. The unemployed man from Lower Austria won more than £100,000 on the show last May. But instead of going on a dream holiday or buying his own home, the 29-year-old allegedly decided to build on the small fortune by mass producing cannabis. Together with his girlfriend the man, who has not been named for legal reasons, rented a property in the capital Vienna in which to grow the plants. Police, who caught the Millionaire winner as he made a delivery to a customer, said he had managed to harvest at least ten batches wort…

A new study has up-ended popular notions that crime comes before drug use among women who end up in jail. The Australian Institute of Criminology looked at the cases of 470 women who were in jail in 2003, following on from previous research that found criminal activity tended to precede drug use. Researcher Holly Johnson found that among the case studies in the latest report, drug use more often preceded the felonies. The research found 35 per cent of women used illegal drugs prior to offending, 31 per cent began using illegal drugs and began offending within the same year and 34 per cent began offending prior to any illegal drug use. "This shows that, in general,…

Police raid properties for guns January 11, 2005 POLICE seized illegal guns during early morning raids in northern NSW today. A 27-year-old man was arrested on firearms offences after officers with dogs executed seven search warrants at homes and properties in and around Coffs Harbour, police said. Unregistered rifles and ammunition were seized at a property at Hernani. Police said a 28-year-old man was assisting with inquiries after money, cannabis and ammunition were found at an Ebor property. The raids follow a six-month investigation by Strike Force Soult into the sale of guns, explosives and drugs. The Firearms squad commander, detective superintendent J…

A STUDY has upended popular notions that crime comes before drug use among women who end up in jail. The Australian Institute of Criminology looked at the cases of 470 women who were in jail in 2003, following research that found criminal activity tended to precede drug use. Researcher Holly Johnson found that among the case studies in the latest report, drug use more often preceded the felonies. The research found 35 per cent of women used illegal drugs before offending, 31 per cent began using illegal drugs and began offending within the same year and 34 per cent began offending prior to any illegal drug use. "This shows that, in general, women in prison were tw…

Two of the Northern Territory police force's newest recruits have foiled a teenager's alleged plan to give an illicit gift to her mother. Monte and Scent from the drug dog detection unit discovered 130 grams of cannabis in the gift when they searched a flight that arrived in Nhulunbuy on Wednesday night. The 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend have been arrested and charged. It was the first time the labradors have been used in an operation outside Darwin, and three smaller seizures were also made in the East Arnhem Land community. http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/news/200501/s1278113.htm

A man has been charged with drug offences, after police discovered a cannabis plantation near Grafton on the New South Wales north coast. The 39-year-old man has been charged with cultivating a prohibited plant, after police allegedly found cannabis plants worth about $70,000. He is due to face Grafton Local Court in February. Meanwhile, police have arrested a man over drug offences, after complaints about the way he was driving. Police say the 34-year-old man was pulled over on the Pacific Highway at New Italy, south of Woodburn, yesterday morning. Officers searched the man's car and allege they found cannabis. He has been charged with driving under the influ…

news.com.au That sucks he got sent to jail. I didn't think the judge was going to believe him about 'having a change of heart'

The NSW government's anti-cannabis message will be targeted at teenagers through an advertising campaign in shopping centres and cinemas. Special Minister of State John Della Bosca has launched an extension of the cannabis information campaign, which is part of the government's $230 million drug program. It involves a series of posters at cinema and in shopping centre bathrooms during the January school holiday. A digitally animated slide also will screen in regional cinemas as part of pre-movie entertainment. "Cinemas and shopping centres draw thousands of young people during the summer school holidays," Mr Della Bosca said. "Rerunning the campaign during this …

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