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Michael Wray September 22, 2008 12:00am http://www.news.com.au © 2008 Queensland Newspapers ONE in 53 drivers is testing positive for illicit drugs at roadside tests operating throughout the state, Queensland police statistics reveal. Figures released to The Courier-Mail show 181 drivers have tested positive from 9730 roadside drug tests since the program was introduced last December. The preliminary tests are sent for expert analysis at Queensland Health, which has confirmed a positive reading in each of the 168 tests they checked. Police were alarmed at results from an operation in Gladstone over the weekend of September 20-21 in which 13 drivers out of 132 test…
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Mother of eight headed drug ring: Police BY ANDREW THOMSON 17/09/2008 12:00:00 AM A MAILORS Flat mother-of-eight was yesterday remanded in custody along with seven alleged co-offenders after police drug raids. Police allege that Leanne Elizabeth Walker, 39, of Russells Road, was the principal in a Warrnambool district ecstasy and amphetamines drug ring. Warrnambool Magistrates Court was told yesterday that Ms Walker used three daughters and two of their boyfriends as well as other associates to distribute drugs. Seven people have been charged with conspiracy to traffic in a commercial quantity of ecstasy and amphetamines. They include Ms Walker, Jamie Lee Hurle, 2…
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Question of honesty BY SEAN FORD 18/09/2008 12:00:00 AM The Advocate http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/news/lo...ty/1275554.aspx PREMIER David Bartlett owned up to having smoked dope yesterday, eight days after The Advocate first asked the question. Mr Bartlett's simple "yes" admission followed his rival party leaders - Liberal Will Hodgman and Green Nick McKim - owning up to past cannabis use in a story in The Advocate yesterday. Tony McCall, from the UTAS School of Government, said yesterday's story showed Mr Bartlett's "zeal for reform and transparency doesn't appear to extend to his personal habits". "So be it, but Extending Trust in Democracy should include …
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Archer takes aim at Liberals on prostitution Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:00am AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/18/2367805.htm Ms Archer says she'll only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. (ABC) The new Liberal Government is facing its first potential policy challenge with Independent Upper House MP Shelley Archer vowing to block any moves to repeal laws which decriminalise prostitution in Western Australia. Ms Archer says she voted for laws to decriminalise prostitution and regulate brothels in April, and will only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. "If they put together some legislation to impro…
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September 16, 2008 THE AUSTRALIAN Copyright 2008 News Limited A NEW Zealand woman has been arrested and her young child taken into care after 300 cannabis plants were seized in a series of police raids in Melbourne's outer west. Police swooped on houses in Brampton Close, Delahey, about 10am (AEST) today following a two-month investigation, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. They allegedly found 102 cannabis plants at one address, arrested a 41-year-old New Zealand woman and placed her two-year-old daughter in the care of the Department of Human Services. The woman was waiting to be interview by police and has not been charged. More plants were found at two…
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Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 04:25pm NSW Police Force Media Release Police have seized in excess of $4 million worth of illicit drugs and charged 29 people as part of an ongoing 10-month operation on the Mid North Coast. The latest arrest was yesterday when a 22-year-old North Haven man was arrested at Port Macquarie police station and charged with knowingly take part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of cannabis. He was bailed to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on 20 October. Operation Panelling was established by police from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command in December 2007 to investigate the commercial cultivation and supply of cannabis in the…
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11kg of cannabis may have got past scans Robyn Ironside Jodie Munro O'Brien September 17, 2008 Courier Mail http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5006786,00.html Dope ... a man allegedly flew into Brisbane airport with 11kg of cannabis which was only found when he was stopped for a roadside breath test. A MAN allegedly flew into Brisbane Airport with 11kg of cannabis in his suitcase but the drugs were not detected until he was picked up by police for a roadside breath test a short distance away. Police said the man's hire car was pulled over in Airport Drive at Eagle Farm for a random breath test on Monday night when officers noticed a "faint smell of can…
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Mark Buttler September 15, 2008 12:00am © Herald and Weekly Times DRUGS and weapons were seized when police used sniffer dogs to intercept troublemakers as they arrived in the city at the weekend. Nineteen people were charged after a major operation aimed at stopping violence and anti-social behaviour in the CBD. Those arrested were identified by the sniffer dogs after stepping off trains at Flinders St station to find officers from the dog squad and transit safety division. Charges of using cannabis, possessing cannabis and possessing weapons were laid as the night out ended prematurely for some. A knife, lumps of wood and metal bars were confiscated. Pol…
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15/09/2008 12:47:00 PM wimmera mail times Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media. STAWELL police were late yesterday interviewing a 57-year old Stawell man after seizing a number of mature cannabis plants from a house in Napier Street. Police executed a search warrant on the house at 1pm after an anonymous tip from the public. Sergeant Michael Collins from Stawell police said cannabis plants grown hydroponically were found during the raid. Sgt Collins said the drug bust was a success. "It is more drugs taken off the street," Sgt Collins said. "We had three officers serve the warrant and we had no problems with the man, who came with us willingly. "The import…
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Teens raiding medicine cabinets CLAIR WEAVER September 14, 2008 12:00am news.com http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,228...435-921,00.html ALMOST one in four teenagers raid their parents' medicine cabinets for prescription drugs in a new trend dubbed "pharming". Australian youths aged 12 to 17 are most likely to take medications recreationally because they are cheaper, easier to obtain and mistakenly believed to be "safe", a new study has revealed. In a risky bid to maximise their "hit", they are crushing cocktails of pills and snorting the powder, mixing them with alcohol or even injecting. Drug experts warn most young people genuinely don't realise experimenta…
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Caroline Marcus September 14, 2008 SMH Online Copyright © 2008 Fairfax Digital Amazing how they come to these conclusions.
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Police winning war on drugs: Govt Posted Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:40pm AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362315.htm The SA Government says new crime figures show that police are winning the war on illicit drugs. (ABC News) The State Government says new crime figures show that police are winning the war on illicit drugs in South Australia. Police Minister Michael Wright says the Crime Commission report highlights big reductions in seizures of amphetamines, cannabis, heroin and cocaine. He has told Parliament the numbers of seizures are down because police are disrupting the trafficking, cultivation and manufacture of illicit drugs. "In parti…
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$100k of cannabis seized near NSW-Vic border 12 September 2008 ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/12/2363121.htm Police have seized drugs worth about $100,000 from a car at Balranald in southern New South Wales near the Victorian border. Police stopped and searched the car on the Sturt Highway about 8:00am AEST. They say they found a suitcase of plastic bags containing about 10 kilograms of cannabis in the boot. A 30-year-old man from Hornsby, in Sydney, has been charged with supplying a commercial quantity of drugs, dealing with property suspected to be the proceeds of crime and driving while disqualified. He is due to appear in court at Deni…
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Tip-off leads to drug bust BY ANNE TARASOV liverpool champion 12/09/2008 5:07:00 PM Police uncovered a sophisticated drug growing set-up and $140,000 worth of cannabis plants in a St Johns Park house last night. A tip-off from the public led police to search a Cordina Street house yesterday. Police found a hydroponic set up at the home and 71 cannabis plants as well a large number of hydroponic equipment at the house. The search warrant was executed after police received an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers. A 29-year-old St Johns Park man was arrested as he tried to exit the front door of the house. He was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he was char…
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Tropical trial for hemp crop turns heads 8th September 2008, 6:00 WST The West Australian http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?Men...ContentID=96620 The Ord irrigation region has produced a variety of crops in its 45-year history, but few have attracted as much interest from passers-by, and the occasional police officer, as current trials of Chinese hemp. Reaching 2m, the industrial crop was planted in June by Perth-based Hemp Resources to test its performance in the tropical region. Though similar in appearance to illegal cannabis crops, industrial hemp’s drug-like qualities ended there, managing director Kim Hough said. Under State legislation, licences ar…
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