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wondci2
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Retired chemist faces drug charges in Indianapolis
A retired chemist faces drug charges after police found five vials of liquid LSD in his Castleton home.
Stephen Vitone, 52, was arrested Monday after Indiana State Police and Marion County probation officers found the vials during a random search checking for probation compliance. The searches were conducted in the Marion County area.
Vitone was arrested in late 2004 on drug-related charges, police said.
Vitone is retired from “a local employer in town” said State Police Sgt. Ray Poole, although he would not specify which company. Vitone has extensive information and knowledge on how human bodies react to controlled substances, Poole said.
The approximate street value per “drop” of the liquid hallucinogen is $20.
“LSD is very potent,” Poole said. “Each of those vials was several thousand dollars.”
LSD, which is manufactured from lysergic acid, is an illegal mood-changing chemical and is typically sold on the street in capsules, tablets and in liquid form.
Vitone [snip] now faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and probation violation. He is in the Marion County Jail.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS01/50426006&SearchID=73206331885822
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A retired chemist faces drug charges after police found five vials of liquid LSD in his Castleton home.
Stephen Vitone, 52, was arrested Monday after Indiana State Police and Marion County probation officers found the vials during a random search checking for probation compliance. The searches were conducted in the Marion County area.
Vitone was arrested in late 2004 on drug-related charges, police said.
Vitone is retired from “a local employer in town” said State Police Sgt. Ray Poole, although he would not specify which company. Vitone has extensive information and knowledge on how human bodies react to controlled substances, Poole said.
The approximate street value per “drop” of the liquid hallucinogen is $20.
“LSD is very potent,” Poole said. “Each of those vials was several thousand dollars.”
LSD, which is manufactured from lysergic acid, is an illegal mood-changing chemical and is typically sold on the street in capsules, tablets and in liquid form.
Vitone [snip] now faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and probation violation. He is in the Marion County Jail.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS01/50426006&SearchID=73206331885822
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Madhatter4
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Re: Retired chemist faces drug charges in Indianapolis
^^^Another fucked up price!!!!!I mean cmon who the hell is going to pay $20 for ONE drop of liquid LSD.......Why does the government ALWAYS distort the price of the drugs they seize
wondci2 said:
^^^Another fucked up price!!!!!I mean cmon who the hell is going to pay $20 for ONE drop of liquid LSD.......Why does the government ALWAYS distort the price of the drugs they seize
ImpossibleDreamer
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Damnit!! I was going to be getting some acid this weekend...I hope Stephen here isn't the person my friend was getting it from. 
j33buscr1p3s
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Heh. I bet he used to work at Lilly.
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Probably...the only other place I can think of in Indiana is Bristol-Meyers Squibb down in Evansville...but even then, I'm not sure if that's a research facility for them.
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Heroin worth $60m seized in Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Heroin worth $60m seized in Adelaide
13:35 AEST Fri May 13 2005
Five men have been arrested following the seizure in South Australia of more than 115kg of heroin with a street value of more than $60 million.
The heroin, imported in a shipping container, is the largest amount ever seized in South Australia, Australian Federal Police and Customs said on Friday.
Five men, alleged to be part of a sophisticated and well-organised drug syndicate, were later arrested in Sydney and Hong Kong, the AFP and Customs said in a joint statement.
The heroin arrived in Melbourne from China in February in two shipping containers that were listed as carrying plastic chairs, the AFP said.
The heroin was then delivered to a storage facility in Salisbury North, in Adelaide's north, the AFP and customs said.
AFP officers deconstructed the containers at the warehouse, where they located about 400 small plastic blocks containing white powder.
Authorities then continued to monitor the empty containers as they were moved by rail in late April to a warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Minto.
A 21-year-old man from Punchbowl in Sydney and a 26-year-old Hong Kong man were arrested on Thursday after allegedly trying to access the Minto warehouse.
They were charged with attempting to possess a prohibited import.
A 46-year-old man from Strathfield in Sydney was arrested near the warehouse and charged with dealing money with the intention that it would later become an instrument of crime.
All three men will appear in the Sydney Central Local Court on Friday.
A 41-year-old man from Sydney's Kogarah was also arrested near the warehouse.
He was charged with two counts of having on his person goods in custody and will appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court next month.
A 29-year-old man, alleged to have rented the warehouses in Sydney and Adelaide, was arrested in Hong Kong.
The man allegedly lived in Australia on a student visa to facilitate the importation and only recently returned to Hong Kong.
The AFP said it located a further 10kg of heroin during searches in Sydney on Thursday night in connection to the seizure.
Customs SA regional director Virginia Lynch said the method of hiding drugs inside the shipping containers was highly sophisticated.
AFP border and international network national manger Mike Phelan said the seizure had occurred after a year-long investigation, involving authorities in Belgium, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong.
"We have been monitoring the activities of this group for some time now and we are confident that this well organised group is now out of business," he said.
Source: NineMSN (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=4273)
Heroin worth $60m seized in Adelaide
13:35 AEST Fri May 13 2005
Five men have been arrested following the seizure in South Australia of more than 115kg of heroin with a street value of more than $60 million.
The heroin, imported in a shipping container, is the largest amount ever seized in South Australia, Australian Federal Police and Customs said on Friday.
Five men, alleged to be part of a sophisticated and well-organised drug syndicate, were later arrested in Sydney and Hong Kong, the AFP and Customs said in a joint statement.
The heroin arrived in Melbourne from China in February in two shipping containers that were listed as carrying plastic chairs, the AFP said.
The heroin was then delivered to a storage facility in Salisbury North, in Adelaide's north, the AFP and customs said.
AFP officers deconstructed the containers at the warehouse, where they located about 400 small plastic blocks containing white powder.
Authorities then continued to monitor the empty containers as they were moved by rail in late April to a warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Minto.
A 21-year-old man from Punchbowl in Sydney and a 26-year-old Hong Kong man were arrested on Thursday after allegedly trying to access the Minto warehouse.
They were charged with attempting to possess a prohibited import.
A 46-year-old man from Strathfield in Sydney was arrested near the warehouse and charged with dealing money with the intention that it would later become an instrument of crime.
All three men will appear in the Sydney Central Local Court on Friday.
A 41-year-old man from Sydney's Kogarah was also arrested near the warehouse.
He was charged with two counts of having on his person goods in custody and will appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court next month.
A 29-year-old man, alleged to have rented the warehouses in Sydney and Adelaide, was arrested in Hong Kong.
The man allegedly lived in Australia on a student visa to facilitate the importation and only recently returned to Hong Kong.
The AFP said it located a further 10kg of heroin during searches in Sydney on Thursday night in connection to the seizure.
Customs SA regional director Virginia Lynch said the method of hiding drugs inside the shipping containers was highly sophisticated.
AFP border and international network national manger Mike Phelan said the seizure had occurred after a year-long investigation, involving authorities in Belgium, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong.
"We have been monitoring the activities of this group for some time now and we are confident that this well organised group is now out of business," he said.
Source: NineMSN (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=4273)
OnStar leads deputies to toddler, marijuana
May 20, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies have made one of the biggest drug busts in the department’s history.
It all started with a call made Wednesday night to OnStar by a toddler who was locked inside a Cadillac Escalade, according to a copyright story in the Albuquerque Journal.
When deputies went to rescue the boy, they found him inside the vehicle and his father, Alfredo Ibarra, 25, outside trying to coach his son to open a door.
The security service eventually unlocked the doors, freeing the boy.
Deputies became suspicious of a new trailer nearby. Inside, they found 1,700 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $500,000.
Authorities said the boy’s father, along with 25-year-old Eric Aniles, 52-year-old Jimmy Hogan and 23-year-old Sean Daly are in federal custody on drug trafficking charges.
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May 20, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies have made one of the biggest drug busts in the department’s history.
It all started with a call made Wednesday night to OnStar by a toddler who was locked inside a Cadillac Escalade, according to a copyright story in the Albuquerque Journal.
When deputies went to rescue the boy, they found him inside the vehicle and his father, Alfredo Ibarra, 25, outside trying to coach his son to open a door.
The security service eventually unlocked the doors, freeing the boy.
Deputies became suspicious of a new trailer nearby. Inside, they found 1,700 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $500,000.
Authorities said the boy’s father, along with 25-year-old Eric Aniles, 52-year-old Jimmy Hogan and 23-year-old Sean Daly are in federal custody on drug trafficking charges.
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What is this world coming to...
OMG...I wish I had pure E in the states...
That shit is so hard to find...
OMG...I wish I had pure E in the states...
That shit is so hard to find...
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£225m cocaine seized off the Canary Islands
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4596937.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4596937.stm
Britons held in £225m drugs raid
Cocaine was seized in Las Palmas
Three Britons are among 12 people arrested after a vessel carrying five tonnes of cocaine was stopped off the coast of Spain.
The haul, one of the biggest ever seized, is thought to be worth at least £225m on the street.
The drugs were found when the boat reached Las Palmas in the Canary Islands at the weekend.
On Friday, Timothy Kieran O'Toole, Ian Stephen Davenport and James Carabini were arrested on the Costa del Sol.
Joint operation
The vessel was tracked across the Atlantic from Latin America in a joint operation by police and customs in Spain, Portugal and the UK.
It is thought the drugs were bound for all three countries.
When the boat stopped in the Canaries last week, armed Spanish Customs officers stormed the boat, arrested the crew and seized the cargo.
Then police in mainland Spain mounted a series of raids across the country holding alleged members of a Spanish drugs clan and Colombians.
Cocaine was seized in Las Palmas
Three Britons are among 12 people arrested after a vessel carrying five tonnes of cocaine was stopped off the coast of Spain.
The haul, one of the biggest ever seized, is thought to be worth at least £225m on the street.
The drugs were found when the boat reached Las Palmas in the Canary Islands at the weekend.
On Friday, Timothy Kieran O'Toole, Ian Stephen Davenport and James Carabini were arrested on the Costa del Sol.
Joint operation
The vessel was tracked across the Atlantic from Latin America in a joint operation by police and customs in Spain, Portugal and the UK.
It is thought the drugs were bound for all three countries.
When the boat stopped in the Canaries last week, armed Spanish Customs officers stormed the boat, arrested the crew and seized the cargo.
Then police in mainland Spain mounted a series of raids across the country holding alleged members of a Spanish drugs clan and Colombians.
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Prisoner in jam after drugs found in his sandwich
Associated Press
06/04/05
THOMASVILLE -- A man serving time for burglary at Thomas County Prison is in a new jam. Authorities say Curtis Hall tried to sneak illegal drugs in a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.
Prison officials said Friday that Hall brought the sandwich back to the prison from work detail. About 3 grams of marijuana were found wrapped in plastic between the peanut butter and jelly.
"They're not supposed to return with anything," said Peggy Chapman, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections.
Hall, 43, was charged with possession of marijuana across a guardline. He will be transferred to a different prison, Chapman said.
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Associated Press
06/04/05
THOMASVILLE -- A man serving time for burglary at Thomas County Prison is in a new jam. Authorities say Curtis Hall tried to sneak illegal drugs in a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.
Prison officials said Friday that Hall brought the sandwich back to the prison from work detail. About 3 grams of marijuana were found wrapped in plastic between the peanut butter and jelly.
"They're not supposed to return with anything," said Peggy Chapman, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections.
Hall, 43, was charged with possession of marijuana across a guardline. He will be transferred to a different prison, Chapman said.
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Police Seize LSD Near Campus:
Narcotics officers seized more than 4,500 hits of the hallucinogen, LSD, in what authorities are describing as a major drug bust near the Ohio State University campus.
Lab technicians say it's some of the most highly concentrated, potent LSD they have ever tested, judging the thousands of units to be worth tens of thousands of dollars on the streets.
The doses look like a sheet of paper. But closer inspection reveals hundreds of tiny perforations. And police say each is coated with the liquid drug LSD.
Narcotics detectives started making undercover buys a few weeks ago, targeting people who they say looked the part.
"The hippy generation, if you want to call it that,” is how one undercover detective described the look of the suspects.
Detectives say they bought LSD from Justin Perry and Timothy Alexander. Both of them now face trafficking charges.
The investigation ended in a raid at an apartment on Chittenden Avenue where detectives found the 4,500 hits of L-S-D, worth about $22,000 on the street.
"It's definitely surprising and scary in the same regard because of the dangers that come along with a drug like LSD," a detective told 10TV.
Tyra McDonald and Troy Williams face first-degree felony possession charges.
Douglas Crook, is facing less serious possession charges.
Police call the arrests and seizures significant. But undercover officers suspect there's a lot more where this came from. Still this bust could put a dent in the local LSD trade.
Williams and McDonald, the two people accused of felony possession, could face the next 10 years in prison if convicted.
http://www.wbns10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3430936&nav=LUERaeiB
Narcotics officers seized more than 4,500 hits of the hallucinogen, LSD, in what authorities are describing as a major drug bust near the Ohio State University campus.
Lab technicians say it's some of the most highly concentrated, potent LSD they have ever tested, judging the thousands of units to be worth tens of thousands of dollars on the streets.
The doses look like a sheet of paper. But closer inspection reveals hundreds of tiny perforations. And police say each is coated with the liquid drug LSD.
Narcotics detectives started making undercover buys a few weeks ago, targeting people who they say looked the part.
"The hippy generation, if you want to call it that,” is how one undercover detective described the look of the suspects.
Detectives say they bought LSD from Justin Perry and Timothy Alexander. Both of them now face trafficking charges.
The investigation ended in a raid at an apartment on Chittenden Avenue where detectives found the 4,500 hits of L-S-D, worth about $22,000 on the street.
"It's definitely surprising and scary in the same regard because of the dangers that come along with a drug like LSD," a detective told 10TV.
Tyra McDonald and Troy Williams face first-degree felony possession charges.
Douglas Crook, is facing less serious possession charges.
Police call the arrests and seizures significant. But undercover officers suspect there's a lot more where this came from. Still this bust could put a dent in the local LSD trade.
Williams and McDonald, the two people accused of felony possession, could face the next 10 years in prison if convicted.
http://www.wbns10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3430936&nav=LUERaeiB
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Energy probe uncovers drug farms
Police have recovered £8.5m worth of cannabis after investigations by an energy firm into electricity theft led them to 47 illegal drug farms.
British Gas gave police details of properties where electricity was being stolen through by-passing the meter.
London, Nottingham and Merseyside police are among those which have found farms using the information this year.
The company said cannabis farms needed huge amounts of energy so energy theft and drug production were often linked.
A British Gas spokesman said: "The way that these illegal cannabis plants work is by having lights, lots of lights on 24 hours a day.
"This obviously takes an enormous amount of power. These are not just people growing cannabis - they are criminals too."
Raids also took place in the South East of England, West Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK.
The company estimates it takes about £3,000 a year to power a small-scale cannabis factory and that stolen energy is costing the industry around £340 million a year.
It also said it had uncovered thefts of electricity worth £150,000 since January.
Tell-tale signs
Properties are often identified by tell-tale signs such as bin bags stuck to windows to block out light and permanently closed curtains.
Head of British Gas investigation unit Harry Metcalfe said in many cases those that pinched power were doing it for another reason - to produce drugs.
"Stealing electricity and gas is illegal and it's extremely dangerous, not just for the criminal but also for the other people in the house and their neighbours.
"But the successes we have had so far this year show that we are determined to find the thieves and show that we can."
Seizures up
According to media reports this weekend, there has been an explosion in the home grown market, with a surge in sales of small-scale growing kits and seeds.
Reports said that in the past month, the Metropolitan Police seized more than 10,000 cannabis plants.
And figures out soon are expected to show a doubling in the amount of herbal cannabis seized over the past year.
The dramatic increase comes as the government is considering reclassifying cannabis back to a class B drug, having changed it to a class C drug last year.
British Gas has also set up a hotline for people to report suspected cases of gas or electricity fraud. It is 0800 587 2737.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4080602.stm
Police have recovered £8.5m worth of cannabis after investigations by an energy firm into electricity theft led them to 47 illegal drug farms.
British Gas gave police details of properties where electricity was being stolen through by-passing the meter.
London, Nottingham and Merseyside police are among those which have found farms using the information this year.
The company said cannabis farms needed huge amounts of energy so energy theft and drug production were often linked.
A British Gas spokesman said: "The way that these illegal cannabis plants work is by having lights, lots of lights on 24 hours a day.
"This obviously takes an enormous amount of power. These are not just people growing cannabis - they are criminals too."
Raids also took place in the South East of England, West Yorkshire and elsewhere in the UK.
The company estimates it takes about £3,000 a year to power a small-scale cannabis factory and that stolen energy is costing the industry around £340 million a year.
It also said it had uncovered thefts of electricity worth £150,000 since January.
Tell-tale signs
Properties are often identified by tell-tale signs such as bin bags stuck to windows to block out light and permanently closed curtains.
Head of British Gas investigation unit Harry Metcalfe said in many cases those that pinched power were doing it for another reason - to produce drugs.
"Stealing electricity and gas is illegal and it's extremely dangerous, not just for the criminal but also for the other people in the house and their neighbours.
"But the successes we have had so far this year show that we are determined to find the thieves and show that we can."
Seizures up
According to media reports this weekend, there has been an explosion in the home grown market, with a surge in sales of small-scale growing kits and seeds.
Reports said that in the past month, the Metropolitan Police seized more than 10,000 cannabis plants.
And figures out soon are expected to show a doubling in the amount of herbal cannabis seized over the past year.
The dramatic increase comes as the government is considering reclassifying cannabis back to a class B drug, having changed it to a class C drug last year.
British Gas has also set up a hotline for people to report suspected cases of gas or electricity fraud. It is 0800 587 2737.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4080602.stm
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concealed heroin bricks inside cocaine bricks seized
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COCAINE BRICKS CONTAINING INTERNAL HEROIN BRICKS IN NOGALES, ARIZONA
The DEA Southwest Laboratory (Vista, California) recently received 17 bricks wrapped in plastic, brown tape, and cellophane, containing a compressed white powder, suspected cocaine. The exhibits were seized by the U.S. Border Patrol at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry (circumstances not further reported). Upon further examination, however, each brick was also found to contain a second, internal brick, wrapped in brown tape and cellophane, which contained an unknown, compressed, tan colored powder (see Photo 1). The net mass of the white powder in the outer bricks averaged 600 grams per brick, while the net mass of the tan powder in the inner bricks averaged 500 grams per brick (both values very consistent from brick to brick). Analysis of the white powder by GC/FID, LC, GC/MS and FTIR/ATR confirmed 85 percent cocaine hydrochloride adulterated with caffeine, while analysis of the tan powder (same analytical techniques) indicated a mixture of 72 percent heroin hydrochloride and 7.2 percent cocaine hydrochloride. This is the first submission of heroin mini-bricks inside cocaine bricks to the Laboratory.
[Editor’s Notes: This appears to be the first ever report of concealing heroin bricks inside cocaine bricks. It is postulated that this unusual concealment technique was utilized to deceive mid-level transporters, who charge higher rates for heroin shipments versus cocaine shipments.]
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0405/mg0405.html
- INTELLIGENCE ALERT -
COCAINE BRICKS CONTAINING INTERNAL HEROIN BRICKS IN NOGALES, ARIZONA
The DEA Southwest Laboratory (Vista, California) recently received 17 bricks wrapped in plastic, brown tape, and cellophane, containing a compressed white powder, suspected cocaine. The exhibits were seized by the U.S. Border Patrol at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry (circumstances not further reported). Upon further examination, however, each brick was also found to contain a second, internal brick, wrapped in brown tape and cellophane, which contained an unknown, compressed, tan colored powder (see Photo 1). The net mass of the white powder in the outer bricks averaged 600 grams per brick, while the net mass of the tan powder in the inner bricks averaged 500 grams per brick (both values very consistent from brick to brick). Analysis of the white powder by GC/FID, LC, GC/MS and FTIR/ATR confirmed 85 percent cocaine hydrochloride adulterated with caffeine, while analysis of the tan powder (same analytical techniques) indicated a mixture of 72 percent heroin hydrochloride and 7.2 percent cocaine hydrochloride. This is the first submission of heroin mini-bricks inside cocaine bricks to the Laboratory.
[Editor’s Notes: This appears to be the first ever report of concealing heroin bricks inside cocaine bricks. It is postulated that this unusual concealment technique was utilized to deceive mid-level transporters, who charge higher rates for heroin shipments versus cocaine shipments.]
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0405/mg0405.html
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