Dutch cannabis buyers to have face scans
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- Dutch cannabis buyers to have face scans
- Sprouting soon in North Dakota
- Cannabis house ‘murder’ inquiry
- Double raid on cannabis factories
- Marijuana seized after agents catch smugglers using ramps to drive…
- Fire strikes warehouse filled with marijuana
Dutch cannabis buyers to have face scans
The Age - Jun 21, 2007
If they can’t, they risk being shut down. “If a 17-year-old comes here, shows the ID of his verysimilar-looking older brother and then gets caught by the policewith cannabis bought in our shop, we have to prove that he brokethe rules, not us,” said Josemans. Cannabis is theoretically illegal in the Netherlands but hasbeen tolerated in small amounts since the 1970s. Customers in Maastricht will have their fingers and facescanned. The scans will be compared with stored data and, ifeverything matches, they will be able to enter the coffee shop. No names and addresses are stored and details on the amount ofcannabis bought every day will be saved only until midnight. The information is completely secure, coffee shop ownerssay.
Sprouting soon in North Dakota
economist.com - Jun 21, 2007
But despite the enthusiasm of wartime planners, hemp never took root (as it were). Taxes and regulations, introduced in 1937 but minimally enforced during the war, kicked in again during the 1950s. Hemp is a variety of the cannabis plant, which also produces marijuana—though industrial hemp has a much smaller concentration of the mind-blowing compound, THC, than the smokable stuff. America’s puritans, not to mention nylon-makers, wanted production shut down.
Cannabis house ‘murder’ inquiry
BBC News - Jun 21, 2007
A quantity of blood and a blood-stained crowbar where found at an empty house in North Park Road, Iver, on 18 May. The find, during a raid to seize cannabis plants, prompted Thames Valley Police to launch a murder inquiry. High-visibility patrols are to return to the area, with police urging anyone with information to contact them. Following the cannabis raid a forensic search of the house took place after blood was found in an upstairs bedroom, and officers then discovered the crowbar. Survival unlikely
Several hundred mature cannabis plants were seized in the raid. Det Ch Insp Pete Dowling said: “The amount of blood in the room strongly suggests to us that someone was murdered there… The find, during a raid to seize cannabis plants, prompted Thames Valley Police to launch a murder inquiry. High-visibility patrols are to return to the area, with police urging anyone with information to contact them. Following the cannabis raid a forensic search of the house took place after blood was found in an upstairs bedroom, and officers then discovered the crowbar. Survival unlikely
Several hundred mature cannabis plants were seized in the raid. Det Ch Insp Pete Dowling said: “The amount of blood in the room strongly suggests to us that someone was murdered there. “They were the subject of a violent attack and they were extremely unlikely to have survived it. “Officers will be out in force as part of high-visibility patrols in the area this evening - we need to reassure the public and we also hope to gather information.
Double raid on cannabis factories
BBC News - Jun 21, 2007
The operations at Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth, Dorset, and at Courtwood Farm in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, went into action on 20 June. Two men who were arrested at the first raid in Hampshire have been released on police bail. Information gained at the first address led to the second raid, police said. The men, aged 38 and 63, from Poole and Bournemouth, were arrested on suspicion of being concerned with the production of cannabis and are due to report to police on 20 August.
Marijuana seized after agents catch smugglers using ramps to drive…
San Diego Union Tribune - Jun 21, 2007
An agent was patrolling the area about two miles east of Campo at 7:30 a. when he noticed a suspicious-looking 2006 Nissan Frontera heading westbound on state Route 94, said Supervisory Border Patrol agent Richard E.
Fire strikes warehouse filled with marijuana
Brownsville Herald - Jun 21, 2007
The Hidalgo County fire marshal, meanwhile, was still investigating whether arson may have been the cause. The first firefighters who arrived at the scene found the back door open and the burning warehouse empty. They were exposed to so much marijuana smoke that there is no way they could pass a drug test, said Edinburg Fire Chief Shawn Snider. He ordered all the firefighters to wear air packs, which prevent them from inhaling toxic or hazardous fumes. Hours after the fire was put out, the sweet, musty smell of marijuana lingered. But the smell didn’t stop three stray dogs from walking into the warehouse. The remaining marijuana was loosely packed on the eastern wall of the building… They were exposed to so much marijuana smoke that there is no way they could pass a drug test, said Edinburg Fire Chief Shawn Snider. He ordered all the firefighters to wear air packs, which prevent them from inhaling toxic or hazardous fumes. Hours after the fire was put out, the sweet, musty smell of marijuana lingered. But the smell didn’t stop three stray dogs from walking into the warehouse. The remaining marijuana was loosely packed on the eastern wall of the building. There were a few folded tables, wood pallets and five air fresheners inside. Hidalgo County sheriff’s deputies worked most of the morning placing the marijuana that was not burned in 90 bound bundles.