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Flash, Jill and others present news clips from the media. Let the newshawks program the VCR so you don't have to!
Flash, Jill and others present news clips from the media. Let the newshawks program the VCR so you don't have to!
Sheriff’s Department Seizes Over 67 Million Dollars In Marijuana
04 Aug 2006 Earlier this week, the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department cleared marijuana grows in 6 separate locations, all within the National Forrest. In total, the Sheriff’s Department seized 16,800 mature marijuana plants. The estimated street value of the plants is $67,200,000 according to a DEA valuation.
Getting Tough on Marijuana Grow-ops
03 Aug 2006 Police, municipalities and power companies now have more influence in the battle against marijuana grow-ops. Thursday, Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter announced the changes to existing laws.In an attempt to try and stop grow-ops, the new measures will allow local hydro companies to cut off power to homes if it becomes a matter of safety or system reliability. The maximum penalties for fire hazards caused by poor wiring have also been doubled.
Three Students Charged In Marijuana Gumball Case
Police: Hundreds Of Gumballs Found In Maryland 28 Jul 2006 ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- Three Howard High School students were caught with drug-filled gumballs and have been charged, police said, and more of the gumballs have been discovered in Virginia.The gumballs are called "greenades." They're stuffed with a greenish brown substance, which forensic experts said is marijuana, and they come professionally wrapped.
11 tonnes of hash seized at Halifax port
22 Jul 2006 Customs officials in Halifax say they've made the largest drug seizure ever in Atlantic Canada.Officers seized 11.5 tonnes of hashish worth $210 million Friday from a shipping container of cat food and cotton fabric from Pakistan.
The seizure was due in part to a new mobile scanning system called a VACIS unit that uses gamma rays to look inside containers.
Alleged Police Torture Cannot Be Prosecuted
Report Released Wednesday Alleged Abuse Of 192 Men 19 Jul 2006 (CBS) CHICAGO A report released Wednesday says there is evidence that Chicago Police mistreated suspects under former Cmdr. Jon Burge, but the crimes are too old to prosecute.Special prosecutors Robert D. Boyle and Edward J. Egan released their long-awaited report on allegations that Chicago homicide detectives in the 1970s and 1980s tortured African-American men in interrogation rooms.
B.C. men who dug drug tunnel to U.S. sentenced
16 Jul 2006 U.S. district attorneys said three British Columbia men hoped to make more than $100,000 a day smuggling marijuana through a cross-border tunnel. Instead, the men will spend nine years in prison.Francis Raj, 31, Timothy Woo, 35 and Jonathan Valenzuela, 28, received the sentence Friday in a Seattle courtroom