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November 04, 2006 09:52am Article from: AAP ELECTRICAL wiring to power hydroponics for a marijuana crop is being blamed for a house fire in Melbourne. More than 100 marijuana plants were found in the roof of a rented Riddle St house at West Meadows when fire fighters attended the blaze about 2.45am (AEDT) today. Metropolitan Fire Brigade officers wearing breathing apparatus took less than an hour to put out the fire but remained at the property while police set up a crime scene. Gas and electricity suppliers were called. "The thought is that the amount of power being used and the way it was being used may have caused the fire," an MFB spokesman said. Sgt Glenn…
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20687...from=public_rss November 02, 2006 08:49am A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police found more than 500 cannabis plants at a house in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs. Police said the plants were found last night growing in four rooms in a large garage at a property at Hillcrest. About 15 kilograms of dried cannabis and a quantity of cash was also found. The man was charged with producing and possessing cannabis for sale and with stealing electricity after wiring and lights for the cannabis plants were rerouted around the electricity meter. He was granted police bail to appear in the Holden Hill Magistrates'…
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HERALD SUN,,, DRUG dealers are putting their lives at risk by stealing electricity to grow hydroponic crops, Queensland's Parliament has been told. Energy Minister Geoff Wilson said today electricity theft was getting worse, with one drug grower dying after illegally trying to hook up power to his home. He said in the past three weeks three growers had been caught, including one in north Queensland who used stolen electricity to cultivate one of the state's largest hydroponic drug crops. Power company Ergon Energy has now appointed an inspector to head a program to tackle the problem. "People who do this are not only endangering their own lives, but also putting…
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180,000km..one Winnebago ..... NSW Government will try to scare drug-using drivers off the roads with the use of a single, unmarked Winnebago motor home. The State's only roadside drug-testing bus will be responsible for policing 4.5 million licence holders in NSW and its patrol area will cover 180,000km of road. As well as a drug-testing lab, the $350,000 Winnebago has CCTV, kitchen and bathroom facilities and a flat-screen TV. It is unmarked because police are hoping to blend in with van-loving "grey nomads'' to catch drivers by surprise when the bus hits the road for the Christmas holidays. Offenders will face fines of up to $2200, prison sentences of up to n…
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October 24, 2006 12:15pm TWO former police officers staged a fake drug bust during a $120,000 speed deal so that they could on-sell the drugs, a Sydney court was told today. A witness known only as APW2 said former NSW police officer Samuel John Foster had asked him to organise the purchase of 1kg from a dealer in Enfield in southwest Sydney in September 2002. Mr Foster, 41, and former Victorian police officer James Anthony McCabe would stage a drug bust during the deal and the men would split the drugs among themselves, APW2 told Downing Centre Local Court today. "He (Mr Foster) said he would make it look like a drugs bust and I would be arrested," he said. "He…
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Damm first resonable price ive ever seen pigs quote 300 an ounce roughly!!!
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...00-2862,00.html POLICE have uncovered a large hydroponic marijuana operation in a Port Melbourne warehouse. Officers from the Moorabbin regional response unit executed a warrant on the Nott St property on Wednesday night and arrested three men. Police yesterday removed 150 cannabis plants from the building. Sgt Andrew Collison said the warehouse was fitted with hi-tech lighting and watering systems. He said the plants ranged from about 45cm to 70cm tall and would have been close to being harvested. Sgt Collison said police were unsure how long the drugs had been grown in the rented warehouse. Jason Jackson, 32,…
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Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld) Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email POLICE locked down Fortitude Valley late last night with a string of drug raids on some of Brisbane's most popular nightclubs. Dozens of people were charged as a drug-sniffing dog was randomly run past the lines of mostly young people waiting to enter the clubs about 11pm. The operation -- involving almost 100 police and named Black Dog 2 -- targeted cannabis, MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamines. Men and women suspected of possessing drugs were questioned and then made to stand with their hands against walls and legs apart while they were searched. In April, a similar raid on four Vall…
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IT seems illogical, but the same compound that addles the brains of marijuana users may help treat the symptoms and slow the onset of Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia among elderly people. In laboratory experiments, the compound, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), preserved levels of a brain chemical that declines in Alzheimer's, permitting the build-up of brain-gumming "amyloid plaques". The plaques are the hallmark of Alzheimer's and its dementia-inducing damage. "Our results provide a mechanism whereby the THC molecule can directly impact Alzheimer's disease pathology," researchers reported in the US journal Molecular Pharmaceutics. The team …
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October 05, 2006 04:17pm Article from: The Advertiser FINES for people caught smoking, selling or cultivating cannabis will increase, in some cases triple, from December. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson yesterday announced the increase in cannabis related fines. Mr Atkinson says the review of legislation will deliver the first increase in fines in more than 20 years. The fine for the ground cultivation of one cannabis plant will jump from $150 to $300 on December 3. The current $50 fine for possessing less than 25g of cannabis or less than 5g of cannabis resin, smoking or consuming cannabis or cannabis resin or possessing cannabis using equipment, will triple to…
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ALREADY facing possible charges of contempt of court, a Sydney doctor who grew almost 50,000 cannabis plants has verbally attacked police, the courts and his conviction. Dr Andrew John Katelaris was convicted on March 8 this year of one count of cultivating not less than a large commercial quantity of cannabis. He was given a three-year good behaviour bond by Judge Ralph Coolahan when he appeared in the NSW District Court in Newcastle today. But Judge Coolahan said he was referring another matter, in which Katelaris accused a jury of being ignorant and referred to them as "sheep", for consideration of charges of contempt. Outside court following his conviction, an…
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Cannabis plants, which police say are worth about $1.5 million, were seized during a raid on a house in Sydney's west this morning, police say. Acting on a tip-off, officers executed a search warrant on a home in Wilco Avenue, Cabramatta West, about 7am, police said. They allegedly found an indoor cultivation system and cannabis plants at various stages of growth. Police said the no one was home at the time of the raid and inquiries were continuing. A number of successful raids had been carried out on hydroponic cannabis crops in Sydney's south-west this year, police said. Video of the raid. Author:David Braithwaite Date:September 27, 2006 Source:The Sydney Mo…
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A SELF-PROCLAIMED energy healer and her three sons, accused of cultivating a $2 million indoor hydroponic cannabis crop in Sydney's north, have had their case adjourned until November. Gilla Mogilevsky and her sons, Uri, Roni and Aitan, were arrested in July after an anonymous tip-off. Police allegedly found almost 1000 cannabis plants at three homes belonging to Gilla at St Ives, in Sydney's north. Uri was arrested on the Gold Coast and extradited to Sydney, charged with cultivating a commercial supply of cannabis "by enhanced indoor means". His mother and brothers face the same charge, as well as one count each of supplying and possessing cannabis. Gilla Mogil…
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Author: Date: 23sep06 Source: AAP Copyright: POLICE have found 600 cannabis plants during a raid of a property in north Queensland. Two men and a woman were charged after the plants, up to 30kg of dried cannabis, hydroponic equipment, a large sum of money and a firearm were found at the Shute Harbour Road property at 9.30am (AEST) today, police said. One of the men, 59, and the 56-year-old woman were charged with trafficking, the production and possession of drugs, possessing tainted property and with the unlawful possession of a weapon. They will appear in the Proserpine Magistrates Court on Monday. The other man, 43, has been charged with possessing cannabis …
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Drivers face random drug checks By Ainsley Pavey September 17, 2006 12:00am Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld) Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email QUEENSLAND drivers will face random drug tests from the middle of next year. Transport Minister Paul Lucas revealed laws were being drafted to enable roadside testing for drugs. Under the test, a saliva swab could establish whether a driver had used marijuana within two hours, or heroin, cocaine or amphetamines within five hours. A survey last year by insurer AAMI found almost one-quarter of young Queensland drivers have taken drugs including marijuana, cocaine, speed (amphetamines) and ecstasy before g…
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