'nice one John'
Cbc.ca/ottawa
March 31st 2006

A marijuana advocate who is running in Thursday's Nepean-Carleton byelection was convicted Wednesday on a drug possession charge. John Turmel was arrested three years ago when he took three kilograms of marijuana to Parliament Hill. Turmel, who advocates for loosening restrictions on use of the drug, also smoked marijuana during his one-man protest, and offered to share it with politicians, More Sharing....

25 mature aged cannabis plants were found by police in bush land near Nannup on Thursday afternoon. Many of the plants were in advanced stages of growth with most being over 1.8 metres in height and were probably due to be harvested in the near future. The street value was estimated at over $25,000. Senior Constable Chris Fox said "several pieces" of evidence found at the scene have been sent for forensic testing. "Once results have been received, there is a real possibility the people tending the plants will be identified," he said. Further investigations are underway

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved a new medical marijuana identification program, despite concerns raised by several medical pot patients, two supervisors and the sheriff. The board's 4-0 vote puts the county in compliance with a state ID program, which aims to make it easier for law enforcement to determine who is, and who is not, a medical marijuana patient. Supervisor Steve Wilensky was absent yesterday. The program takes effect April 3, and will be administered by the county Public Health Department. The approval did not please several, Full Approval....

'left behind 2,880 kilos of cannabis resin'
Typicallyspanish.com
March 28th 2006

The Civil Guard have seized 2.8 kilos of cannabis resin on a beach in San Javier, after a telephone call saying that several people had been seen loading up a van on a beach in La Manga del Mar Menor. The call came shortly after midnight on Monday morning, but the drug smugglers had fled by the time officers had arrived on the beach, which is known as ‘Banco del Tabal,’ in San Javier. They had left their van behind, loaded with 2,880 kilos of cannabis resin

Former powerboat champion and convicted drug trafficker Kirk Roberts is to lose almost $1 million in personal assets deemed to have been the spoils of his criminal activity. The amount represents his 50 percent share of a house and land at West Side Road in Sandys that has been identified in law as being a joint asset benefiting himself and his wife. And the 44-year-old faces losing a further $900,000 should any further assets subsequently come to light, a judge has announced. Roberts is serving a ten-year jail sentence after being found guilty in 2002 of conspiracy to import cannabis worth $1.4m to Bermuda, Full Refund....

'we will be questioning a number of persons'
Jamaica-gleaner.com
March 25th 2006

Compressed Ganja with a street value of more than $11 million was seized by the narcotics police during separate operations in Kingston between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Head of the Narcotics Division, Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson, said the container they seized on Thursday at the Kingston Port, was stripped on Thursday and ganja weighing 2,010 pounds was discovered packed in the flooring. Reports are that the container was on its way to an exporter when it was searched. "We will be questioning a number of persons," said SSP Wilson, Full Questioning....

A Devon boy expelled from school for selling cannabis is to receive £1,500 in compensation from a council. The Local Government Ombudsman ruled that Torbay Council was guilty of maladministration in its slowness to find a new school for the Year-10 boy. He said the money was not a reward but that failure to find a school and teach him at home properly caused injustice, More Injustice.....

'raid uncovered six tons of hashish'
Sejal Desai/Carvin Goldstone
Int.iol.co.za
March 22nd 2006

A police raid on Sunday uncovered six tons of hashish valued at R600-million at a Pinetown warehouse, police announced on Monday. A special task team found the drugs, which were neatly packaged and disguised in baby milk powder packaging from China. The team also arrested two Durban brothers, aged 33 and 24, for being in possession of the hashish, a pure form of dagga, More Dagga...

'plants found by the fire service'
Ripleynews.co.uk
March 20th 2006

Cannabis has been found in a Langley Mill house that caught fire last week. The property on Cromford Road was destroyed by the fire which took hold last Tuesday evening. Police say it is believed to have been caused by a large cannabis growing system in the premises. Several plants were found by the fire service during an investigation on Wednesday morning.Investigating fire officer John Caulton said, Full Find...

An American caught with more than $200,000 of cannabis in a suitcase at Bermuda International Airport is today starting a four-year prison sentence. Customs officials swooped on New Yorker Tonia Lavette Davis and found 4,500 grams of the drug. Crown counsel Cindy Clarke told a Supreme Court sentencing hearing yesterday that the amount found would have filled more than 9,000 $25 ‘bags’ usually sold by dealers – giving the haul an estimated street value of $227,600, Full Sentence....

Oregon State Police drug detection dog named Waldo found nearly 8 pounds of marijuana in the back of a car during a traffic stop on Interstate 84 this past weekend. Drug dog sniffs out 8 pounds of pot during traffic stop. The marijuana’s street value is estimated at around $20,000, said Lt. Greg Sherman.

A man has admitted playing a part in setting up a cannabis-making factory on the Shropshire border. Robert Pritchard’s fingerprints were found on reflective silver foil found at the factory unit in Penley, near Ellesmere. Police had found a similar operation inside two lorry trailer units parked at a haulage yard at Trevor near Llangollen, five months earlier. At Mold Crown Court yesterday, Pritchard, of Wrexham, had denied two charges of being involved in the cultivation of cannabis,Full Forensics.....

'dawn raid'
Scotsman.com
March 15th 2006

A vast network of cannabis factories run by Vietnamese gangs and producing tens of millions of pounds worth of drugs has been uncovered by police. More than 20 Scotland Yard officers swooped on one of the factories at a terraced house in a quiet residential street in Woodhill, south east London, at dawn. Officers found around 600 cannabis plants spread across four floors and a total of seven people were arrested in connection with the raid, Full Raid....

'tenants suspicious behaviour'
James Brockett
Harrowtimes.co.uk
March 15th 2006

Police have seizied cannabis with an estimated street value of £72,000 in a raid on a South Harrow house this week. Officers launched the raid after the landlord of the house, in Somervell Road, had called to tip them off about his tenants' suspicious behaviour. Using a warrant, police forced entry and inside discovered a fully operational cannabis factory. Three out of the four bedrooms were filled with 300 separate cannabis plants. Along with the plants, the team seized six black plastic bin liners that were full of harvested leaves, and being prepared for onward distribution, Full Suspicions......

'a request for bail was made'
Antiguasun.com
March 15th 2006

A Barbuda man has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison after pleading not guilty to possession of one .30 ammunition and a 12 gauge cartridge. Shornel Ashton also pleaded guilty to the charges of possession of 35 grams of cannabis seeds and cultivation of 68 cannabis plants. The prosecution withdrew a charge of possession of cannabis.
A request for bail was made, Full Request....

'officers from the State Crime Command Drug Squad'
Toni Bell
Taree.yourguide.com.au
March 14th 2006

Cannabis plants worth more than $1.4 million were destroyed at Wingham and Warrell Creek timber mills late last week. The plants had been seized during a four-day operation, known as Strike Force Lush, from Crown and private land at Kendall, Comboyne, west of Kempsey and into Nambucca Shire. Officers from the State Crime Command Drug Squad and Mid North Coast Local Area Command, with the assistance of Polair and the dog unit, removed 718 cannabis plants, some measuring as high as two metres, Full Operation....

'smoking up to 40 cones of cannabis a day'
Alyssa Braithwaite
Theadvertiser.news.com.au
March 13th 2006

A man bludgeoned his "nagging" elderly mother to death with a steel pipe because he couldn't stand the thought of becoming her full-time carer, a court has been told. Phillip Raymond Parkes, 49, pleaded guilty in the NSW Supreme Court last November to murdering his almost blind mother at her home in Sydney's northern beaches in January 2005. Grace Parkes, 83, was bludgeoned to death with an iron pipe and her Collaroy Plateau house was ransacked by her son in an attempt to paint her death as a bungled robbery.He admitted to smoking up to 40 cones of cannabis a day and taking amphetamines in the months leading up to the murder, Full Madness....

A Mexican man was shot and killed Friday night while smuggling marijuana into the country by crossing through the desert, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Detectives said late Saturday that the man's death was related to a drug "rip-off" during which he was shot. Deputies were called to Kino Hospital around 10:30 p.m. Friday where they found the man dead from a gunshot wound, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a department spokeswoman, Full Shooting....

'Customs seize 646kg of cannabis resin'
Kentonline.co.uk
March 11th 2006

When Customs inspected a lorry parked on an industrial estate on the Isle of Grain they found 646kg of cannabis resin worth £1.7million. Weeks later, the same man who had loaded the drugs into the lorry was stopped, with another, at the Channel Tunnel at Cheriton with nearly £40,000 cash on them, proceeds from drugs, said the prosecution at Canterbury Crown Court, Full Seizure....

Two Adelaide men will spend at least two years in jail for their role in cultivating one of the biggest ever cannabis crops found in New South Wales. Jim Mouroufas and Michael Nicolitsi, both 55, were sentenced today in the Sydney District Court. They were found guilty of helping to cultivate a $40 million cannabis plantation at Narrabri in western New South Wales. The court heard that 2,700 plants were found by police during a raid in April 2004. Judge Penelope Hock said while the men had played a minor role in the criminal organisation, they were still found guilty of very serious offences.

Annual Cannabis Eradication Program
Police.nsw.gov.au
March 10th 2006

Police have seized cannabis plants worth more than $1.4 million during a four-day operation on the state’s Mid North Coast. This week’s operation – named Strike Force Lush – was part of the State Crime Command Drug Squad’s annual Cannabis Eradication Program. Since November last year the Drug Squad has worked with local area commands to target five areas across the state. Drug Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent David Laidlaw, said the 2005-06 program so far has been successful, More Success......

'14 years imprisonment and a fine'
Sussexexpress.co.uk
March 9th 2006

More than 450 cannabis plants were seized from a farm at Knowles Lane, Halland, during a dawn raid today (March 9).
A man and a woman both in their 40s were arrested for cultivation and abstracting electricity. Thirteen Wealden police officers raided the farm just before 6am. Police say the factory is one of the most high-tech and well organised they have seen, Full Abstract.....

Efforts continue to apprehend two men who fled from local authorities in the last few days. Neither Donnie Newman, Carmi, nor Tony E. Sutton, Concord, were in custody as of press time late this morning. Sutton, 37, was formally charged Tuesday in White County Circuit Court with three counts of driving after his license had been revoked, as well as fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, resisting a police officer, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia (tweezers used to inhale cannabis) and unlawful possession of no more than 2.5 grams of cannabis. Cash bail security was set at $8,000. Full Madnessssss......

'refused bail'
News2020.com
March 8th 2006

A 71 year old Sydney man has been charged with drug and firearm offences after a raid on a Sydney home. Police executed a search warrant at the house in Cathryn Place, Aalor Park, about 9pm yesterday and found several firearms including a .22 calibre semi automatic and 84 cannabis plants. The 71year-old was arrested and later charged with several offences including possessing an unregistered firearm. He has been refused bail and will appear at Backtown Court later today.

Batemans Bay police seized nearly 300 cannabis plants in an drug operation covering the area from the Batemans Bay to Cobargo last week. The anti-theft-drug unit operation targeted drug cultivation. The police helicopter was used to conduct an extensive aerial search of the region. Properties in the Cobargo, Bermagui, Moruya and Bodalla areas were raided, but unit leader Sergeant David Scott said most of the plants were found on Crown land, More....

'following a high-speed car chase'
Ninemsn.com.au
March 6th 2006

Two Indonesian soldiers have been arrested in the capital Jakarta for possession of almost 200 kilograms of marijuana and may face a 10-year jail term if convicted, police said today. Detectives arrested marine Efrizal, 31, following a high-speed car chase Saturday and after he was questioned, they nabbed a second marine also accused of involvement in the haul, Jakarta police spokesman Untung Yoga Ana told AFP, Full Chase.....

'two counts of manufacture'
Suntimes.com
March 5th 2006

A South Side man was arrested in a drug bust Friday night that netted more than $250,000 worth of cannabis, police said. Alfonso Rodriguez, 39, of the 3200 block of West 56th Street, was charged with two counts of manufacture and delivery of cannabis, said police News Affairs Officer Patrice Harper, More....

'the value of the plants'
Icnetwork.co.uk
March 4th 2006

A North Wales man yesterday admitted cultivating cannabis after about 1,000 plants were seized by police. Andrew Lawler, 32, of Ty'n y Celyn, Llanelidan, near Ruthin, also admitted possessing the plants with intent to supply. But Judge Merfyn Hughes QC adjourned the case for evidence to be called because of a dispute about the value of the plants. The prosecution claims cannabis from the plants is worth anything between £16,000 and £67,000, Full Value....

'Tom Shapiro is getting his plants back'
Cbc.ca
March 3rd 2006

A Regina AIDS patient whose supply of medicinal marijuana was seized by police after his Health Canada licence to grow the drug expired is getting his plants back. Tom Shapiro won a legal battle last month after police seized both his plants and growing equipment in January. In February, the federal justice department stayed the charges and Shapiro was allowed to take his equipment back, Full Refund....

'cannabis factory and gutted by fire'
Hornseyjournal.co.uk
March 2nd 2006

The building looks like any that has fallen victim to a fire: charred window frames sit next to a satellite dish, with chairs and a table abandoned in the garden. Only later - after the blaze - does it emerge, to the surprise of neighbours, that this was yet another Tottenham house converted into a cannabis factory and gutted by fire, More.....

The RCMP dismantles an international drug distribution network on the internet
ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
March 1st 2006

MONTREAL, Feb. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The members of the Marihuana Grow
Operations Enforcement Team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police concluded
their first major operation when they uncovered a Montreal based criminal
organization involved in the trafficking, importation and exportation of
cannabis seeds, as well as in conspiring for the purpose of cannabis
cultivation via the Internet. This operation was launched in November 2004
under the name "Courriel" and culminated with the seizure of 200,000 cannabis
seeds and the arrest of seven persons.
Project "Courriel" revealed that Richard Hratch BAGHDADLIAN, 38, from
Marsan Street in Montreal, and six other persons operated the Heaven's
Stairway company. This company was on the web claiming to be the North
American supplier for indoor and outdoor cannabis production.
The cybercompany Heaven's Stairway used the Internet sites hempqc.com,
cannabisworld.com, overgrow.com, eurohemp.com, cannabisseeds.com, and
cannabisbay.com. These sites were used to order cannabis seeds online and
obtain information on cannabis cultivation. These Internet sites also
suggested ways to outsmart the police.
Richard Hratch BAGHDADLIAN was the instigator, head and main beneficiary
of the illicit company Heaven's Straiway. The other six accused acted as
couriers and performed other duties for the company. They are Geoffrey CHAN,
33, Maria Cristina CIVITILLO, 32, Natalie BAGHDADLIAN, 40, Manuel Bento
FERNANDES, 45, Christopher ALMOND, 38, and Teresa RODRIGUES, 39. They all live
in Montreal except Christopher ALMOND who lives in Ville Saint-Laurent.
The organization processed approximately 30 orders of cannabis seeds a
day averaging $100 each. The seeds were sent to clients by regular mail.
The seven people are facing 49 charges under the Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act and the Criminal Code of Canada. The offences were committed in
Quebec, Canada, North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world
between March 12, 1998 and January 31, 2006.
Nine searches were carried out during the week of January 30, 2006 in
order to gather evidence that criminal activities had been committed. The
searches were conducted in Montreal and Laval, as well as in the residences of
three of the accused, a business, three post office boxes, a vehicle and a
safe-deposit box.
These searches led to the seizure of 200,000 cannabis seeds, more than
$183,362 in US currencies and $14,000 in Canadian currencies, both in cash and
postal money orders, three one-kilogram gold bricks, a Harley-Davidson
motorcycle, a Mazda RX8 and many purchase orders. Since the searches were
conducted, 272 orders have been intercepted by the police.
The amount of seeds seized during the searches could have made it
possible to operate approximately 500 cannabis greenhouses of 400 plants each,
which represent 42 million joints sold on the street.
The seven accused are liable to 10 years' imprisonment. Since the
possession of cannabis seeds is illegal under Schedule II of the Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act, clients of the network could also receive a visit
from the police. It should be noted that Project "Courriel", a first in Canada, is the
fruit of the work of the new Marihuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team. This
new drug enforcement team is one of the seven teams established by the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police across Canada in 2004 to combat the scourge of
marihuana. The main objectives of these teams are to interdict drugs before
they arrive in our communities and to target and destroy the infrastructure
and the networks used by criminal organizations involved in marihuana
production. These organizations constitute a threat to public safety and well-
being.

The story so far

John Stockwell will adapt and direct Kid Cannabis, based on the real-life story of young Idaho suburbanites who built a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring. Variety says HBO Films will produce with Stockwell and Nicole Rocklin. Stockwell (Into the Blue, Blue Crush) brought the project to HBO, who optioned several articles about the illicit ring, including the 2005 Rolling Stone piece "Kid Cannabis: How a Chubby Pizza-Delivery Boy from Idaho Became a Drug Kingpin" by contributing editor Mark Binelli, Full Script....

A 'joint' operation between Civil Guard and Customs has arrested two Rumanians, in an anti-drugs operation which has seized 5 tons of cannabis on the coast of Granada. The SIVE electronic surveillance system detected two vessels which were approaching the beach of Albuñol early on Tuesday morning. The Coastguard were sent out from Motril, with helicopter support and support on the ground from the Customs Authorities in Motril, Full Haul....

'six metre high plants'
Laurieton.yourguide.com
March 15th 2006

Marijuana plants with a potential street value of $1.463 million were seized by police during a four-day operation on the state's Mid North Coast last week. Officers spent four days removing plants as high as six metres growing on Crown and private land at Kendall, Comboyne, Lower creek, Bowraville, Missbotti, Taylors Arm and Newee Creek. During the operation named Strike Force Lush officers from the Drug Squad and Mid North Coast Local Area Command, with assistance of Polair and the Dog Unit, seized 718 cannabis plants, Full Grow....

'seized 3.5 tons of cannabis'
Typicallyspanish.com
March 14th 2006

Almería Civil Guard have arrested 5 people in an anti-drugs operation on Balanegra beach which seized 3.5 tons of cannabis. They set up surveillance on the beach after a boat was spotted approaching the coast on Sunday night. The crew of the vessel managed to escape arrest, but five people who were unloading the drugs onto a waiting lorry were taken into custody. They are all different nationalities: Spanish, Colombian, Lithuanian, Russian and Moroccan. The lorry was stolen from a vegetable wholesalers in Vícar last September.

It is most certainly disturbing to read with abhorrence about violence and death along our southern border with Mexico. After all, that is “their” problem and we must wall it out. The fact however is that this narcoterrorism, and the voracious drug habits in the United States, are synonymous. The demand brings the supply to those who grow or manufacture, package, ship, warehouse, transport, sell, and buy it, which brings the violence and human destruction right to our easy chairs, Full Habit.....

Over 100 tons of marijuana and hashish are smuggled into Israel annually through the country's border with Egypt, while 3-4 tons of drugs - mostly heroin - enter the country across the Israeli-Jordanian border. In addition, approximately 20 million LSD and Ecstasy pills are smuggled into the country every year, on airplanes and ships. These appear like dry numbers, More.....

'cannabis plot'
Dailyrecord.co.uk
March 11th 2006

A man accused of being the mastermind of a gang who had cannabis worth £660,000 was cleared yesterday. The 330kg haul of cannabis resin was found, along with cocaine and herbal cannabis, in raids on a number of homes. Car dealer Jamie Gunn, 29 - the alleged boss - and Daniel Salmond, 40, from High Valleyfield, Fife, were cleared of all dealing charges after an eight-week trial. The High Court in Edinburgh was told thousands of pounds in cash was also found in the raids in the village in 2004, Full Plot.....

A court in Greece has sentenced Dublin man Tommy Savage to five years imprisonment on charges relating to an attempt to smuggle four tonnes of cannabis into Greece in 1997. Savage, 55, denied involvement in the smuggling attempt and said he intends to appeal the sentence. He told the court in Athens that he was the victim of a conspiracy by a criminal gang involved in internet fraud to set him up for the cannabis smuggling charges, Full Conspiracy.....

Delta State Police Command has arrested two police officers in possession of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian hemp. The Commissioner of Police, Udom Ekpoudom, who spoke through the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Olabisi Okuwobi said that the duo were arrested by detectives on January 31. “Police constable, No 427612 Sunday Nwibo attached to Ebonyi State Police Command and his partner in crime, Sunday Onam are presently with the Delta State Police Command”, she declared, Full Crimes.....

Al Koulla, Morocco - Morocco's drive to stamp out cannabis cultivation has won praise abroad, but farmers in the world's top hashish producer say they face destitution without more help to find alternative incomes. The dark green, fern-like plant has spread across the mountainous Rif region in Morocco's north-east as hashish smoking went from marginal to almost mainstream among young Europeans, More Stamping...

'receiving a tip-off from a member of the public'
Leonie Johnson
Townsvillebulletin.news.com.au
March 7th 2006

Townsville police were astonished to discover 115kg of cannabis at an Oak Valley property last Friday. Northern Regional Drug Squad acting officer-in-charge Detective Sergeant Brad Phelps said he was surprised such a mature crop of plants was kept hidden for so long in a residential area. "The unusual thing is the size of the plants being grown in someone's back yard," he said, Full Tip....

'lay dying from stab wounds'
Leon Fooksman
Sun-sentinel.com
March 6th 2006

A Miami-area man, 43, lay dying from stab wounds in a hospital early Sunday morning when he told Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators the truth: He wasn't stabbed in a fight at a restaurant, but outside a house in Loxahatchee. As detectives later determined, the man may have been lying for a reason: More than 100 marijuana plants were found growing inside the same house in the 16700 block of 73rd Court North, along with an elaborate lighting system thought to help grow the plants, Full Stabbing.....

'Sixty Minutes'
Catherine Olian
Cbsnews.com
March 4th 2006

A Canadian who calls himself the "Prince of Pot" could wind up in a U.S. prison for life for selling marijuana seeds, but says he would be "blessed" because such a plight could help legalize the drug. 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon talks to Marc Emery, who had a mail-order pot seed business that Canada ignored and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wants to prosecute him for, this Sunday, March 5th at 7pm, Full Appearance...

'Adelaide cannabis capital of Australia'
Greg Kelton
Theadvertiser.news.com.au
March 3rd 2006

Possessing or growing any amount of cannabis would again become a criminal offence, resulting in court appearances and possible jail under a tough new Opposition policy.Revealing the policy to The Advertiser yesterday, Opposition Leader Rob Kerin said the current policy of issuing expiation notices was not working. Mr Kerin said that since 1987, when personal use of marijuana was decriminalised, the on-the-spot fee had never been increased, adding: "Adelaide has the unenviable title of the cannabis capital of Australia, Full Notice....

Claims that cannabis use leads to harder drugs were yesterday dismissed as nonsense. A report to MPs said most scientists rejected the idea that smoking dope encouraged people to try out Class A drugs like heroin and cocaine. It said: "The gateway theory that the use of drugs like cannabis leads on to the use of harder drugs has little evidence to support it despite copious research, Full Gateway....

'branded MPs as idiots'
Eveningtelegraph.co.uk
Feb 28th 2006

Dundee Sheriff Richard Davidson today effectively branded MPs as idiots for reclassifying cannabis.
Just over a year ago, the Government-supported Bill to reduce the drug from Class B to C became law, despite strong protests over the danger of mental health problems associated with cannabis. In fact, Home Secretary Charles Clarke had to promise to review the law at a later, Read On....

It's a fantastic product, says Elizabeth Western, a local clothing retailer who sells hemp purses, shirts and jeans at Chameleon Natural Boutique on Manatee Avenue. She'd like to see laws change to make it legal to produce hemp for clothing. The United States is the only developed nation in the world that doesn't produce hemp as an economic crop, according to NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, More....

Pinole> More than nine months into a yearlong moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries, the city has yet to form a task force to study the issue. A medical marijuana activist says the city is stalling. City officials insist they are not. The city might seek to extend the moratorium when it expires in the spring, Senior Planner Elizabeth Dunn said. The council adopted the moratorium this past May after someone queried the city about opening a dispensary. Pinole's zoning ordinance does not address medical marijuana dispensaries, also known as cannabis clubs, More Compassion...

A £30,000 haul of cannabis was found by a walker in a West Cumbrian hedge on Thursday. The 20 kilo parcel of cannabis resin was hidden in the hedge on the outskirts of Blindcrake, yards from the junction with the main A595 road. Police are appealing for witnesses who saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area sometime between Wednesday and the early hours of Thursday morning. Anyone with information should contact Workington police.

In the biggest outdoor cannabis bust in four years, police seized 900 cannabis plants at Billiatt Conservation Park on Wednesday.Police and Drug and Organised Crime Investigation officers began a search of the 60,000ha park near Alawoona, east of Karoonda, on Tuesday as part of ongoing investigations, finding the crop at midday hidden in dense scrub. Detective Inspector Peter Faulk said the plants varied in maturity, from 70cm up to 2.4m in height, Full Seizure..

'investigated incidents of meter tampering'
Suttonguardian.co.uk
Feb 23rd 2006

Dawn raids carried out at locations across the borough on Tuesday saw 22 people arrested for offences ranging from rape to the cultivation of drugs. A total of 70 officers, who were joined by officers from the Territorial Support Group and drug search dogs, visited 32 different addresses in Sutton. Areas covered included properties in Carshalton, Worcester Park, Roundshaw and North Cheam. The intelligence-led exercise, dubbed Operation Weed, was the third of its kind to have been carried out since the beginning of the year, More Tampering.....

'cannabis and a quantity of railway detonators'
News.com.au
Feb 22nd 2006

A 19-year-old man will face court after an off-duty police officer was assaulted at Lithgow, west of the Blue Mountains. The 39-year-old sergeant was found unconscious on the footpath in Main Street last night after becoming involved in an argument with two men at a Lithgow pub. He is in a stable condition in Nepean Hospital with multiple facial injuries.A police raid on the suspect's Bathurst house uncovered ammunition, cannabis and a quantity of railway detonators, More....

'police prosecute 13 people as a result of raids'
Beck Vass
Stuff.co.nz
Feb 21st 2006

Police may prosecute 13 people as a result of raids on Nelson cannabis plots, which have revealed some crops are flourishing while others have been hindered by possums and a lack of rain. About 5000 plants worth millions of dollars have been seized since police began using an Iroquois helicopter last Thursday to spot crops. The best haul came on Monday when 70 plants up to 4m tall were discovered in Golden Bay. Full Tale....

'and a marijuana-growing operation'
Guardian.co.uk
Feb 19th 2006

Albuquerque> N.M. Two brothers who had eluded a string of felony drug and weapons charges for 15 years have been captured and were found with stockpiles of drugs, weapons and gunpowder, a U.S. marshal said Saturday. Military-style helmets, bullet-resistant vests and a marijuana-growing operation were found on the property that was heavily guarded by motion detectors and dogs, officials said. Eden said the two also might have tried to domesticate mountain lions, Full Tale....

A cannabis smoker has been arrested after complaining to police that he was sold bad weed. Hans-Juergen Bendt, 52, from Darmstadt, lodged a complaint about his dealer with police after he sold him seven ounces of "completely un-enjoyable" hash. Bendt complained the dealer refused to refund him the £270 he had paid for the drugs.Full Complaint....

'police pulled 15,000 plants'
Ottsun.canoe.ca
Feb 17th 2006

Kingston> A Toronto restaurateur has been sent to prison after pleading guilty to tending a marijuana farm in eastern Ontario. Justice Helen MacLeod sentenced Yui Chan, 50, on Wednesday for growing marijuana in a two-hectare field near Kingston in 2004. Court heard that police pulled 15,000 plants, many of them nearly a metre tall, from a field that was hidden from, Full Sentence....

'sentenced to death for cannabis trafficking'
Bernama.com.
Feb 16 2006

Shah Alam>Bernama: An unemployed was Wednesday sentenced to death by the High Court here after being found guilty of trafficking in 2018.04 grams of cannabis six years ago. Justice Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari passed the verdict after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. Mohammad Abdullah, 31, who was wearing a grey T-shirt and blue jeans appeared calm in the dock when the sentence was passed, Full Hanging...

'missing woman found in growroom'
Expatica.com
Feb 15th 2006

Amsterdam> Police dismantling an illegal cannabis cultivation operation in the west of Rotterdam discovered a woman missing since 2003, it was revealed on Tuesday. The woman, 28, was found in the house on 1 February and she said she had been held captive in a hidden room there for years. A man, 59, who lived above the cannabis operation was arrested, Full Find.....

At 10.23 pacific, 1.23 a.m. Monday eastern time, its now 120 hours since an "official" statement was forthcoming.... This is a very serious subject and situation, so I will only tolerate posts that are contributions in ideas or credible, intelligent speculation. I've little patience for anything less and will bar the unintelligent or wastes of space (& my time), said Mark Emery close friend of missing Overgrow owner Richard Calrisian (Boucher). This impacts on thousands of people potentially, and certainly impacts on High Times Magazine who had an official relationship with Overgrow.com. High Times Magazine should be issuing a statement about what has happened to their official on-line partner. All pivotal questions remain... where is he? what happened? Full Speculation...

Police have launched a crackdown on drug gangs setting up hydroponic cannabis-growing operations across Melbourne and nearby farming areas.The move comes as Prime Minister John Howard urges states to tackle cannabis abuse as part of Australia's new mental-health strategy.At the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra on Friday, Mr Howard said a generation of Australians had been too passive, Full Strategy....

Overgrow :Richard Calrisian
News2020.com
February 11th 2006

Overgrow was an online magazine for cannabis growers, containing information about cannabis cultivation written by the users, staff, and owners of overgrow.com.Was closed down by Montreal police on January 31st they arrested "Richard Calrisian" (an alleged pseudonym) and his family, as well as some employees. It is believed that Calrisian is being held at Riviere-des-Prairie (RDP) jail in Montreal, and his wife in is Tanguay jail, although this information has not been verified. The site was equipped with a unique feature known as the 'StrainGuide', which allowed users to search for their favorite type of cannabis by genetic lineage. The forums, or more specifically the members of the site, were considered an invaluable resource, offering a wealth of knowledge, as well as a place to chat and socialize. Latest update

'our marijuana laws don't work'
Klastv.com
Feb 10th 1006

Proponents of a petition legalizing small amounts of marijuana launched their campaign Tuesday, recruiting volunteers, serving snacks and urging Nevada voters to support a "tax-and-regulate" proposal on the November ballot. "Our marijuana laws don't work," said Neal Levine, executive director of the Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana, More Regulation...

The Italian government has approved a law that increases sanctions against people who smoke marijuana, putting the drug on a par with cocaine and heroin. Under the new legislation, people found in possession of cannabis could risk having their passport and their driving licence suspended, Follia piena...

The inquest into a plane crash on Hamilton Island in north Queensland has been shown tests that indicate the pilot had been using marijuana in the lead up to the tragedy. All six people on board the Piper Cherokee were killed when it crashed soon after take-off on Hamilton Island in September 2002. Toxicologist Professor Olaf Drummer today told the inquest that, Full Crash....

A cannabis user has been jailed indefinitely after a brutal attack on his girlfriend's multimillionaire mother. Peter Thomas, 21, received an indeterminate sentence from Judge Roger Chapple at London's Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court. The judge jailed him for a minimum of three years but said he could not be released until the parole board considered it safe to the public for him to be freed, Full Dependency...

'prolonged cannabis abuse and mental illness'
Olwen Dudgeon
Ypn.co.uk
Feb 4th 2006

A man has been jailed for six years for causing the death of a woman during a high-speed drive while suffering psychosis after years of cannabis abuse.David Whitnall reached speeds estimated up to 130mph, weaving around other vehicles on the M62 while using his knees to steer during his 50-mile journey from Manchester on August 26 last year.The crash, which closed the motorway, happened near Selby when his Subaru Imprezza struck the back of a Fiat containing grandmother Susan Legg, 48, and husband Gordon, Full Madness...

A boy has been expelled for retailing drugs at a North East school. The 14-year-old has been kicked out of Ponteland High School for selling cannabis to other pupils. The school has just received an outstanding Ofsted report, with good quality teaching, high standards and the good behaviour of pupils all highlighted. But now worried parents have spoken of their fears that there could be a drugs problem within the school and that excluding just one pupil will not solve the issue, Full Sale....

'500 suspected cannabis plants'
Bbc.co.uk
February 2nd 2006

Police in Yeovil said a fire in the Mudford Road area on Tuesday destroyed a suspected cannabis factory. Officers from the Avon and Somerset force were on patrol when they noticed a building on fire. They called in the fire brigade who found about 500 suspected cannabis plants and drug-related equipment. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and supplying drugs. The cause of the blaze is believed to be an electrical fault.

Auburn> Medical marijuana activist Steve Kubby asked a Placer County judge today to let him use cannabis while he serves a 120-day jail sentence for a drug conviction in 2000. The Placer sheriff's department said it is opposed to the idea.Kubby has contended that he will die in jail if he is not allowed to use cannabis to treat his condition. Undersheriff Steve D'Arcy said his department's policy is that marijuana will not be furnished in any form to an inmate, Full Tale....

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