Helicopters

[rodwal]

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

 

25 NOVEMBER 2002

 

The Nimbin HEMP Embassy is collecting data on how the police conduct

themselves in their annual pre Christmas cannabis raids which begin today in

the Tweed Valley. Residents are asked to call the Embassy at (02) 6689 1842

or email at hemp@nrg.com.au with information. For years we've had to put up

with their Rambo tactics and now we are serious about monitoring their

behaviour and anything untoward will be reported in the proper manner.

 

"NSW police insist on valuing every plant, male or female, including

seedlings, at $2000 each. It's the same situation every year" said Andrew

Kavasilas, from the Nimbin HEMP Embassy, "we'll see a self assessment at the

end of the operation, with overestimation of the street value of the hippy

pot."

 

Mr Kavasilas was critical of police long term outcomes. "With high

estimations being broadcast, we'll see organised crime and profiteers rush

to fill the hole in the cannabis black market with other drugs. It's hard

to believe police don't have more sophisticated methods of detecting

commercial cannabis crops these days. Perhaps they're here for terrorist

training".

 

Never mind that 80 - 90% of cannabis in Australia is now grown indoors.

"Problematic cannabis use cannot be addressed this way - it's a farce," Mr

Kavasilas said. "While police use strategies that are thirty years old,

society has seen the introduction of a myriad of new illicit substances and

the added negative social impact as a result of the war on drugs."

 

For further information

 

Andrew Kavasilas (02) 6689 0199

A/H (02) 6689 1998

 

Nimbin HEMP Embassy (02) 6689 1842

52 Cullen St

Nimbin NSW 2480

 

 

 

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[rodwal]

Hi,

 

Please go to abc.net.au/northcoast to participate in a forum to vote whether

helicopter raids are a waste of resources.

[BlackBeauty]

I'll post this on AMB as well.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I have voted.

[rodwal]

PRESS RELEASE THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2002

 

DROUGHT AFFECTS POLICE HARVEST

 

Nimbin HEMP Embassy has received several calls since announcing a monitoring

of police conduct during their pre Christmas cannabis eradication program.

Initial reports have confirmed that the police haul is 90% down on last

year's booty. "Police are flying lower than usual in an effort to find even

small amounts around houses to achieve a quota", said Andrew Kavasilas, "our

reports come from Wilson's Creek and Pretty Gully where the police

helicopter has 'buzzed' ten metres above people's homes, it's real bully boy

stuff."

 

The ABC's internet poll reports that 77% of voters think the police should

reconsider their yearly raids. "It doesn't make any sense for police to

continually go against community sentiments. You can only fool some of the

people some of the time, and they're the only people the police are

interested in", said Kavasilas.

 

In the meantime, window-shopping police are exercising a 'show of strength'

in the village of Nimbin which has been under siege for two days prior to

next week's impending helicopter campaign in the valley. It's pretty

obvious that the drought, together with the continuing raids has driven

cannabis growing indoors. In fact, the police have come all the way from

Sydney, the biggest cannabis growing area in NSW.