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BBC Police have destroyed about £300,000 worth of cannabis plants after raiding a property in Birmingham. Officers from West Midlands Police executed a drugs warrant at the address on Manor Road North in Edgbaston after a tip-off. About 300 plants from the property were seized during the Friday morning raid. Police inquiries around the drug […]
And it’s only going to get worse….. Police spend $2.1bn to tackle cannabis but crime gangs still rule industry Shocking new data has estimated just 2.6 per cent of cannabis is seized by law enforcement in Australia — barely making a dent on the crime syndicates running the industry. Read more at (paywall) https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-victoria%2Fpolice-splash-mega-cash-to-bust-cannabis-crims-but-report-finds-gangs-still-run-industry%2Fnews-story%2F347e7220fa5fa8089073585c76ba9e11&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE
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BBC A “drugs factory” linked to organised crime and people trafficking, and producing more than £250,000 worth of cannabis, has been raided by police. South Yorkshire Police said officers entered a commercial premises in Thorne on 22 November where they found 235 cannabis plants and a drying room containing about £20,000 worth of the drug. […]
Thousands of Hawaii medical cannabis patients depend on caregivers to grow and process marijuana for them as medicine. But those caregivers will be illegal in just a few weeks, along with the large community grow sites many of them depend on. Lawmakers say that was a mistake that they will try and fix as soon […]
FBI Dallas officials are searching for any potential victims of Matthew “Matt” Jess Thrash, of Lufkin, Texas, who is accused of stealing thousands of dollars through numerous scams between 2012 to 2024, including possible victims in El Paso. Those schemes included falsely claiming he operated a sports management company and memorabilia store and fraudulently sold stocks […]
Joshua Bauchner, Natalie Diaz Mandelbaum Barrett PC Governor Phil Murphy’s signing of Senate Bill 3235 on September 12, 2024, represents a significant shift in the regulation of intoxicating hemp products in New Jersey. The original intention of the bill was to restrict sales to those under 21 years of age. However, lobbyists turned this simple exercise […]
Wasn’t expecting NASDAQ to notice? You know the story already so this is just for the record The Australian Greens announced on Wednesday, November 27, that the Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 was defeated in a 13 to 24 vote, preventing the federal legalisation of cannabis. “The Labor and Coalition parties joined together to try and hold Australia […]
Sydney Criminal Lawyers Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/duopoly-killjoys-cannabis-bill-as-historic-first-vote-takes-place-in-federal-parliament/ NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge is the first federal parliamentarian to have brought on a parliamentary vote on the question of legalising cannabis before Australian parliament, and there is a hell of a lot of people in the community that are thankful that he has done so. “We’re taking a […]
Stars & Stripes NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court handed a U.S. Navy contractor a six-month suspended sentence for possessing a small amount of marijuana after smoking with a coworker. Tyrome Williams Jr., 28, of Urasoe, pleaded guilty Thursday in Naha District Court to violating Japan’s Cannabis Control Act. He was found with less than […]