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Oct 21
Case Summary: People v. Redmond, 2024 IL 129201

Summary Provided By Perplexity People v. Redmond, 2024 IL 129201 is a significant Illinois Supreme Court case that addresses the issue of probable cause for vehicle searches based on the odor of cannabis. Here are the key points of the ruling: The case involved Ryan Redmond, who was stopped for speeding and having an improperly […]

Oct 21
Cannabis operator Canopy Growth reduces loan term by $100 million

Canadian cannabis operator Canopy Growth Corp. made an early payment to reduce a loan term by $100 million (roughly 138.5 million Canadian dollars). Cannabis operator Canopy Growth reduces loan term by $100 million is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

Oct 21
Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger?

The Democrat says she will end cannabis prohibition and seek to help Black men profit from the industry if elected Kamala Harris announced on Monday that if elected president, she would… The post Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger? appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news.

Oct 21
Bloomberg: Colombia’s Potential Cocaine Production Surges to a Record High

Land planted with coca leaf surged 10% to 253,000 hectares UNOCD presented its annual report on Colombia coca crops Colombia has once again produced cocaine at a record pace as President Gustavo Petro’s government changed the country’s strategy for fighting illegal drugs. The area of land planted with coca leaf — the raw material for cocaine — […]

Oct 21
370 pounds of cocaine in semi-truck near Bluewater Bridge

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Around 370 pounds of cocaine were seized by police on the east side of the state, according to law enforcement. Police found the drugs inside a semi-truck in Port Huron Tuesday evening, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post. Law enforcement had pulled over the semi-truck […]

Oct 21
India: Gujarat firm at heart of ₹13,000 cr drug bust, over 1,200 kg of cocaine seized to date

Delhi & Gujarat police seized 518 kg of cocaine in a raid on the company Sunday. A series of raids have been conducted in October based on intelligence inputs & probe over past 3 months. Read Mrinalini Dhyani’s report. Read here (paywall) https://theprint.in/best-of-theprint-icymi/gujarat-firm-at-heart-of-%E2%82%B913000-cr-drug-bust-over-1200-kg-of-cocaine-seized-to-date/2320243/

Oct 21
Police Appeal for Help After 30kg Cocaine Bust in Sydney

The AFP is calling for the public’s assistance after more than 30kg of cocaine was located in a refrigerated container at Port Botany. The consignment was examined by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers on Thursday, 17 October 2024, after they identified anomalies when they x-rayed a shipping container that had arrived from Italy. A forensic […]

Oct 21
Media Report: BC Budtenders Union secures contract wins for Vancouver cannabis store employees

A union representing cannabis retail workers in British Columbia says it has secured key contract wins for workers at a Vancouver cannabis store. The BC Budtenders Union, which represents workers at several cannabis stores in BC, first served strike notice at a Canna Cabana in Vancouver on October 8 following a vote in favour of a strike […]

Oct 21
Press Release: Brazilian man jailed in QLD over cocaine import plot, after his decade on the run ended in WA

Editor’s note: Images of the man’s arrest from 2022 are available on Hightail. A Brazilian national who spent 10 years evading an arrest warrant was this week (16 October, 2024) sentenced by a Queensland court to eight years’ imprisonment for his role in a 2012 cocaine smuggling conspiracy. The man, now 42, was convicted this week after […]

Oct 21
Article: Connecting the global drug trafficking dots – Durban and Dubai linked to cocaine smuggling ‘supercartel’

Evidence suggests that Edin ‘Tito’ Gacanin, who is accused of being one of the world’s most prolific drug traffickers and the head of an organised crime cartel, has been operating via Durban. This ties South Africa to a global ‘supercartel’ that is thought to have its headquarters in Dubai. In 12 January 2021, a container […]