Police raided the 40 hectare property on Cadaga Road, Fernvale, near Murwillumbah, early this morning as part of an ongoing operation targeting drugs in the region.

Officers allegedly uncovered two buried shipping containers full of hydroponic cannabis plants, ranging from 15-30cm in height, with an estimated value of $2 million.

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Take note Jimmy Choo. Mexican drug smugglers may have come up with the latest trend in shoe design. After U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on patrol in New Mexico noticed "discrepancies on the sandy desert landscape," they discovered seven men, in possession of 215 pounds of marijuana valued at $172,000, attempting to illegally sneak into the country.

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The color of money may soon turn a new shade of green as U.S. states across the country consider legalizing and then taxing marijuana to cure chronic budget problems.

California came the closest to taxing tokes last week by putting an initiative on its November ballot. The top marijuana-producing state could raise $1.3 billion annually, according to the California Board of Equalization, which collects taxes.

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The District would allow people to have up to 2 ounces of marijuana a month — enough for about a joint a day — for certain medical uses under a bill that moved closer to passage Tuesday.

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One step forward: California voters will get a chance in November to decide if the state should legalize marijuana. Two steps backward: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently told authorities in Mexico that the United States was looking at anything that worked to fight the drug cartels killing Mexicans daily -- but responded "no" when asked if anything included legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana.

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Afghanistan ist nicht nur der weltgrößte Produzent von Opium, sondern auch von Haschisch. Dies ergab die erste "Afghanistan Cannabis Studie", die jetzt vom Büro der Vereinten Nationen für Drogen- und Verbrechensbekämpfung UNODC in Wien präsentiert wurde. "Während andere Länder noch mehr Cannabis anbauen, macht der erstaunliche Ertrag der afghanischen Cannabis-Ernte das Land zum größten Haschisch-Hersteller der Welt", sagte UNODC-Generaldirektor Antonio Maria Costa.

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A single joint smoked by Amir Varick Amma cost him an additional 5 years in prison, and taxpayers roughly $250,000.

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An Australian man has gone on trial in Bali charged with drug offences that could see him jailed for up to 20 years.

Perth man Robert Paul McJannett, 48, was arrested at Denpasar airport on December 28 last year, after 1.7 grams of marijuana allegedly was found in his luggage.

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