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A brief history of cannabis arrests and seizures from around the world, from the blatantly obvious to the downright bizarre, including arrests for cultivation, arrests for possession, arrests for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Cannabis arrests brought to you on a daily basis, occasionally with a hint of humour.
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'helping the police in their investigations' News2020.com Jan 31st 2006 The police Drug Squad yesterday registered another success with the seizure of 14 grammes |
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'information received' Mounties
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'a favour to a gambling friend'
Stuart Roberts Theroyalgazette.com Jan 29th 2006 A car washer said he did not know a package containing Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans hid a |
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'79 bars of cannabis resin and a cannabis bush' Police
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'bad shit man' A eighteen year old gunman who shot a drug dealer because his cannabis wasn't good enough |
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'cannabis plant' A former
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'£22,000 of cannabis and a grim discovery' One year on since a man was found dead in a makeshift cannabis factory, detectives are no |
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'on the trail of marijuana grow operations' Lake |
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'don’t charge cannabis smokers'
Cormac O’Keeffe/Mary Regan Irishexaminer.com Jan 24th 2006 The Director of Public Prosecutions is understood to have advised the Garda Síochána that it |
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Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk News.com.au Jan 23rd 2006 A try-state |
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'police found 860 kg of cannabis' Bbc.co.uk Jan 22nd 2006
Four men have been charged with drugs offences after cannabis resin with an street value of £4m |
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'Operation Husky'
Cbc.ca
Jan 20th 2006
Police in Thunder Bay say they have dismantled the local Hells Angels chapter after a two-year biker investigation in northwestern Ontario. Twenty-seven suspects, including five full-patch Angels members, were charged on Wednesday with offences relating to drug trafficking, violence and operating a criminal enterprise, the Ontario Provincial Police said in a statement. The investigation, called Operation Husky, was a joint effort of the OPP and Thunder Bay city police with help from the RCMP, the Sûreté du Québec and Calgary police. It has led to seizures of cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, percocets and OxyContin with retail street value, More.......... |
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'facing 40 years behind bars'
An Oceanside |
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'mandatory 20 years in prison' Reuters.com Jan 18th 2006
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'a number of cannabis plants found' A man 'growing trends'
When narcotics agents raided marijuana-growing operations in St. Paul Park and Forest Lake recently, what they found could be signs of a growing cottage industry.Investigators say the operations broken up Dec. 21 and Jan. 7 involved sophisticated equipment, hydroponic growing systems and hundreds of plants — not exactly the casual sprout or two hidden among the tomato plants. Busts like those are causing investigators in Washington and Dakota counties to wonder about an upswing. Superior plant stock and more sophisticated growing methods are enabling growers to produce increasingly potent marijuana more efficiently — and make more money than ever before as a result. Full Industry....
'a total of 2,765 pot plants' Police
TORONTO- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Greater. Toronto Area Drug Section has charged seven people with drug related charges in relation to the importation of approx 500 kilograms of cannabis resin oil 'cannabis factory operating from a garage' Police drug raids have netted a haul of substances including cocaine, huge quantities of cash and closed down 'a plot to smuggle £413,000 of cannabis' 'sentenced to 13 years in federal prison' Texas > A Palm View man caught at the Hidalgo International Bridge has been sentenced to 13 years in
'drug police mistook hemp for cannabis' 'possession of cannabis AND resisting arrest' A police officer was allegedly bitten on the neck by a man after turning up to investigate a protection order breach
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'a silly, one-off, snap decision' A prison officer has admitted trying to smuggle drugs and mobile phones to an inmate inside two bags
'public praised by police' The
'more than 54 kilograms of marijuana' A Kitchener man is in custody after U-S customs officers found more than 54 kilograms of marijuana in a truck.
'receiving information from the community' Less than
Two California men were in the Livingston County Jail this morning facing multiple drug-related charges after
Alameda
'possession of marijuana' Clarence F. Martin III, 35, of 353 Stonecreek Rd., New Philadelphia, faces at least eight charges after leading
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of cannabis resin in St Paul’s Cove. The discovery came after several days of investigations and monitoring following tip-offs that a residence in St Paul’s Bay was being used to traffic drugs. The Drug Squad raided the house early yesterday morning where they discovered the cannabis, as well as controlled pills and other objects related to the drug habit, the police said in a statement. A 28-year-old woman was arrested and is helping the police in their investigations.
stash of almost $60,000 worth of cannabis. Kevin Wayne Smith, who denies a charge of possessing the cannabis, said he picked up the package of coffee from a Federal Express office as a favour to a gambling friend who the court head has since absconded. Smith, 47, of Union Street, has pleaded not guilty to possessing 1,195 grammes of cannabis on May 28, 2003, More Favours......
detective took to the stand yesterday and told a jury that he did not plant cannabis in the desk drawer of a colleague. Stuart Hayward-Rutter, 46, of Wenhaston, near Halesworth, is accused of placing cannabis resin in a desk drawer belonging to Detective Constable Mark Beresford at Leiston Police Station, and falsifying a memo about the drug to the force's complaints and discipline department. Both incidents are alleged to have happened between August 12 and 16, 1999, the jury at Norwich Crown Court has been, 
closer to finding his killer. Khang Tho Nguyen was found in a house in Bamford Avenue, Alperton, on January 15 last year. His throat had been cut, before his body lay undetected for up to two weeks. Officers, who had forced their way into the rented property, after a concerned friend had raised the alarm, also discovered £22,000 of cannabis in the upstairs of the three-bedroom house, Full Discovery.....
Country RCMP are back on the trail of marijuana grow operations and have knocked off two
more.
doesn’t have to prosecute all minor offences and could caution offenders instead. The scheme, full details of which have yet to emerge, has received an initial mixed response from people in drugs-related work. The initiative, expected to be known as the Adult Cautioning Scheme, is based on the highly successful Juvenile Diversion Programme, No Charge...
police unit has made its first arrests in its crackdown on illegal drug and petrol trafficking in outback communities. The Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk – a combined Northern Territory, West Australian and South Australian effort funded by the Federal Government – is focused on illegal trafficking of petrol, drugs and alcohol in the outback.The unit's first operation on the weekend netted several alleged drug offenders near the NT and SA border, police said today. More Substance.......
was discovered in Greater Manchester. Police found 860 kg of the drug during raids at storage units in Lower Broughton, Salford, on Wednesday. Arfan Mohammed, 29, of Rochdale, Amed Nawaz, 68, Safraz Ahmed, 28, of Burnley and Alexander Morris, 52, of Skelmersdale are charged with conspiracy to supply drugs. All three will appear before magistrates in Manchester on Friday. Five other men were also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs. They were bailed until 18 April pending further enquiries
Brazoria County men were indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges in Beaumont this week resulting from a Clute Police Department investigation into allegations of drug trafficking out of an East Main Street auto detail shop.
resident arrested in Oregon after allegedly smuggling an estimated $2 million worth of marijuana in an airplane is sitting in federal prison in Eugene, Oregon on $1 million bail. The Nov. 19 incident not only saw 56-year-old Qualicum Beach home owner Harvey Allen Gable and 36-year-old Brian Jeffrey Lindroos, of no fixed address facing as much as 40 years behind bars, but has also led U.S. authorities to pay more attention to activities at small, rural airports. According to a report in the East Oregonian, 
a ton of marijuana a week for seven years, federal court officials said.
will be facing court over drug related arrests in the area. A 62-year-old male will face court over a large crop of cannabis found growing in Mount George and a 28-year-old female will face court after a number of cannabis plants found growing in the rear yard in Isabella Street. If anyone has information in relation to drugs and drug cultivation etc please let us know. The more information received the greater likelihood of arrests and taking the drugs off the streets.
released details Friday about a marijuana grow operation sting on Westwood Plateau. Thursday, Coquitlam RCMP’s Marijuana Enforcement Team executed search warrants at four homes in the 1600-block of Plateau Crescent following a two-week investigation with BC Hydro. Police seized a total of 2,765 pot plants (954 pounds) from the houses and arrested a 53-year-old Coquitlam man, 
an illegal cannabis factory operating from a garage in Carshalton.The latest crackdown on illegal drug activity in the borough follows information gathered from both police and community sources, including Sutton Council, Crimestoppers and local police safer neighbourhood teams.A response team from Sutton police, responsible for carrying out the raids, 
man has admitted his part in a plot to smuggle £413,000 of cannabis hidden in two wooden crates loaded with car spare parts into the Midlands from Germany. The drugs - 186 kilos of cannabis in 768 blocks - were discovered at the bottom of two wooden crates after National Crime Squad detectives stopped a van driven by Paul McDonald near Lichfield, Staffordshire. McDonald 41, of Gravelly Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, pleaded guilty at Stafford Crown Court to conspiracy to supplycannabis, 
federal prison for trafficking narcotics, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported Tuesday.
Albanian villagers jailed for two weeks for growing cannabis were set free after a court ruled the plant was actually industrial hemp, raised with the help of a British foundation for export to the United States.
in Hastings. Police were called to a house in Hastings, about 7pm on Saturday after reports of a man breaching the protection order. "He bit one of our staff on the neck," Senior Sergeant Mike O'Leary said. The officer was not seriously injured. A 36-year-old Hastings man has been arrested and held in custody. He will appear in Hastings District Court later this evening charged with breaching a protection order, trespass, assaulting a police officer, possession of cannabis and resisting arrest.
joiner Joseph Quinn pleaded guilty to importing 94kgs of cannabis from the Far East. He was snared after the cannabis was delivered to him in Lyndhurst Terrace, Pallion, on Wednesday afternoon while drugs squad officers watched nearby. Sunderland magistrates heard the drugs failed to reach the streets as they were discovered by customs officers at Southampton docks on December 6 after they had been tracked from Thailand.
of crisps. David Bentley, 38, tried to sneak the items into Risley jail, Cheshire, on Christmas Eve - but was caught in a routine search. Bentley, of Runcorn, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply and conveying an article to a prisoner, 
Inverell Shire public has once again been praised by police for uncovering yet another drug stash, this time more than $108,000 worth of dried and undried cannabis at a rural property at Mount Russell near Delungra. Police uncovered 54 plants and a large amount of dried cannabis during the raid on Tuesday before receiving information that linked the property to a Mulligan St, Inverell address which was also searched and 100 grams of cannabis found. A Mt Russell man has been charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis and possession of a prohibited drug, Full Praise...
The 24-year-old man was crossing the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor last night when the vehicle was pulled over for a secondary inspection.Agents say they found four boxes of pot inside the load of hair-care products. There's no word yet on charges.
three months after a million dollar drug syndicate was smashed near Emmaville, police this week raided a Mount Russell property near Delungra, uncovering cannabis plants with an estimated $108,000 street value. The substantial haul was uncovered on Tuesday when Inverell police and detectives carried out a search warrant on the property, after receiving information from the community. During the raid police located 25 plants on the property along with a large quantity of processed cannabis, More Information.......
a routine traffic stop on Monday.The traffic stop of the truck in which the men were traveling was made by District 6 State Police. There was no information available this morning as to where the stop took place or what time it took place.
County firefighters who responded to a medium-sized fire at a San Lorenzo home Sunday night expected a typical scene — maybe a kitchen fire or a Christmas trees wiring gone awry. They were in for a surprise. The fire was caused by an indoor marijuana-growing operation and resulted in the electrocution of a fireman. He was treated and is fine, said Batallion Chief Dan OHara. It really does hurt to be electrocuted, OHara said. No pun intended, but the whole thing was definitely a shock. It brings you right to your knees. The occupants of 17028 Via Pasatiempo were apparently growing at least 200 marijuana plants in their garage and two bedrooms. The occupants had an assortment of growing lights and humidifiers for their project, Full Electrocution.........
officers from two law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase from Roswell into New Philadelphia Saturday night.
were arrested during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, but police have praised the good behaviour of thousands of other revellers.New Year's Eve operation commander, Assistant Commissioner Mark Goodwin, said the number of people charged was much lower than last year. "The majority of people have come into the city and celebrated the end of 2005 in an exuberant and friendly way," he said in a statement. But police did level at least 72 charges against 60 people who took their celebrations too far. At Bondi, six people were charged with possessing a prohibited drug, three cannabis cautions were issued and one person was charged with having a high-range PCA while 'st riding a bicycle, Full Caution.....