Nancy had the baby of a Mexican drug lord, while son Shane concluded events by murdering the woman pulling the strings behind Esteban's political campaign.

Based on the following promo for season six, things aren't about to lighten up any time soon. It looks like Nancy and her kids will flee Mexico, Esteban and the police, leaving their lives behind... again.

tvfanatic.com

Channel Nine’s head of development David Mason took one look at the footage that will go to air tonight in the reality crime show Australian Druglords, ‘‘and I thought ‘Oh my goodness, are you for real?’ To see the sort of footage we usually have to recreate in the likes of Underbelly ... we thought if the police are happy to release this to us we were very happy to show it.’’

That footage included surveillance video of Richard Buttrose, nephew of magazine publishing legend Ita and cocaine dealer to Sydney’s A-list, throwing packets of coke through the window of car driven by an undercover agent, being arrested by police, and being taken back home in handcuffs to his just-about-to-drop pregnant wife, Pollyanna.

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How does a poor panel beater rise from the ashes of apparent bankruptcy to become one of the wealthiest and most notorious drug lords in Australias criminal history? By all accounts, fairly rapidly.

Robert Trimbole was born in Australia to Italian parents on March 19, 1931. He married Joan Quested in Sydney in 1952 and later moved to his parents house in Griffith, New South Wales.

trutv.com

A beach-goer found $2.1 million worth of cocaine tucked inside a black backpack that washed ashore near the Beachtown development on the East End on May 22.

The bag contained 16 bricks of cocaine, or 37 pounds, wrapped in layers of rubber, large balloons and plastic wrap, Galveston police Capt. Jeff Heyse said.

galvnews.com

Kudos to the Wynkoop Brewery (and their ad firm) for seizing upon the current cannabis reform zeitgeist in the country, and for not necessarily being threatened by the presence (and competition) of commercially available retail cannabis sales in the greater Denver-area.

norml.org

In November 2010, California voters will consider a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in the state. The proposed law includes restrictions on sale and use, such as a minimum purchase age of 21, but the bill gives marijuana roughly the same legal status as alcohol. Early polls suggest the measure will pass, although full-scale debate has not yet occurred.

smallgovtimes.com

A poll released last week by The Washington Poll, a quarterly, nonpartisan effort by the University of Washington, shows that Washington State residents support an initiative that would legalize the possession and use of marijuana.

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