Thats alot of weed.

[leafy]

Police bust international drug ring operating out of Vancouver

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...Mh8HxeMN5gDzCqw

 

THE CANADIAN PRESS

 

Dec 12, 2007

 

VANCOUVER - Police have broken up an international crime ring operating mostly out of Metro Vancouver and put the alleged ringleader behind bars.

 

Investigators from B.C.'s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit worked with police agencies in the U.S., Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, India and China to unearth the drug smuggling network.

 

More than 100 people are being arrested and charged with drug-related offences, police told a news conference Wednesday.

 

"The distribution of illegal drugs is not just a local issue," said Supt. Marianne Ryan, the unit's officer in charge. "The trade of illegal drugs by organized crime can affect people across international boundaries."

 

Police said the ring was responsible for producing, importing and distributing drugs ranging from cocaine and heroin to methamphetamine and marijuana.

 

Insp. Dean Robinson said the bust "represents the largest and most significant drug file for the Vancouver police department."

 

"This project is significant, it's integrated, it's global, and it's reached the top at this point," he said. "We've been effective in this file, in essence we have chopped the head off of the snake . . . we've gone right to the top on this one."

 

Police said the kingpin of the drug syndicate, a 40-year-old Vancouver man, is in custody.

 

Police seized more than 600 kilograms of cocaine, 111 kilograms of methamphetamines, 83 kilograms of ecstasy and 3,500 kilograms of marijuana.

 

They also seized real estate worth over $6 million, $2 million in cash, vehicles worth over $300,000 and 17 handguns and prohibited weapons.

[leafy]

Around 6 tonnes a year gets seized here, imagine how much is actually getting around OZ,

 

3.5 tonnes of dope, thats just over half of what gets seized here, and in one seizure FUCK, I hope we can keep up with the Canadians.

[DownUnderDoper]

125, 000 oz

 

Seems a reasonable amount for personal use to me

[eexpee]

hmm, does this mean it's going to be hard to find more ganja? Unless of course we grow our own

I wish they had a picture of that....

[fsagertyaef]

i would love to have just 10% of that i would retire after i dumped all that meth in the ocean

[Pam]

In the ocean! Are you trying to make the sharks come on land, or just ruin their appetites?

Well, maybe the whole thing will be a boon to the little guys now, not having to compete with the warehouse club for drugs anymore. Maybe the price of an ounce will improve.

[Budman2012]

It truely boggles the mind ..

 

The powers that be fund the drugs into the country and then make one-off busts (uncooperative associates?) designed for the Media uptake .. this gives them leverage in numerable areas and helps to fuel the propaganda that is the "War on Drugs" ...

 

or sumthin like that.

 

[leafy]

Yeah, the war on drugs my arse, most cops are in on it, in fact the Australian army is in on it.

 

You guys know that Australian SLR rifles are winding up in Paupa New Guinea? Guess whats coming back in exchange, POT.

 

 

Its amazing people how drugs are what make the world go round. NOT LOVE... unless your at a UN meeting and everyone is dropping an E.