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I dunno where tat is but coke def aint more profitable then heroin where i live heroin is the most valuable drug out there...
 
crack is the most profit in the UK. Heroin market is flooded from the old Afgans - good ole america liberating those poppy feilds - production is soaring now the talaban have gone.
 
UK: Police seize £3.8m of heroin

A £4m haul of heroin has been found by police in east London and Essex.
Detectives found 22kg of the drug in a car in Romford and a further 11kg at a house in Chingford. Five people have been arrested.

Police have reported that while cocaine seizures soared in the past financial year in London, heroin seizures halved.

Tuesday's 33kg haul compares with the previous year's total haul of 43kg. Scotland Yard says it is one of the largest heroin seizures in London.

The seizures at 1400 BST on Tuesday were made by officers from the Central Task Force, which tackles organised crime involving drugs.

Scotland Yard says the heroin had an estimated street value of £3,795,000.

Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said: "This is one of the largest seizures of heroin from the streets of London this year and we are delighted we have taken it out of circulation."

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The amount of cocaine seized in London rose by more than 300 per cent last year as smugglers tried to maximise profits by flooding Britain with the class A drug.

Scotland Yard said 360kg (790lb) was confiscated compared to 96kg in 2002 amid evidence that heroin dealers were diversifying to include cocaine.

The trade in cocaine, which has a street price of about £50 a gram, is estimated to be worth £2-3bn a year in Britain, making it one of the most lucrative drugs markets in Europe.

Detectives believe cocaine cartels based in Colombia are attempting to increase supplies along their traditional smuggling routes via the Caribbean and Spain.

The National Criminal Intelligence Service said there was evidence of a rise in seizures across Europe of cocaine bound for Britain. A spokeswoman said: "We know from various sources that there is an increase in the amount of cocaine that is being seized in countries like Spain. This is largely because of better co-operation between European police forces."

Senior detectives described the increase in supply of class A drugs in Britain as "phenomenal". The Yard figures, which showed an increase in seizures of crack cocaine from 11kg to 17kg, support the theory that heroin dealers are now also supplying crack to their clients.

A police source said: "Until recently, heroin dealers had focused on just heroin but they know they can increase their profits by also supplying a rock or two of crack to their clients to help them come off the heroin high."

Between 35 tons and 45 tons of cocaine powder are estimated to be brought into Britain every year. There are no reliable figures to show how much of that is converted into the more addictive version, crack.

Figures produced by the British Crime Survey estimate that there are 622,000 regular cocaine users in the UK.

Yard sources said one of the reasons for the sharp increase in cocaine supplies reaching Europe could be the change of focus by American law enforcement agencies from tackling drug kingpins in Colombia and the Caribbean to counter-terrorism operations.

The rise in cocaine seizures, worth £9m on the street, coincided with a fall in the amount of heroin confiscated from 105kg to 43kg.

The Yard, which announced plans for the formation of a pan-London drugs squad with HM Customs, said it was having success in seizing the assets of dealers. Last year, £4m was recovered, representing half of all the proceeds of crime seized in London.

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Police seize pensioner's cannabis

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a green-fingered pensioner harvesting cannabis plants in her Hamburg home after someone tipped them off to a strong smell, authorities say

In a dawn raid of the 68-year-old's flat, police found marijuana plants in her bathroom, bedroom and living room.

"Police discovered a plantation of approximately 170 cannabis plants as well as a special lighting and ventilation system," said a police spokesman. "It was very professional."

Five kg (11 lb) of cannabis, freshly harvested and already packaged, were also discovered in the woman's home, which she shares with her 39-year-old son.

"The woman was tending to the plants and watering them but said that she was doing it for her son," the spokesman said.

Police confiscated the plants and are investigating.

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European Police seize 8,000 litres of ecstasy precursors

Irish and Dutch police have seized 8,000 litres of chemicals used to make ecstasy tablets and amphetamines.

Gardai said the chemicals had the potential to make more than £350m worth of the drugs.

They were found in barrels at a warehouse in the Walkinstown area of Dublin.

Detectives from the National Drugs Unit raided the premises.

The raid followed an investigation lasting several months involving the Gardai, Irish Customs and the Dutch police.

The chemicals had the potential to make more than 50 million ecstasy tablets and more than two tonnes of amphetamines.

Police said they believed the chemicals were being prepared for shipment to the Netherlands.

Four men and two women - from China and Afghanistan - were arrested and are being detained at Tallaght, Clondalkin and Terenure police stations in Dublin.

One of those being questioned was arrested in Drogheda in County Meath.

The six can be questioned for up to seven days before being charged or released.

Irish police said the operation was continuing both in Ireland and the Netherlands.

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Over 100 arrested in drugs sweep

More than 100 people have been arrested during a week-long operation against drugs in two London boroughs.
Ecstasy tablets and crack cocaine were recovered during the blitz on dealers and users in Westminster and Camden.

Police have arrested 106 people on suspicion of various offences including conspiracy to supply drugs, criminal damage and possession of stolen goods.

Suspected "crack dens" were raided and sniffer dogs patrolled Tottenham Court Road Tube station looking for dealers.

"It's a gateway to the West End, hundreds of thousands of people pass through that junction every week," said Ch Insp Bernie Gravett.

"We are committed to dealing with crimes and problems that make living in these areas unpleasant for local residents and people visiting the area."

Police believe dealers and people using Class A drugs have moved into the area from other boroughs.

The operation, which ends on Thursday, targeted Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, Soho, and St Giles.

It previously ran in February, targeting Soho, Covent Garden, Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, resulting in 91 arrests.

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Re: Over 100 arrested in drugs sweep

SilverFeniks said:

Ecstasy tablets and crack cocaine were recovered during the blitz on dealers and users in Westminster and Camden.

Tablets. Haha. "Yo man you know where I can score some tablets in this joint?"
 
Holy shit, that is a fucking lot of drugs. $400 million, goddam someone really fucked up their entire organization. I mea seriously, that is the fall of an entire drug supplier right there, damn.
 
only thing is, it will probaly help rise the price of the drug and therefore the crime rate will increase too.
 
Belfast Police make major cocaine haul

A sophisticated international drugs smuggling operation has been disrupted, according to the police.

It follows the seizure of cocaine with a street value of more than £1m in Belfast on Thursday.

Guns, ammunition and about £10,000 in cash were discovered in a follow-up operation in the Parkhall estate in Antrim, a PSNI spokesman said.

The weapons recovered with the cocaine were a shotgun, handgun and a handgun which fires blanks.

The drugs were found in a van which was stopped on the M1 motorway near the Broadway roundabout in Belfast.

One person was arrested.

The head of the Drugs Squad, Superintendent John Fintan, said it was a major setback for the smugglers.

"The seizure speaks for itself - it has been very significant," he said.

"It confirms what we have said, that cocaine is an emerging problem in Northern Ireland society.

"It's certainly not out of control, but the police will be focusing our priorities towards it."

A number of operations in connection with the find, including searches, were carried out.

The seizure is understood to be the result of months of investigation into the activities of a major criminal gang.

Security Minister Ian Pearson congratulated the police on the haul which also included a hydraulic press, scales and bags.

"This is another significant success in our relentless campaign against organised criminals. It follows other major successes including the seizure of £1m worth of cocaine in October 2003," he said.

"The follow up operation involving international counterparts in Holland resulted in the recovery of 750,000 ecstasy tablets together with chemicals used in the processing of drugs and firearms.

"I pay tribute to the efforts of the police, and other law enforcement agencies, who are working tirelessly to remove these gangsters from our streets and disrupt their activities," said Mr Pearson, who is also Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force.

The previous largest cocaine discovery in Northern Ireland was made last October by police during operations in the Lurgan and Lisburn areas.

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^^which probably means people are going to start getting shot. Drug kingpins don't typically like it when they lose 400million, which for the majority of kingpins, would take out their entire business
 
Nobody lost hundreds of millions - they only lost the potential for that amount, and even that sum will be exagerated by the police. They lost 8000 litres of precursors, which whilst being extremely inconvenient won't have cost them a super huge sum. If they're talking about Safrole or Sassafras Oil (for MDMA anyway, it's not a logical precursor for amphetamines as well, but that's police bullshit for you), then it can be acquired in bulk from China relatively cheaply. Probably around 40 or 50 of these barrels would be the 8000 litres.

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Smuggling drugs earns 17 1/2 years

INDIANAPOLIS - A Terre Haute man who was the reputed leader of a methamphetamine-smuggling operation that moved the drug from California to the Midwest was sentenced Friday to 17 1/2 years in prison.
Francis "Pancho" Blair, 35, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He allegedly headed an operation that distributed the drug supplied by a California man to eight dealers in western Indiana and eastern Illinois.

U.S. District Court Judge John Tinder also ordered Blair to three years supervised release after his discharge from prison.

According to federal prosecutors, Blair's operation trafficked about 50 pounds of methamphetamine, with a street value of more than $2 million, from late 2002 to September 2003 from the Terre Haute home where he lived with his wife and children.

On Thursday, Ricardo Linares-Avila, 29, was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of meth with intent to distribute.

Linares-Avila, who allegedly served as a drug courier for Blair, will be deported after serving his sentence.



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Man, that's an awful long time. He won't get out until he's 52. :(
 
UK: Man held in £1.75 million cannabis haul

A man is due to appear at a County Antrim court in connection with a drugs find.
The 48-year-old man from Ballymena has been charged with having cannabis with intent to supply.

It follows the seizure of the drugs, which have an estimated street value of almost £1.75m, in Glarryford on Tuesday.

Superintendent Terry Shevlin, district commander for Ballymena, said it was a significant find.


"Certainly within the Ballymena area it would be a very significant find indeed," he said.

"In terms of the province, this is perhaps the third largest cannabis find in Northern Ireland to date."

The man is to appear at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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Canadian border patrol officer held in cannbis smuggling

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A Canada Border Services Agency officer and another Canadian citizen have been charged with conspiracy after the officer was arrested while allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 22 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, authorities said.

"For law enforcement officers on both sides of the border, it's a sad day when someone in a position of authority violates the public's trust," said Michael Mach, agent-in-charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Grand Forks.

Gary Graboski, 35, who worked as a border inspector for the Canadian agency, was arrested May 13 just south of the Pinecreek, Minn., port of entry. Agents determined he intended to deliver the marijuana hidden in the bed of his pickup to another man.

The investigation led to the arrest a short time later of Loran Stewart, 37, also a Canadian citizen, in Warroad, Minn. Both Graboski's pickup and Stewart's SUV were seized by authorities.

Hometowns for the two men were not available.

State prosecutors in Roseau County in northwestern Minnesota have charged Graboski with conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and up to $1 million US in fines.

Stewart was charged with second-degree conspiracy to committee a controlled substance crime, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and up to $500,000 US in fines.

Both men were in the Roseau County jail on Wednesday.

Sam Jandt, Graboski's public defender, had no comment. A call to Stewart's public defender was not returned.

A news release from U.S. customs enforcement said the arrests were the result of a bi-national investigation involving several county, state and federal agencies that spanned several months.

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