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By Rachelle Chapman Saturday, 6 March 2004 A LARGE-SCALE local cannabis operation was brought to an abrupt halt Thursday night after Bathurst police seized plants with an estimated street value of $300,000 at Kelso. Chifley LAC Inspector Chris Davey said a search warrant for a Kelso residential property was issued on Thursday evening after police received tip-offs from members of the community. Bathurst Police seized 138 mature cannabis plants (10 which had grown three metres high), a hydroponic set-up, and three kilograms of leaf believed to be cannabis. Insp. Davey said the majority of the plants were grown outside. He said police also found six cannabis plant…

Police continued their success in the campaign against drugs by recovering illicit substances during an investigation on Monday. The Criminal Investigation Branch, along with uniformed police from the North East Local Service Area and a sniffer dog, went to premises in and around Port Pirie regarding the production, possession and sale of illicit drugs. As a result of these searches, police seized a quantity of amphetamines, marijuana and prescription drugs along with suspected stolen property. Detective Darren Bussenschutt estimated the combined total street value to be $1500. A 34-year-old male of Port Pirie has been arrested and charged in connection with the operatio…

THREE people have been arrested in connection with an Internet operation which offered marijuana by mail, police said overnight. Investigating officer Matt Cornish from Hertfordshire Constabulary said he believed the case was the first of its kind in Britain. The arrests followed an eight-month investigation by local police and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit into the password-protected website. The 37-year old man and a 33-year-old woman from Wheathampstead, north of London, and a 35-year old man from Brighton in south-east England were arrested last night and were being questioned, police said. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...55E1702,00.html

POLICE found 138 cannabis plants when they searched a property at Bathurst west of Sydney yesterday. Police also found a hydroponic set up and about three kg of leaf, believed to be cannabis. A 46-year-old man arrested and charged with a range of drug offences is due to appear in Bathurst Local Court on April 5. In a separate operation three men in their early 30s were arrested at Bondi in Sydney's eastern suburbs after police allegedly found 13 cannabis plants and hydroponic equipment. Aged 32, 33 and 35, they will appear in Waverley Local Court on March 23 http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/commo...55E1702,00.html

Two hundred cannabis plants worth a total of $370,000 were recovered as part of a three-day police operation. Some of the plants, found in bushland south of Ulladulla, were more than two metres high. A 25-year-old Yatte Yattah man was arrested in relation to the drug raids conducted on February 24, 25 and 26 between Bodalla in the south and Wandandian in the north. Another 12 people of interest are under investigation and police said more arrests would follow during the week. The joint venture between Shoalhaven Police and the Far South Coast Police involved 40 police officers and utilised a number of trail bikes, four-wheel drives and a police helicopter from the Police…

Ceduna police have discovered a clandestine drug laboratory at Penong. The sophisticated drug manufacturing apparatus included filtering and distilling devices, chemicals and various other materials used for the manufacture of cannabis oil. A 39-year-old boilermaker from Penong was arrested last Monday and charged with a number of offences including taking part in producing a prohibited substance and possessing a prohibited substance for sale or supply. Both are major indictable offences, with a maximum penalty of up to 25 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $500,000, or both. Due to the seriousness of the discovery, four officers from the Adelaide Drug and Organised C…

Seven men arrested after another major marijuana bust in the region were refused bail at a Dubbo court the weekend. The men, aged from 25 to their mid-50s, were arrested on Friday when police swooped on a property at Balladoran, 50 kilometres north of Dubbo. Between 3000 and 4000 cannabis plants were discovered growing on the property, with an estimated street value of $7 million. The plants ranged in size from 1.5 to 2 metres in height and were described by police as "very healthy". Each plant was individually irrigated and mulched, with black plastic wrapped around the base. The property, 'Heatherbrae', has been under surveillance for some weeks and police believe it is…

A man has been charged with cultivating and supplying cannabis after police seized 21kg of the drug on the NSW south coast. Police said officers had executed a search warrant on a house at Gwinganna Avenue, Kiama, on Friday afternoon. They found cannabis in the garage, along with hydroponic equipment, seven cannabis plants and two ecstasy tablets. As a result of the seizure, a 24-year-old Kiama man was charged with cultivating a prohibited drug and supplying a prohibited drug. He was given conditional bail and was due to appear in Kiama Local Court on March 23 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/National/story_55219.asp

A DRUG suspect who went to the airport to pick up 54kg of marijuana allegedly wound up with two boxes of human organs. After realizing the mistake - the boxes were labeled "PLEASE RUSH, HUMAN TISSUE FOR TRANSPLANT" - a Canadian woman and New York man were arrested trying to make an exchange, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The mix-up occurred at the Delta Airlines ticket counter at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where Tabitha Bracken, 27, of Toronto, was mistakenly given packages from Crolife, an Atlanta medical agency. One contained a pulmonary valve destined for an emergency transplant into a young person in a Hamilton, Ontario hospital. …

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Govt kicks off high school cannabis education kit Two cannabis education kits launched by the New South Wales Government this weekend are a first in Australia. The kits, which have been developed for high schools, are part of a drive to highlight the dangers of cannabis use and change the perception that it is a safe recreational drug. NSW Special Minister of State John Della Bosca says the State Government is serious about tackling the issue in the education system. "It's the first kit of its kind in Australia, it's part of a comprehensive strategy which is the first serious attempt by government to address the problem of cannabis in young people from a public he…

Posted by CN Staff on February 28, 2004 at 09:59:16 PT Letter To The Editor By Michael R. Butz Source: Chicago Tribune Original article. Chicago -- This is in response to "Marijuana is not medicine," by Andrea Barthwell, a deputy director at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (Commentary, Feb. 17). Barthwell failed to include some very important truths not only about medicinal marijuana but, more important, the government's determination to keep facts, truth and the ability to make our own health-care decisions from us. Her commentary should not be read in a health-care conte…

A MAJOR drug crop was seized by police from a Cheshunt property on Tuesday. Wangaratta detectives said other enquiries at the Rose River Road property were being followed up when a few marijuana plants were observed growing there. Ultimately some 200 marijuana plants were seized from various outdoor locations around the property. They ranged in size from 1.8m (6ft) plants to small seedlings. Wangaratta detectives said a Cheshunt man, whose age was around 40, was subseqently charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis. He has been bailed to appear at Myrtleford Magistrates Court on April 30. http://wangaratta.yourguide.com.au/detail....News&m=2&y=2…

‘Pharmacy weed to expensive and of inferior quality’ Source: Haarlems Dagblad By: Monique Verkerk. Haarlem 21-02-2004 The Mediweed that became available in the pharmacies, from September 2003, is too expensive and of an inferior quality. This is being stated by the Foundation for Patients Interests (PMM), coffeeshop owners and Mediweed users. The pharmacy weed is three times more expensive than in coffeeshops and is not refunded by the Health Insurance Companies, except for a few cases. Less than 4 percent of the total number of (medical) cannabis users has been to the pharmacy, since it has been legalised. According to Ger de Zwaan, chairman of the PMM, the results…