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Just heard this on SBS news. Don't know the details yet.
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Western Australia police have charged more than 140 people as part of a state-wide operation targeting drug dealers. Officers working for Operation Python have seized amphetamines, ecstasy, cannabis and heroin during raids on more than 100 homes yesterday and today. Assistant Commissioner Tim Atherton says police also found $34,000 in cash, a Taser stun gun and thousands of dollars worth of stolen property. "A lot of that stolen property is going to mid-level dealers who are exchanging that property for drugs and obviously on-selling it, so they are very significant players and are an issue in terms of the problem of drugs," he said. Author:ABC Date:Thursday, June…
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By July 1, 2005 LAKE Illawarra Police raided a house at Primbee yesterday, seizing almost $350,000 worth of cannabis plants. Detectives and drug squad police were among a dozen officers who descended on the Windang Rd property at noon, finding more than 170 cannabis plants growing in a sophisticated hydroponic set-up, in a specially designed room. Last night police estimated the plants, which varied in size, were worth $348,000. Acting Lake Illawarra Area commander, Acting Superintendent Mark Gallagher, said police had the house under surveillance overnight before the search, and it had been unoccupied the whole time. After an agronomist examined the plants, it…
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THE curtains slowly draw back. A powerful spotlight suddenly explodes with light, illuminating a microphone stand in the middle of a bare stage. A tall man runs in from the left, does a little skip and takes the microphone. The applause is instantaneous and loud. "Wow, what an audience," says the man with the mike. "You're electric." He slings his arm around the microphone stand and says: "A funny thing happened on my way here tonight. Fremantle won a football match." And so stand-up comedian Brendon Gale starts his legendary routine. In the front row is Jerry Seinfeld taking notes. He is looking for material for a new show. Dave Hughes is there, too. He is just look…
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Courier Mail Chris Griffith 20jun05 Club drugs targeted by police dog squads POLICE dogs will soon be sniffing patrons at Queensland's pubs and clubs as part of a new crackdown on users of heroin, cannabis, cocaine, and amphetamines. Police Minister Judy Spence yesterday confirmed she would prepare legislation to widen police powers to allow dogs to sniff patrons at licensed premises in Queensland. The law will allow officers to take dogs into licensed premises without establishing a belief that drugs are on the premises. Dogs would be capable of detecting not only people carrying drugs but also those who had been in recent contact with them because of odours on …
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Monday View Mike O'Connor 20jun05 Courier Mail Noses go cold tracking drugs Another week looms and with it the ever present chance of having my crotch sniffed by a Queensland Police Service labrador. I read recent reports of the vigilance of our dauntless law enforcers with some alarm, noting that the canine cops were operating in the Toowong area. I live in the Toowong area and have noticed that since the news of the drug doggies broke, the mere sight of a yapper on a leash has been sufficient to send your average, drug-crazed layabout fleeing towards the wooded hills of Mt Coot-tha. I imagine it's only a matter of time before I feel the cold nose of the law nud…
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Chris Griffith, City Hall reporter 18jun05 Courier Mail Lawyer warns of drug dog overuse A LEADING Brisbane lawyer has warned that Queensland risks becoming a totalitarian and criminalised society if drug sniffer dogs are allowed to run amok sniffing people at railway stations, sporting events, pubs, restaurants and on the footpath. Lawyer Terry Fisher said police resources were better spent working quietly to catch major drug dealers than conducting what was essentially a sniffer dog PR exercise designed to make the Government look tough on crime. An irate Irish visitor was humiliatingly searched for 15 minutes after a mistake by a drug-sniffer dog at Toowon…
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PAMPERED pooches will soon be salivating for a new doggie treat: an upmarket biscuit made from cannabis seed. Tasmanian entrepreneur Ian Rochfort, who has been granted the first licence to use cannabis seed in a food product, will market the Scooby snacks nationally and for export as Hemp Hound Hors d'oeuvres. But dog owners should not expect their pets to develop a fondness for Bob Dylan. The licence issued to Mr Rochfort includes a strict testing regime to ensure the biscuits contain no more than 50mg per kilogram of tetrahydrocannabinols (THC). "So basically, there is no chance your dog will be hallucinating rainbow cats," Mr Rochfort said. The product must a…
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Police have charged 27 people with drugs and weapons offences following raids on members of motorcycle gangs in south-east Queensland. Police raided properties on the Gold Coast and several more around Gympie, north of Brisbane, in an operation aimed at the illegal activities of the members of motorcycle gangs and their associates, police said. Detective Inspector John Hartwell said five properties on various parts of the Gold Coast were raided and police recovered drugs and concealable guns. "Four people have been charged with six charges related to possession of illegal weapons and drugs," Detective Inspector Hartwell said. In the Gympie raids, which police said…
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The court victory of a man convicted of possessing cannabis has left "improper" searches by police sniffer dogs at the mercy of judges. Rusty Harris's conviction for possessing the drug was quashed by a District Court judge, James Black, who said his decision should not "unduly threaten social stability". Mr Harris, 55, of Nimbin, was sitting in a cafe in Byron Bay when a police dog put its head under the table and made contact with Mr Harris's groin before sitting down next to him. Mr Harris was convicted of possessing 26 grams of cannabis but appealed on the grounds that the evidence obtained during the search should have been excluded. Mr Harris's lawyer, Steve…
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THE maximum penalty for cultivating or trafficking a large commercial quantity of cannabis is life imprisonment. Offenders also can be fined up to $525,000 and have their homes seized. Changes to the law in 2002 introduced the concept of a large commercial quantity, which was set at more than 1000 plants, or 250kg. Anyone caught with more than 100 plants or 25kg of plant material can be charged with cultivation or trafficking of a commercial quantity. The maximum penalty for trafficking or cultivation of a commercial quantity is 25 years' jail. Houses used for growing large commercial quantities are automatically forfeited under the Confiscation Act if they ar…
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HYDROPONIC cannabis crops are being grown in Melbourne homes by crime syndicates, then exchanged for heroin in Sydney. Police say criminals are using about five rented suburban houses at a time to grow cannabis worth millions of dollars. The operations uncovered in ongoing investigations were "organised crime at its best", Victoria police drug investigation spokesman Detective Superintendent Tony Biggin said. "Cannabis is not a drug of choice for most of these people, just a very lucrative cash crop," Det-Supt Biggin said. The crops of about 100 plants would sell for $250,000, which was enough to buy three 350-gram blocks of heroin worth $1 million each. "The cann…
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"Sniffer dogs take to the streets" Chris Griffith Courier Mail 13jun05 QUEENSLAND police are using sniffer dogs to randomly check people for drugs. The tactic has been criticised as verging on "totalitarian". Police confirmed their anti-drugs operation following an Irish tourist's claim that he was subjected to 15 minutes of embarrassment and humiliation after a sniffer dog check at Brisbane's Toowong train station on Thursday morning. The Irish visitor, who asked not to be named, and his friend David Davore had travelled from the city to Toowong when they were intercepted by several uniformed and plainclothes police at the exit point near the station's ticke…
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Police smell out MJ while breath testing.
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Sydney police conducting random breath testing say they have sniffed out a hydroponic cannabis set-up in a nearby house. Campsie and Ashfield police were carrying out random breath tests along Canterbury Road, Punchbowl, about 11pm (AEST) yesterday, when they noticed a strong smell coming from the property. Police allege about 300 cannabis plants - potentially worth $600,000 - and a hydroponic set-up were found inside. A 44-year-old Punchbowl man has been charged with cultivating a prohibited plant and cultivating an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug. He will appear in Parramatta Bail Court today. Author: AAP Date: 11/06/05 Source: NEWS.com.au Copyright: Ne…
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POLICE have seized a cache of firearms including a machine-gun, drugs and child pornography in a series of raids on properties linked to a motorcycle gang in Melbourne and country Victoria early today. Five people were arrested during the raids, conducted simultaneously at Warragul and Longwarry, south-east of Melbourne, and in the south eastern suburbs of Noble Park, Carrum Downs and Seaford, about 5.30am (AEST) today. Police raided a clubhouse at Warragul and six other premises, all linked to the Coffin Cheaters motorcycle gang. Baw Baw district Inspector Keith Cantle said the list of seized items included: A machine-gun, an assault rifle, at least four pistols an…
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