Beach arrests suspects in large-scale marijuana plan.
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- Beach arrests suspects in large-scale marijuana plan.
- $10M worth of marijuana seized from SoCal suburban home
- EDITORIAL: It’s time for a victory for hemp.(Editorial)
- Cincinnati council committee urges extension of tough anti-marijuana…
- Man was cultivating cannabis.
- Habitual cannabis user faces jail
- Millionpound Cannabis Factory Raided (from Your Local Guardian)
Beach arrests suspects in large-scale marijuana plan.
Free with registration – Virginian-Pilot – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 28, 2007
| Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (March, 2007). 28–VIRGINIA BEACH — Two men were arrested last month in connection with what police are calling the largest and most elaborate marijuana growing operation in the city’s h.
$10M worth of marijuana seized from SoCal suburban home
San Francisco Chronicle – Mar 28, 2007
(AP) — Authorities on Wednesday seized nearly $10 million worth of marijuana being grown inside a four-bedroom home that was being used as a pot greenhouse. Narcotics investigators confiscated more than 1,800 plants in every part of the house along with lights, an irrigation system and other equipment used to cultivate marijuana, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. No one was home when authorities served a search warrant. The raid came a week after investigators seized about $12 million worth of pot found inside a sprawling, seven-bedroom home several miles away.
EDITORIAL: It’s time for a victory for hemp.(Editorial)
Free with registration – Appeal-Democrat – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 28, 2007
Schwarzenegger, once he understands that some of his stated reasons for vetoing it last year are off-base, would benefit all Californians by signing it. The complication, of course, is that hemp and marijuana are the.
Cincinnati council committee urges extension of tough anti-marijuana…
Columbus Dispatch – Mar 28, 2007
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CINCINNATI (AP) — An ordinance that allows sentences of up to 30 days in jail for possession ofsmall amounts of marijuana is responsible for removing 62 guns from the streets in the past year,and that alone is reason enough to extend the law, police say. The year-old ordinance will expire Friday unless City Council extends it. “It’s like a no-brainer as we address this issue of crime,” Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr. told a council committee on Tuesday. “Officers on the street have told me this is a very usefultool.
Man was cultivating cannabis.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 28, 2007
Man was cultivating cannabis. | Europe Intelligence Wire (March, 2007). Phillip Rear (32), of Hastings Road, Barwell, p… (From Leicester Mercury) A man was caught cultivating cannabis plants after police used a search warrant to enter his home looking for somebody else. Phillip Rear (32), of Hastings Road, Barwell, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis when he appeared at Hinckley Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Prosecutor Sally Laundon told.
Habitual cannabis user faces jail
Suffolk Evening Star – Mar 28, 2007
South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court heard that Marcus Livermore, 35, of Bramford Road, Ipswich, was found to have more than 150 grams of the potent “skunk” variety of the drug when officers executed a search warrant at his home on March 22. Livermore pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of cannabis. Naomi Turner, prosecuting, said besides the drugs, officers also found weighing scales, cannabis seeds, drug paraphernalia, and hydroponic growing equipment. She said that during interview Livermore claimed the drugs were for personal use and he would routinely buy large amounts to last him up to a month… South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court heard that Marcus Livermore, 35, of Bramford Road, Ipswich, was found to have more than 150 grams of the potent “skunk” variety of the drug when officers executed a search warrant at his home on March 22. Livermore pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of cannabis. Naomi Turner, prosecuting, said besides the drugs, officers also found weighing scales, cannabis seeds, drug paraphernalia, and hydroponic growing equipment. She said that during interview Livermore claimed the drugs were for personal use and he would routinely buy large amounts to last him up to a month. Ms Turner said: “He said he had purchased the drug for £100 and smokes five or six joints a day. “He said he had the scales to make sure he doesn’t overdose when rolling a joint.
Millionpound Cannabis Factory Raided (from Your Local Guardian)
Wimbledon Guardian – Mar 28, 2007
Hounslow Drugs Squad swooped on a residential property in Great South-West Road, and seized more than 500 cannabis plants from the house, which had the facilities and capability to produce huge quantities of marijuana. Three lorries were needed to confiscate the equipment and bin bags full of cannabis plants from the rented semi-detached house. No one was living permanently at the property, but neighbours had become aware of strange comings and goings. PC Forrester, who was co-ordinating the removal of the plants yesterday evening, said: “It looks like a completely normal house from the outside, but inside they’ve got a sophisticated network of ventilation pipes, energy converters and heat lamps. “The windows are sealed and the heat and fumes are often pumped out of the chimney.