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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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.

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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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Sheriff’s deputies seized more than 400 pounds of marijuana Tuesday afternoon from a woman they say was impersonating a U.S. Army recruiter.

The deputies stopped the woman on Interstate 20/59 after noticing that the U.S. government tags on the front and rear of the GMC Yukon she was driving didn’t match, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ted Sexton said.

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Ingrid Peters, a resident of the Princess Condominiums, helps recover debris coming off the 33-foot boat that came ashore carrying 800 pounds a marijuana just south of the Shuckers restaurant in the 9800 block of A1A in St. Lucie County, just north of the Martin County line on Tuesday morning. "All the action happens right here, right in front of Shuckers," Peters said. "Remember the airplane crash, I called 911. And then the boat, weeks ago, I called 911. And now this week...so you never know what's going to wash ashore."

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Die mexikanische Armee hat nach eigenen Angaben bei einem Einsatz gegen die mächtigen Drogenkartelle mindestens 25 mutmaßliche Bandenmitglieder getötet. Die Soldaten seien beschossen worden, als sie sich einem verdächtigen Gebäude im Bundesstaat Tamaulipas genähert hätten, teilte die Armee gestern mit.

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