In an effort to waste time, or whatever, Santa Clara County authorities on Thursday busted several medical marijuana clubs selling weed in the county. "An official with the County Special Enforcement Team said narcotics agents served warrants on two MediLeaf medical marijuana clubs in San Jose and properties in Gilroy and Morgan Hill," reports AP (via CBS 5)."Task force commander Danielle Ayers said agents shut down the clubs, seized marijuana, documents and computers."

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Sonoma County Sheriff’s detectives directed simultaneous raids Thursday on eight sites throughout the county that are suspected of being part of an indoor pot-growing network.

The sweep netted 10 arrests, including one of the sheriff’s own employees — Jose Ruben Diaz, 34, a community services officer for the sheriff’s law enforcement division.

Diaz works in the town of Sonoma doing parking enforcement and animal control duties, said Capt. Matt McCaffrey, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office.

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Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, the leader of Mexico's La Familia drug cartel, was shot and killed yesterday by authorities in the western state of Michoacan, government security spokesman Alejandro Poire said today.

Moreno, known as "El Chayo," was a founder of what the U.S. government calls "one of Mexico's newest and most violent drug cartels." The Mexican government had Moreno on its most- wanted list, offering 30 million pesos ($2.4 million) for information that could lead to his arrest.

Moreno was killed amid battles between security officials and gunmen that began Dec. 8 when cartel members traded fire with police in the city of Apatzingan.

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Friends of the arrested man say he was fooled into smuggling the cocaine as he was returning to Israel after a fund-raising trip to Costa Rica.

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Three air crew were arrested attempting to smuggle 140 kilos of cocaine into Spain

Three airline crew have been arrested at Madrid Barajas after what police say is the largest haul of cocaine the airport has ever seen.

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Federal police hunted for top leaders of the La Familia drug cartel in a western Mexican state on Thursday, unleashing narco-blockades and shootouts that have left at least five people dead, including an 8-month-old baby.

Federal police believe that several La Familia members may have been killed, including one of its top leaders, said Alejandro Poire, government spokesman for security issues. He did not say who the leader may have been.

"The way the criminals have tried to protect themselves as they fled from our operations yesterday and today suggests that we have located and are closely pursuing high-level leaders of La Familia Michoacana," Poire said. "Similarly, preliminary unconfirmed information indicates that in their retreat, the organization has suffered significant causalities, including possibly the death of one of their leaders."

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Calling all parents: Has your son or daughter taken an interest in tea or have they brought home anything that resembles incense lately?

If so, be warned: What your child might have is K2 or “Spice,” which is basically synthetic cannabis – or what is more commonly known as marijuana.

And for the time being, it is completely legal.

K2 is a mixture of herbs and spices that have been sprayed with a synthetic compound, including the chemicals JWH-018, JWH-703, HU-210, HU-211.

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4:20 statt Spice

Ein möglicher Millionendeal mit Marihuana ist am Montag in Hövelhof buchstäblich geplatzt. Der Frostschaden an einer Wasserleitung in einem Einfamilienhaus ließ drei mutmaßliche Drogenzüchter auffliegen. Fahnder der Polizei griffen zu, bevor die in dem Mietshaus entdeckte professionelle Cannabisplantage bei Seite geschafft werden konnte. 600 Cannabispflanzen, ein Buli voller Züchtungstechnik, eine Tonne Pflanzerde und Bargeld stellte die Polizei sicher. Gegen zwei der aus Vietnam stammenden Tatverdächtigen wurden mittlerweile Haftbefehle erlassen.

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