Alberta police shut down eight Edmonton-area marijuana grow operations in a Tuesday sweep of more than a dozen properties.

Police said the homes and commercial properties are associated with one "robust" criminal organization that has been based in the capital region for about 10 years.

edmontonjournal.com

Die spanische Guardia Civil demontiert eines der größten Drogennetzwerke in Spanien - Insgesamt wurden im Verlauf der Operation “Mar del Sur” 10 Personen verhaftet. Über 2,6 Tonnen Kokain konnten von der Anti-Drogen-Einheit auf einem Segelboot mit Ziel Santa Cruz (Teneriffa) sichergestellt werden.

islacanaria.net

Ukrainian customs officials say they’ve seized $60 million (euro47.5 million) worth of cocaine in the Black Sea Port of Odessa, in the country’s biggest cocaine bust ever.

whec.com

When it comes to cops and medical marijuana laws, it's not too hard to understand why many of them go cross-eyed and stuttery with confusion and frustration. It's bad enough for them that in states where it's OK to toke up to relieve symptoms of pain and suffering that they are getting their walking orders from the citizens who wrote the laws -- the people they used to bust, in other words -- and not from their long-time chums in the state house. Seeing marijuana openly for sale in storefronts, or growing strong in someone's basement rec room, is an affront to everything the Cop Mind holds sa

dscriber.com

In der Schweiz ist eine Psychotherapeutin verurteilt worden, weil sie ihren meist aus der gehobenen Gesellschaft stammenden Patienten die Drogen LSD, Ecstasy und Meskalin verabreichte. Ein Gericht in Zürich verhängte gegen die 62-Jährige eine Bewährungsstrafe von 16 Monaten sowie eine Geldbuße von umgerechnet 1500 Euro, wie die Nachrichtenagentur ATS am Montag berichtete.

afp

A Swiss court on Monday gave a suspended sentence to a psychotherapist who treated his high-society patients with LSD, ecstasy and mescaline saying the illegal drugs "expanded the consciousness."

expatica.com

A DRUGS peddler who grew his crop in a disused church could have his prison sentence doubled if he doesn’t pay his debts.

Paul Pratt, 44, owned the former methodist church in Park Road, Blackhill, Consett, County Durham.

chroniclelive.co.uk

"The combination of personnel, technology and infrastructure along with traditional tracking and hard work contribute to successful seizures such as this," Patrol Agent in Charge of the Casa Grande Station Chris Clem said. "We are working hard to keep dangerous drugs and smugglers out of our communities to make our border region safe."

kold.com