Weirdest Training Drill Ever: Feds Imagine Marijuana Growers Will Launch Terror Attack?
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Northern California pot growers bomb a car and a bus, then take over Shasta Dam in a bid to free an imprisoned comrade. It sounds like the plot to a very cheesy Grade-B thriller, but it was actually the premise for a day-long terrorist attack drill conducted by 20 state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies Wednesday.
According to an account published in the local paper the Redding Record Searchlight, the Shasta Dam scenario had the "Red Cell" pot grower/terrorists blowing up the car and bus to create a distraction and then taking over the dam. Holding three people hostage, the terrorist pot growers then threaten to flood the Sacramento River by opening the flood gates unless their imprisoned comrade is freed.
1.5 tons of hashish seized as drug network arrested in Andalucía
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The National Police have seized 1.5 tons of cannabis resin after breaking up up a drug trafficking network which smuggled cannabis resin into Spain from Morocco and had its main base in Almería province. Twelve arrests have been made in total including the network’s leader, who goes by the name of ‘Lobo Gris’ – ‘Grey Wolf’. His son was amongst the others who were taken into custody.
K2 Crackdown: DEA Using Emergency Powers To Ban Fake Pot
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The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday that it would use its emergency powers to ban synthetic marijuana for one year, giving pot dealers across the country something to be thankful for when they sit down before their turkeys this week.
The synthetic weed, known as "K2" or "spice" and generally sold in head shops, is popular among police officers, members of the military and others looking to avoid failing a drug test, said one hemp store owner who sells the product. The high from marijuana is created by its main active ingredient THC, but also by the plant's several dozen poorly understood cannabinoids. The DEA had banned any drug containing natural or synthetic THC, but has not addressed the cannabinoids.
