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Drug busts net $1.5m booty 26dec03 THE Queensland Police Service's Flying Squad has seized almost $1.5 million worth of illicit drugs including heroin, cannabis and methylamphetamine this year. Police Minister Tony McGrady today said the Flying Squad was established to tackle major crimes and serious surges in crime across Queensland. The squad has the capacity to be at the scene of any crime within a short time to investigate and help police. Mr McGrady said the squad had seized $1.485 million in illegal drugs in the past 12 months. "In the last 12 months, officers from the flying squad have arrested 523 offenders on 741 charges, including assault, unlawful …

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Man tries, fails new approach to drug test Thu Dec 11, 6:03 PM ET Add Crimes and Trials - Court TV to My Yahoo! By Steve Irsay, Court TV CAMDEN, N.J. (Court TV) — Undetectable! Foolproof! Re-usable! That is how the "Whizzinator," a prosthetic urination device for sale on the Internet, is described by its manufacturer. It was none of those things for one New Jersey man. Adam J. Aronson, 18, was arrested last week for allegedly trying to use the device to artificially ace a mandatory drug test. To comply with his probation for a juvenile offense, Aronson was on his way to the county probation office for the drug test when Cherry Hill police pull…

Son of Al Gore Charged with Marijuana Possession Sun December 21, 2003 11:05 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The son of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has been charged with possession of marijuana after being stopped by police while driving a car in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Montgomery County police said Albert Gore III, 21, was arrested Friday night along with two passengers after police officers observed a Cadillac being driven without its headlights on. As officers approached the car they observed the sun roof was open despite freezing temperatures, county police said. The officers searched the car and found what appeared to be a partial marijuana cigaret…

Hydroponic drugs found AN ELABORATE hydroponic cannabis set-up has been discovered at a property south of Toowoomba. Acting on a tip-off, Toowoomba CIB detectives executed a search warrant at a house on Gatton-Clifton Road in Hirstvale, about 45km south of Toowoomba, yesterday morning. Toowoomba CIB officer-in-charge Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Marc Hogan said a system for growing hydroponic cannabis plants was allegedly found. “The facility had been established for quite some time and it appears the property was specifically set up for producing cannabis,’’ he said. The drug system allegedly included areas set aside for mature plants and a nursing area for less matu…

thechronicle see i wasnt been parnoid when i said there was lots of choppers, Thats when i told a fairy to turn off.. i think it was ment to happen so that , that fairy didnt get caught for somethin so small Seventy charged in police crime sweep SEVENTY people have been charged with a total of 205 offences in a drug and property operation conducted by the Toowoomba District Tactical Crime Squad. Police seized 177 cannabis plants, ecstasy tablets and the methylamphetamine ICE during the two-weeklong Operation Dysania, which ended yesterday. The operation involved the investigation of property offences and their link to drug supply in the Toowoomba district. Tactical…

I have a big problem with media generalizing so much on Tv News & Papers, "Study links Amphetamines and Crime" is what that should have been intitled as that is the only types of drug mentioned.I read half the artical before i realized it that was what it was about! STUDY LINK DRUGS AND CRIME WHAT A BULLSHIT TITLE NEWS > STORY Get News by Email Print This Article Email This Article Study links drugs and crime December 19, 2003 RESEARCH has confirmed what police have long suspected - most people who are arrested have mental problems and are active drug users. A study of 288 people arrested and brought to the Brisbane police watchhouse over a fiv…

This was received at the NAP office tonight from our comrades in Moscow. With this statement, this Russian Federal Government committee has declared needle and syringe programs, harm reduction activities and possibly even drug law reform activities as illegal. Users worldwide need to work together to stop these backwards steps from occurring. The user activists and harm reduction people in Russia need all of our support at the moment. Stay posted on this issue. This is a very dangerous situation for Russian drug users right now. Following the statement is an explanation from one of our comrades in Russia, Dis, a user activist and owner of www.drugusers.ru Gary M Dar…

December 16, 2003 AN Adelaide man called police when he found intruders breaking into his home to steal his cannabis crop, and ended up being charged himself, police said. Police called to a house at Torrensville shortly after midnight caught four men allegedly stealing cannabis that was being grown in two rooms. Two Torrensville men, aged 22 and 23 years, a 25-year-old man from Findon in Adelaide's west, and a 26-year-old man from North Dandenong in Victoria were arrested and charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass. However, also arrested was the 23-year-old homeowner who had called police. He was later charged with cultivating 16 cannabis plants. All…

Six held after bikie raids 16dec03 SIX people have been charged after police allegedly seized firearms and drugs during raids today on 13 premises, including a bikie clubhouse, in Melbourne's south-east. Four men faced Frankston Magistrates Court today on charges including affray, serious assault, false imprisonment and aggravated burglary, police said. Brendan , 30, Bradley, 39, Leon , 29, all of Hastings, and Michael , 39, of Westernport Marina, were remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday. Two other men, a 43-year-old from Tootgarook and a 40-year-old from Hastings, were charged with drug offences and released on bail. Police sa…

I just saw an add for 10 news and the sound bite was something like the tittle so I will watch it and post/edit some details, but if others are aroound and get that chance to see it it would be good to get some other opinions on the causes and exactly what happened etc

news link West Australian police have seized more than 200 grams of methylamphetamine in a series of raids and charged eight people. The state's Organised Crime Investigations and Gang Response units raided the Perth and Kalgoorlie properties. Police said they found cannabis, dexamphetamines and items believed to be pyrotechnics. Kevin Ross Smith, 44, of Kalgoorlie, faced Kalgoorlie Court of Petty Sessions charged with conspiring to supply methylamphetamine and possessing unlicensed firearms. He was also charged with four counts of selling a prohibited drug; with possessing methylamphetamine with intent to supply, and with possessing cannabis and hashish. …

THIRTY-one people have been arrested and $3.5 million worth of property seized after cannabis suppliers were successfully targeted by a combined Queensland and NSW police operation. Queensland Police started Operation Bravo Chilly in June focused on the production and distribution of cannabis between north Queensland's Whitsunday area and northern NSW. Police said today a total of 83 drug and property offences had resulted from the operation so far and investigations were continuing. State Crime Operations Command Detective Acting Chief Superintendent Kev Robinson said the operation had been successful in identifying cannabis producers. Supt Robinson said property…

It's a bit of a shock, but Steve Kubby and his family have been denied political asylum in Canada. If you haven't been following his plight, Steve was instrumental in California's 215 legislation allowing medicinal marijuana. He fled the United States when it became clear he could not use his medicine from within prison. Steve has a rare form of adrenal cancer, no-one has ever lasted as long as he has, and he has dozens of doctors and researchers backing him up that it's the cannabis. Testimony during the hearings made it very clear that if he returned to California he would be jailed, and denied his medicine, but Canada's Immigration Hearing found that Steve: "did…