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Designer's jail hell as police mistake powder for drugs

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LES KENNEDY
July 18, 2010

LISA MAREE BOERSMA had just returned from a holiday in the US when she found herself thrust into the middle of a nightmare.

On June 23 last year the 26-year-old swimwear designer and part-time model from Bondi Beach found her black BMW surrounded by armed officers from the drug squad.

Ms Boersma was surprised when police found five one-kilogram bags of white powder and a kilogram of hydrophosphorous acid, which they said could be used as a precursor chemical in making methylamphetamine.

She had no idea how the bags got there and was stunned when a roadside test of the powder gave a reaction consistent with methylamphetamine. She was arrested and charged with supplying a prohibited drug and possessing in excess of five kilograms of methylamphetamine, which could have resulted in a 25-year jail sentence.

Ms Boersma told police that while she was abroad her car was used by her bodybuilder boyfriend and his mates. For three days she was held in custody until her solicitor, Stephen Alexander, secured bail.

In an attempt to have the bail overturned police speeded up testing of the powder, which would normally have taken six to 12 weeks. It was only then they discovered they had made a grave mistake - the powder was caffeine dimethyl sulfone, a legally obtainable supplement taken by bodybuilders.

Yet police would not drop the charges. Finally, on Thursday, Chief Magistrate Graeme Henson in the Downing Centre Local Court dismissed the case against Ms Boersma.

''My client has gone from hell to heaven in having to endure this mistake,'' Mr Alexander said as they walked from court.
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Does anybody have an idea of what the 'hydrophosphorous acid' was meant to be used for?
 
Searching it on Wikipedia brings a like term of hypophosphorous acid which -

Because hypophosphorous acid can reduce elemental iodine to form hydroiodic acid, which is a reagent effective for reducing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine
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Interesting =D
 
Cant comment on potential use. But I will say that this is another example of semi-injustice on the part of law enforcement.

They managed to hold her for 3 days for suspected possession of an illegal substance when in reality she had done nothing wrong.

Fair enough, it takes time to test these things, and true enough a roadside test did indicate wrong doing. But shouldnt these test's be questioned in terms of their accuracy if innocent people are having to endure three days in police custody when they've done nothing wrong?

Even after finding out that they'd fucked up, they still wanted to pursue the charges? Thats just insanity.

I feel sorry for her, and wouldnt wish detainment against your will upon anyone, especially those who are innocent. All that said, she should be carefull who she lends her wheels to in future lol
 
Jordan` said:
Searching it on Wikipedia brings a like term of hypophosphorous acid which -



Interesting =D
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Apologies for the double post, but isnt that a very long way around a short paddock? Seems like a lot of effort and an unlikely method of manufacturing to me, but then again I'm no cook ;)
 
Yeah it's a tricky issue as far as detainment is concerned.
I think detainment shouldn't be used often, I mean even if it was meth, 5 kilo's whilst it is alot. Surely innocent until proven guilty should carry more weight.

I think there needs to be better compensation for people in this situation. Although I don't really know what detainment facility's are like, but I can't imagine them being a pleasent environment. Perhaps thats what should be learnt from this, that whilst holding they can make it a more pleasent time allow them monitored phone calls so they can call friends/loved ones etc.

Because hypophosphorous acid can reduce elemental iodine to form hydroiodic acid, which is a reagent effective for reducing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine
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If I'm correct the advantage of going this way is it's easier to get the ingredients, but it's a longer and more tricky way of making meth. I THINK
 
The "hypo method" is pretty common in Queensland, although it's more suited to a smaller cook because if you try to make too much it can explode. Maybe that Project Stop thing in pharmacies will make the pseudo harder to get and other methods will become more common though.

I didn't realise other states didn't use it as much until I found this old government report on Google, see page 3: http://www.crimecommission.gov.au/p...es/1997_98/aidr_1997_98_clan_laboratories.pdf
 
If I'm correct the advantage of going this way is it's easier to get the ingredients, but it's a longer and more tricky way of making meth. I THINK
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A kid with no experience in chemistry can make meth from this method. Not saying the yield or purity would necessarily be high, but the process is very simple and hard to stuff up in small batches. Until project stop and other pseudo restricting measures were adopted, this was the most common procedure used in Australia.

I can see why the cops wanted to charge someone. Unless you can prove intent with H3PO2, you could be charged with possession of a precursor, particularly as the chemical doesn't have that many legit uses.
 
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I don't want to get into synth discussion but I was under the impression it was a fairly common way of making meth, using that particular precursor is just a slight variation on the red, white and blue isn't it?

p_d feel free not to answer this question, but is the Birch method the most common method used in Australia now?
 
I personally think that it was a joke from her bf. If it was MSM who knows what it was used for. Could have been used to cut ice. Maybe they knew the cops were watching them and just did it for the fun of it?
 
^well that's pretty clear - hypo method most common way to make meth in detected clan labs (according to crime commission paper linked above). AND a whole bunch of MSM in the car. She was lucky to get off - then again 26 year olds in beemers can generally afford a good lawyer....
 
i think you guys missed the point on what hte substance was - Caffeine and Dimethylsulfone (MSM).

she had a shitload of it, which could i turn be used to cut meth quite a bit.

I don't know how pure the intentions were, but yeah the bodybuilder excuse is good.
 
Sustanon said:
I personally think that it was a joke from her bf. If it was MSM who knows what it was used for. Could have been used to cut ice. Maybe they knew the cops were watching them and just did it for the fun of it?
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This i reckon..
They possibly baited the police
 
unless she was cleaning at a slaughterhouse I can't see why she'd have it


'hypophos' seems to be the most common method in QLD from my understanding
 
Mr Blonde said:
^ They had the police monitor them or that vehicle, put bags of caffeine and MSM in it and let her be arrested all for a joke?
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Id do the same thing lol We have even acted like we were off guts on MDMA with 2 mates when we saw a few undercovers next to us. We were drunk at the time and decided to prank them. We were even yelling to eachother man these pills are good dancing and laughing so much. They didnt do anything tho but it sure was funny. I say if u can do it then why not LOL
 
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