Cannabis crops exchanged for heroin

[Tom]

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 cannabis is grown in Melbourne, transported to Sydney and swapped for heroin, which is brought back to Melbourne and sold here," Det-Supt Biggin said.

 

Author:AAP

Date:June 13, 2005

Source:news.com.au

Copyright:Copyright 2005 News Limited

 

So plants are now worth 2,500 each which means they are saying each one is going to yield 10+ ounces, and then how do they figure you can get $3 million worth of Heroin for a quarter of the price of one block, I think Det-Supt Biggin needs to put a little more effort into his maths.

 

[WantDaChronic]

police seem to think sticking up an oz is the same as selling the oz straight up in one hit, price and all

 

i reckon if they were serious about their work, they would turn the entire crop into hash and then trade that for the smack, would get more herion for it anyways

[jethroqwalrustitty]

probably just a good idea to stay away from stuff like heroin in the first place

[Tom]

350-gram blocks of heroin worth $1 million each

Just caught the end of Border Security, Customs got a guy trying to smuggle a kilo of heroin into the country and they reckon that it would only have a street value of $600,000, not nearly $3,000,000 as Detective Superintendent Tony Biggin would claim.

 

[WantDaChronic]

you'd think it would have been bumped up to something along the lines of $5million worth for that single kilo...

 

fucking police cant weigh, cant price and if they were dealers, their shop would be closed in under a week.

[M1557]

probably just a good idea to stay away from stuff like heroin in the first place

 

Werd...

 

::M1557::

Edited June 15, 2005 by M1557