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Seven men arrested after another major marijuana bust in the region were refused bail at a Dubbo court the weekend. The men, aged from 25 to their mid-50s, were arrested on Friday when police swooped on a property at Balladoran, 50 kilometres north of Dubbo. Between 3000 and 4000 cannabis plants were discovered growing on the property, with an estimated street value of $7 million. The plants ranged in size from 1.5 to 2 metres in height and were described by police as "very healthy". Each plant was individually irrigated and mulched, with black plastic wrapped around the base. The property, 'Heatherbrae', has been under surveillance for some weeks and police believe it is…
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Govt kicks off high school cannabis education kit Two cannabis education kits launched by the New South Wales Government this weekend are a first in Australia. The kits, which have been developed for high schools, are part of a drive to highlight the dangers of cannabis use and change the perception that it is a safe recreational drug. NSW Special Minister of State John Della Bosca says the State Government is serious about tackling the issue in the education system. "It's the first kit of its kind in Australia, it's part of a comprehensive strategy which is the first serious attempt by government to address the problem of cannabis in young people from a public he…
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A man has been charged with cultivating and supplying cannabis after police seized 21kg of the drug on the NSW south coast. Police said officers had executed a search warrant on a house at Gwinganna Avenue, Kiama, on Friday afternoon. They found cannabis in the garage, along with hydroponic equipment, seven cannabis plants and two ecstasy tablets. As a result of the seizure, a 24-year-old Kiama man was charged with cultivating a prohibited drug and supplying a prohibited drug. He was given conditional bail and was due to appear in Kiama Local Court on March 23 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/National/story_55219.asp
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A MAJOR drug crop was seized by police from a Cheshunt property on Tuesday. Wangaratta detectives said other enquiries at the Rose River Road property were being followed up when a few marijuana plants were observed growing there. Ultimately some 200 marijuana plants were seized from various outdoor locations around the property. They ranged in size from 1.8m (6ft) plants to small seedlings. Wangaratta detectives said a Cheshunt man, whose age was around 40, was subseqently charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis. He has been bailed to appear at Myrtleford Magistrates Court on April 30. http://wangaratta.yourguide.com.au/detail....News&m=2&y=2…
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another bust as follows:- NSW Police On-Line POLICE SEIZE 21 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS – KIAMA 28, February 2004 Lake Illawarra police have seized almost 21 kilograms of cannabis during the execution of a search warrant at a house in Kiama. Police located the cannabis in the garage of the Gwinganna Avenue address, as well as hydroponic equipment, seven cannabis plants and two ecstasy tablets. As a result of the seizure, a 24-year-old Kiama man has been charged with cultivate prohibited plant, possess prohibited drug and supply prohibited drug. He has been given conditional bail and will appear in Kiama Local Court on March 23. *******
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I know I'm going to get clobbered for this and I know it is a bit gay to pick on spelling errors but this one is right at the top of the forums. Mary Jane has a J and even the illiterate know this because they've seen it so many times on the cover of High Times which has great pictures.
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Hemp crops can be used to mop up troublesome sewage effluent that would otherwise be dumped at sea, say Australian researchers. A team led by eco-technologist Dr Keith Bolton from Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, is analysing hemp from a one hectare crop harvested from land next to a public sewage treatment works. His team is testing the hemp to see how well it acts as a 'mop crop', a crop that absorbs sewage once it has been treated at a sewage treatment plant. Mop crops have become an increasingly popular alternative to dumping sewage effluent in the ocean, said Bolton. Byron Bay residents had been strongly opposed to a proposed local …
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Six alleged marijuana growers have been charged with trafficking after a $1 million North-East indian hemp drug bust. Two separate raids, one last Friday, the other Tuesday this week, were made near Gladstone as part of Launceston CIB drug squad's long-range Operation Nobble. The 600 mature cannabis plants, some up to 2.5m high, were unloaded from a rental truck at Launceston police station yesterday morning by a Northern Drug Investigation Services task force. The drugs will be destroyed after identification by a government analyst. During the raid, drug squad detectives located nine separate compounds of marijuana near Gladstone with a street value of $1 millio…
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TWENTY-four soldiers and nine sailors have been thrown out of the Australian Defence Force for abusing drugs -- and the careers of several Townsville soldiers are also on the line. The sackings follow drug raids on the Northern Territory-based 1 Brigade, which prompted a nationwide crackdown on drug abuse in the ranks. It is also likely that a number of soldiers who tested positive for drugs at Townsville will also be sacked. Chief of Army Lieutenant-General Peter Leahy said yesterday 47 soldiers tested positive as a result of the raids at Robertson Barracks, near Darwin, late last year. Ninety-seven soldiers were tested out of 3598 personnel. General Leahy …
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A VICTORIAN policeman due to be presented with an international award for fighting the drug war has been accused of being involved in drug rip-offs. The detective, formerly attached to the National Crime Authority and the elite Australian Crime Commission, was yesterday accused of stealing money and drugs from drug dealers with other corrupt police. He was named during a hearing of the Police Integrity Commission in Sydney yesterday and was later suspended without pay by Victoria Police. The Herald Sun believes the detective, whose name was suppressed by the commission, is overseas, where he was to be given a medal this week for services to the community in rel…
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DRUG BARON LAW RARELY USED... Only one person has substantial property frozen. By Sean Cowan PROPERTY confiscation laws designed to bring down drug dealing Mr Bigs have been used just once since they were intro- duced more than three years ago. The laws allow police to freeze suspected criminals' assets without charges being laid. If the suspects want the property back they must prove it was bought with legally obtained funds. A list of police targets obtained by The West Australian reveals that 11 people have been the subject of unexplained-wealth seizures. Nine of them had already been charged over drug hauls but were arrested before a law was passed that allow…
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POLICE will hold a phone-in next month to gather intelligence on hydroponic cannabis operations. The March 10 phone-in follows a similar operation last year, which resulted in more than 1000 calls. That operation also resulted in a large amount of hydroponic equipment being seized and destroyed. Next month's phone-in is in response to the large number of crops discovered in Adelaide over the past six months. Police say there are 66 shops specialising in hydroponics equipment in Adelaide. The believe many of these are selling equipment and fertilizers to hundreds of cannabis growers. It has been established that many of these shops have clear links to organised…
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Vigilent policing and public input continue to form a winning combination against illegal drugs. A combined police and community effort is one of the major factors behind a series of recent cannabis hauls in the northern Barossa region, which have seen hundreds of kilograms of drugs kept off the streets. Three major busts have been carried out in the Eudunda policing district since December 2003, on rural properties at World's End, Brownlow and Bower. They follow regular smaller busts in the Eudunda, Kapunda and Freeling areas and in total have resulted in the seizure and destruction of more than 5000 cannabis plants. The first large haul occurred on December 12, when 2…
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PRESS RELEASE 16/2/2004… The Network Against Prohibition (NAP) announced today the group will continue it’s campaign of civil disobedience in 2004 to further highlight the unworkability of current Northern Territory drug legislation. Since forming in 2002 as a response to the Labor government’s amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act, NAP has instigated an ongoing campaign of direct action and public rallying demanding recognition of drug user rights. NAP spokesperson Nicolette Burrows said “2004 will see the Network Against Prohibition continue our campaign against Labor’s ‘drug house’ laws using a variety of strategies, including civil disobedience. NAP urges the com…
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Another bust in todays paper. A rented house on the gold coast was raided. Police found 12 plants with an estimated street value of $32,000. It was a hydro setup. Really seems to be some police commisioners and pollies scoring some points in the bust dept' lately. Elections are in the air!
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