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Police target shoppers in drug blitz Tanya Westthorp | 12:01am May 19, 2012 SHOPPERS are being targeted by Tweed police as part of a new range of operations to rid the region of its drug problem. Since the start of the year, plain-clothed police have been randomly targeting drug dealing hot spots, including bus shelters and major shopping centres, with the help of a drug detection dog. Police have charged more than 50 people with drug possession and searched hundreds more -- many of whom told police they had used drugs that day. On Thursday, dozens of shoppers were searched after police dog Doug picked up the smell of cannabis. Police officers then swooped …
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http://www.dailytele...i-1226284438235 OUTDOOR cannabis cultivation is becoming high-tech as criminals use hydroponic methods to boost yields for the cash crop. Criminals are now growing the crops in smaller numbers and are scattering them across the state's forests to reduce detection, compared to a decade ago when they were grown in the thousands. The new methods are not outsmarting the NSW Drug Squad, who are using local police intelligence and helicopters to locate million of dollars of illegal plants hidden in steep terrain across the state. The cannabis eradication team set out this week to remote locations west and north of Coffs Harbour as part of its annual …
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CARAVANS at a Wolvi property could not hide nearly a kilo of cannabis or guns from Gympie police yesterday. Raids, undertaken as part of a massive police operation targeting dangerous drugs, turned up the goods when police netted nearly one kilo of dried marijuana, plants, utensils and weapons. Gympie plainclothes Senior Constable Craig Kable said a tip-off about the stash of drugs and guns came from Crime Stoppers and police used the information to bring in the haul. "Two men living at the Wolvi address have been charged with the alleged offences," he said. Snr Const Kable said the drying cannabis was found inside caravans on the property and some ground-up marijuana was…
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May 08, 201212:47PM http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/05/10/1225864/645732-karen-hodgson.jpg Karen Hodgson was shot in the back and killed during a botched attempt to steal four cannabis plants from her garage, a court has heard. Source: AdelaideNow MOTHER-of-three Karen Hodgson was killed by an "inadvertent" shotgun blast fired by a man who only wanted to steal cannabis plants, a court has heard. Scott Mundy, 31, of no fixed address, is standing trial in the Supreme Court accused of murdering Ms Hodgson in April 2010. Yesterday, Jim Pearce QC, prosecuting, said it was not alleged the murder was intentional but a "botched attempt" by Mundy and two other men…
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Police happy with 'orderly' MardiGrass AAP | 08:40am May 7, 2012 POLICE have congratulated organisers of an annual cannabis reform rally in northern NSW, saying it was well run and orderly. The 2012 Nimbin MardiGrass protest was "very well-managed", says officer in charge, Inspector Nicole Bruce. "We're very pleased with the co-operation received from the MardiGrass organising body," she said on on Sunday. "There has been a very low incidence of violence and crime." Insp Bruce was unable to give final numbers of arrests due to ongoing operations but said they were low compared with previous years. Police estimate the protest crowd of about 5000 was also down d…
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Mum learns rental was home to drug lab Jessica Elder | 12:01am May 7, 2012 AN UPPER Coomera mother is battling to break a rental lease after discovering the house was once home to a drug den. Alison Palmer's nightmare began in December, a month after the family moved into a rented Upper Coomera home. Her seven-year-old son Isaach began breaking out in rashes, complaining of persistent headaches, leg aches and an eye problem which resulted in broken blood vessels and bulging. Doctors told the family it appeared Isaach had been exposed to chemicals and he was having negative reactions. Ms Palmer spent months trying to work out where the chemical exposure was co…
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Police cancel drug chopper op Troy Kippen | 13th April 2012 10:22 AM AN annual drug detection operation in the Tweed will not go ahead this year. The NSW Police Drug Squad along with the police wing, dog squads and Tweed/Byron police conduct the Cannabis Eradication Program in the region each year. The operation included aerial examination to locate cannabis crops. Tweed police said the operation was cancelled this year because resources were required in the west of the state. Acting Inspector Brad Stewart said the operation was called off because the helicopters were required for flood relief. "The air units were deployed elsewhere," Insp Stewart said. …
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Hydroponic lab found at Mur'bah Troy Kippen | 2nd May 2012 4:40 PM Police have charged a woman after finding drugs at her home in Murwillumbah. A 30-YEAR-old woman was arrested at Murwillumbah on Tuesday following the execution of a search warrant on her home by members of the Tweed-Byron Proactive Crime Team. Police located a small hydroponic lab about 3.30pm. The police removed 15 cannabis plants, dried cannabis leaf, hydroponic related equipment from the property. The woman was charged and would appear in Murwillumbah court later this month. http://www.mydailynews.com.au/story/2012/05/02/hydroponic-lab-found-at-murbah/
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Police on a high after drug busts Tanya Westthorp | 12:01am May 5, 2012 MAGIC mushrooms and more than $160,000 worth of cannabis potentially bound for this weekend's Nimbin MardiGrass festival has been seized by Tweed police in a three-week operation smashing six hydroponic drug labs. A 48-year-old Ewingsdale man will face Byron Bay Court this month after police found $135,000 worth of cannabis being grown in a hydroponic lab at a Bay Vista Drive home on Thursday. Some of the 70 plants were up to 1m tall, with police also discovering several magic mushrooms and some cannabis resin. It was one of six drug busts in the past three weeks as Tweed police act on intelligenc…
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04 May 2012 Sam Newman has outraged anti-drug campaigners and family groups around the country by smoking a bong on The Footy Show which was broadcast around Australia. The stunt on the Channel 9 show was carried out in response to recent reports of a push by the AFL to take marijuana off the match-day banned list. The stunt was was slammed as cheap and immature by the Family Council of Victoria. Footy Show co-host Garry Lyon revealed that Newman had smoked tea, not marijuana, but the action of smoking a bong was what the council found offensive. Family Council president Peter Stevens said drug-taking could lead down a dangerous path and shouldn't be something peo…
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A landowner didn't notice cannabis plants growing on his north-western NSW property for at least six months. Officers from Castlereagh Local Area Command visited the rural property of 25,000 hectares at Lightning Ridge shortly after 11am (AEST) on Thursday. When they arrived, the owner told police he had found a marijuana crop on an isolated section of his land. "It's a very vast expanse of land and it's heavily watered with pine trees and the crop was in amongst the pine trees," Detective inspector Scott Russell told AAP. "It was a well set-up, elaborate system. "It's been there for some time, possibly up to six months. Police seized and destroyed a total 136 plants, wit…
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http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2012/03/19/another-drug-bust-nets-279m-crop/ ------------------------- source THE drug busts have kept rolling on across the Coffs Coast with another multi-million dollar cannabis seizure near Coffs Harbour announced. Coffs Harbour Target Action Group officers have made the significant haul in the Bongil Bongil National Park. Police say detectives acted on public information, and with the assistance of the Dog Unit, to locate 1395 mature cannabis plans, with an estimated street value of $2.79 million. The haul came after an extensive ground search of the forest to the west of the National Park, near Slarkes Rd, on Friday. …
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The NSW Greens have called for the legalisation of medical cannabis, while NSW Police have raided the only producer of a cannabis-derived health product in Australia. Greens MLC David Shoebridge made the call at a recent rally in Martin Place. “If a doctor believes that the prescription of cannabis is the best, sometimes even the only, way of dealing with your chronic pain, why do we prohibit that and make it unlawful here in NSW?” Greens MLC John Kaye told the Star Observer he would move a motion during Parliament’s spring sitting which would outline a plan for a one-year medical marijuana trial under which GPs and treating specialists would be able to prescribe medical …
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Posted March 29, 2012 14:51:12 Workers at a New South Wales energy company will no longer have to give urine sample for drug tests, after a ruling by Fair Work Australia. The arbitrator has ruled in favour of trade unions, which had argued the state-owned Endeavour Energy should use oral swabs for testing instead. Scott McNamara, from the United Services Union, says Fair Work Australia found urine testing was invasive and unjust. "The tribunal took a view that drug testing is not for social monitoring. Drug testing is to seek if you are fit for work, and that gets down to workplace safety," he said. "What people do on the weekend does not necessarily have a bearing o…
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