29 Nov 2024   1.     The capital sentence of death imposed on Masoud Rahimi bin Mehrzad (“Masoud”) was carried out on 29 November 2024. 2.     Masoud, a 35-year-old Singaporean, was convicted of having in his possession for the purpose of trafficking, not less than 31.14 grammes of diamorphine, or pure heroin. The Misuse of Drugs Act provides […]

Give it to the airforce, seems to be the answer, looking at this article. LIMESTONE, Maine — An Aroostook County tribe has found that industrial hemp plants will extract so-called forever chemicals from contaminated soil on land it owns at the former Loring Air Force Base. There’s one problem: no one can figure out what […]

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

  Source: https://brazilian.report/business/2024/11/30/medicinal-cannabis-market-is-smoking-hot/ 

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. […]