Sung Yuan Hsuan, the Chinese national arrested for trying to smuggle 300 kg of the popular date rape drug ketamine on Sunday, was arrested in Bangalore in December 2009 for a similar offence. Hsuan, who was trying to smuggle a ketamine consignment worth Rs 3 crore to Taiwan by hiding it in 12
pomegranate boxes, was arrested by Customs authorities at Mumbai airport eight months after he was arrested by the Bangalore airport Customs.

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Reportedly, the department officers on Drug Trafficking Combat revealed 183 drug-related crimes for the first 8 months in 2010, that is 4 per cent more than in 2009.

As a part of a Special Operation 'MAK-2010' have been destroyed 139,711 tons of confiscated wild hemp and drawn up 284 administrative protocols.

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It is quite possible that 3 tons of heroin are planned to be smuggled through the territory of Kyrgyzstan, said the head of the State Drug Control Service of the Kyrgyz Republic (GSKN KR) Vitaly Orozaliev.

According to him 'Afghanistan and Tajikistan have accumulated the significant amount of drugs in frontier zones that will get abroad by warlords in any way.' 'Kept earlier will be enough for next 3-4 years in spite of poor harvest of opium poppies in Afghanistan this year. So, our professionals will not stay without the work,' said the head of GSKN KR.

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In September 2010 Polish hemp and cannabis activists will start 14-days of marches and gatherings dedicated to all those with a common interest.

Cannabis advocates are demanding the immediate legalization of hemp possession and cultivation as well as an amnesty for prisoners sentenced for the possession and cultivation of cannabis.

cannazine.co.uk

Wertvoller Fund auf dem Gelände einer Ranch: Die Polizei von El Salvador hat zwei Ölfässer voller Banknoten entdeckt, die vermutlich von Drogenhändlern versteckt worden waren. Das Zählen des Geldes dauerte mehrere Tage.

San Salvador - Die Polizei in El Salvador hat zwei Ölfässer mit Bargeld im Wert von mehreren Millionen Dollar entdeckt. Die beiden Fässer waren auf dem Gelände einer Ranch in Penitente Abajo vergraben, rund 60 Kilometer von der Hauptstadt San Salvador entfernt. Vermutlich handele es sich um Geld aus dem Drogenhandel, teilten Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft am Samstag mit.

spiegel.de

The Spanish Agency for Medicaments and Health Products, AEMPS, which is dependent on the Ministry for Health and Social Policy, has opened an investigation into 81 web pages for the illegal sale of medicaments on the internet.

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General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff.

Authorities say a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

The text read, "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?"

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An executive at a billion-dollar Connecticut hedge fund was arrested on felony charges of allegedly running a huge year-round pot farm inside her home. But her boyfriend says the cops have it wrong, that they're goat farmers, not dope farmers.

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