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Drugs, cash, properties seized - WA WA cops believe they have smashed a key Perth drug network after seizing large quantities of ecstasy, amphetamines and cash in a raid that led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man. More than a kilogram of dexamphetamines, 2700 ecstasy tablets, 800g of cannabis and $201,500 in cash was discovered yesterday when detectives executed a search warrant at a Maddington property, in Perth's south-east, Inspector Trevor Davis said today. A man arrested at the property was charged with three counts of possession of drugs with intent to sell or supply and two counts of stealing and receiving. He is due to appear in the Perth Court of Petty S…
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Victorian motorists will be the first in the world to be subjected to random roadside saliva testing for illegal drugs. Police today said they expected to screen about 9,000 drivers in the 12-month drug testing trial, which starts on December 13. The tests, which detect cannabis and methamphetamine-based drugs, aimed to cut down on the number of drug-affected motorists dying on the roads, Police Minister Andre Haermeyer said today. News of the roadside tests came after a national survey revealed one in four men under the age of 25 said they had driven a car after taking an illicit drug. The survey of about 2,000 drivers by car insurer AAMI also found 90 per cent o…
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$30k in cannabis seized 25nov04 A 26-YEAR-OLD man will face court after police seized cannabis worth almost $30,000 in a raid on the lower NSW north coast, police said today. Detectives acting on a tip-off raided the home in Georgetown at 4pm (AEDT) yesterday, finding cannabis plants and bags of leaf, a NSW police spokesman said. The drugs had an estimated street value of $28,600. A man was interviewed and charged with possessing and cultivating prohibited plants and possessing a prohibited drug. He will appear in Newcastle Local Court on December 21. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/print...1493219,00.html
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Police say they have broken the back of an alleged major national cannabis syndicate operating in Canberra for the past two years. Police involved in Operation Stolid have raided 34 rental homes used for cultivating hydroponic cannabis and seized around $2 million worth of drugs and have arrested 20 people. Detective Superintendent Leanne Close says the crackdown began almost two years ago after a tip-off from South Australian police that members of the syndicate were targeting Canberra. "The operation focussed on an organised criminal syndicate here in the ACT who were primarily using private rental premises to undertake their activities," she said. "They would s…
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http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0 Drug accused in with bombers By Sian Powell in Kuta, Bali November 16, 2004 THE 27-year-old Australian beauty school student awaiting trial for allegedly smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana into Indonesia now shares a prison with notorious Bali bombers Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra. Schapelle Corby has been moved to Kerobokan prison, the long-term home to 23 Bali bombers, including the core operatives,all three of whom have been sentenced to death for the 2002 blasts, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians. It is believed the unrepentant trio is kept in solitary confinement. Ms Corby, who was arrested a…
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Jail over largest hash seizure November 11, 2004 FIVE men found guilty of possessing the largest quantity of hashish seized in Victoria have been jailed for at least five years. A Victorian County Court jury found the men were knowingly involved in unloading three tonnes of cannabis resin, with a street value of about $140 million, on August 14, 2001. They unloaded the drug – which was labelled as Finnish coffee – from a shipping container in Campbellfield that had been tracked by the Australian Federal Police. An earlier hearing was told that the men were allegedly associates of murdered crime figure Lewis Moran. David Ciampoli, 44, of Avondale Heights, Robert …
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The State Government has announced a 12-month trial of road-side testing for ecstasy, speed and cannabis starting next year. The mobile technology for road-side drug testing has been a long time coming. But now no less than four companies will be competing for the Government contract. Roads Minister Carl Scully says the trial will target heavy vehicle drivers using uppers and downers. “Police will conduct on the spot saliva tests with portable drug scanning machines. They’ll be able to tell within minutes if the driver has taken any of the detectable substances,” Mr Scully said. Police will test for the “active ingredients of substances” taken in the hours lea…
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Vic seizures after drug charges A convicted gangland killer once sentenced to death has been charged with drug offences in country Victoria. The un-named man, now in his 50s, was arrested and charged after police using sniffer dogs raided his home near Bendigo on Monday night. Officers seized two cars, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and cash when they swooped on the Midland Highway, Epsom, property. The arrest was part of the Bendigo police Operation Luxes into the trafficking of methylamphetamines. He was later charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of amphetamines, proceeds of crime offences and possession of cannabis. The same man was sentenced to han…
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1 of my dealers has stopped selling to any1 under the age of 18 due to her seeing on the news that if a dealer is caught selling to someone under the age of 18 they will get 9 years prison instantly sounds a bit bullshit to me but if its true i do kinda agree with it but i also disagree....like its good and all that it will be harder for school kids to obtain BUT if u cant have something doesnt that tend to make u want it more? im no genius by any means but i sure as hell could come up with better techniques to get the youth of australia off smokin pot and although the task is impossible to complete, i dont think 9 years in gaol is acceptable for dealing to some1 w…
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Hundreds of people driving cars, trucks and motorbikes protested against child abuse by joining a convoy which rumbled from the Gold Coast to Brisbane. Organiser Hetty Johnston, an independent candidate for a Queensland Senate position at the federal election, said the rally was a warning to paedophiles that justice would catch up with them. However, Ms Johnston warned that although there was enormous support for action against those who sexually preyed on children, the law was letting children down. The rally, dubbed "Rollin Thunder", was held three days after police revealed they had cracked apart an international paedophile network that was operating in Australia…
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One in five parents back cannabis use Almost one in five parents approves of their children experimenting with cannabis, according to a review of the Federal Government's $25 million anti-drugs campaign last year. The review also found that adults without school-age children were more prepared to condone youth cannabis use, provided it did not prompt experimentation with harder drugs. It also suggested that parents tended to overestimate the accessibility of illicit drugs to school-age children but underestimate their willingness to try them if available. A national survey of 604 children aged between 15 and 17 in May and June last year showed 39 per cent had been o…
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West Australians, especially parents, are being urged to mount a campaign against the State Government's plans to soften cannabis laws. Liberal leader Colin Barnett yesterday released a report by the party's drug strategy spokesman Simon O'Brien which showed similar policies in South Australia had led to growth in organised crime and drug-related home invasions. Mr Barnett said the report, Decriminalisation Of Cannabis: The Wrong Approach, also showed greatly increased availability of cannabis to young people in SA following changes in its laws and minimal impact on freeing up the court system. Making cannabis a "little bit legal" was sending the wrong message to youn…
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QLD councillor hit in biker sting A Rockhampton city councillor and board member of Crime Stoppers has had a house which she owns seized by police in an operation targeting drug trafficking by bikers. A rental property belonging to Rose Swadling has been seized under proceeds of crime laws. In the same operation, Rockhampton lawyer Doug Winning has been served with a notice to appear in court to face charges of official corruption and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Cr Swadling was recently re-elected to the Rockhampton City Council and is liaison officer between council and the police. Her house was seized as part of Operation Mayflower – a 20-month in…
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004 MARIJUANA was found in an express package posted to a Mackay man from the Gold Coast, the Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Michael John Marino, 46, food processor, pleaded guilty to attempting to unlawfully possess marijuana in Mackay on July 28. The arrest followed the interception of a suspicious parcel which had been sent to Mackay as air freight, prosecutor Sergeant Neville Cox said. The package was carried by Toll Express and it contained three clipseal bags each wrapped in additional plastic. The marijuana weighed a total of 83.3 grams. Police were notified and they went to the address on the package and interviewed Marinoh www.dai…
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