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'Busy street-level drug dealer' goes to prison, not to Fiji

A "busy" Palmerston North drug dealer has been jailed for supplying methamphetamine and cannabis, thwarting his plans to return to Fiji.

Between November 2011 and February last year, Isaiah Taukave McGoon, 41, used his cellphone to arrange deals before delivering the drugs on demand.

On 110 occasions, he supplied methamphetamine to unknown clients - a total of 11.65 grams, worth $11,650.

He also made 70 cannabis deals, selling tinnies and measured amounts of the drug.

On top of that, McGoon offered to sell methamphetamine on 30 occasions and cannabis 40 times.

McGoon admitted one charge each of supplying methamphetamine, offering to supply the drug, supplying cannabis and offering to supply it.

In the Palmerston North District Court yesterday, he was given a prison sentence of two years and 10 months.

"You were, there's no doubt, a busy street-level drug dealer," Judge Mike Behrens told McGoon.

"There was, I think, significant planning involved which adds to the seriousness of what you did."

The judge shaved time off McGoon's sentence for his guilty pleas, remorse and time spent on electronically monitored bail.

However, he ruled out home detention, which had been suggested by defence lawyer Simon Hewson.

"One of the purposes of this sentence is to make others who might think of going into the drug-dealing business realise the consequences of doing so," Judge Behrens said.

Mr Hewson said McGoon had turned his life around and had completed an alcohol and drug rehabilitation programme.

McGoon planned to return to his native Fiji, where his ageing parents lived and he owned land.

"It's important to him to pay his debt to this community and look to the future."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...-level-drug-dealer-goes-to-prison-not-to-Fiji
 
Wanted felon linked to major drug investigation

MERRILL (WAOW) -
Despite dozens of tips, a wanted felon from Merrill is still on the run.

Now, we're learning more from Lincoln County Sheriff's officials about his possible connection to more than 40 drug sites.

Christopher Meindel, 36, is wanted for bail jumping. But officers told Newsline 9 they want to talk to him for a bigger reason.

Last month, Lincoln County Sheriff's officials found 46 meth labs on private property in the Town of Corning, a rural part of the county.

"That is a big number and methamphetamine has been a big problem in the Northwoods for a very, very long time," said Lt. Tim Fischer.

Fischer added that they have some idea who is responsible.

"Right now, the only name that we have is Chris Meindel," he said.

Meindel, who is from Merrill, has already been charged in connection with another meth site located close to the meth labs found last month off Tower Road in the Town of Corning.

But now, Meindel is on the run. Officers said he ran away from his probationer's office last month after he was asked to take a drug test.

"One person can run a lab. One person can run several labs," said Lt. Fischer. "A meth lab site can be anything from the trunk of a car to something the size of a kiddie swimming pool."

Lt. Fischer added that evidence of meth was found at each drug site off Tower Road.

"You don't need a lot of room to manufacture this drug so people will do it in any number of places," said Lt. Fischer.

Lincoln County authorities believe Meindel is in the Wausau area.

"Is he currently manufacturing? We don't know," said Lt. Fischer.

Christopher Meindel has not been charged in connection to the 46 meth labs found in May, but he does face other charges related to methamphetamine. He scheduled to head to trial on those in November.

http://www.waow.com/story/22627668/2013/06/18/wanted-felon-linked-to-major-drug-bust
 
Over 250 held for drug trafficking in China

Over 250 people, including four Vietnamese, have been arrested in two Chinese provinces for their involvement in drug trafficking, police said.

Police in northeast Heilongjiang province arrested 251 people, Xinhua reported.

Some 16.5 kg of methamphetamine and 5,500 methamphetamine tablets were seized by police in the two-year campaign, said an official from the public security bureau.

Police in southwest Guangxi Zhuang region arrested four Vietnamese people for trafficking and attempting to manufacture drugs.

The four Vietnamese were detained in Dongxing city in April, when they attempted to smuggle packed drugs across the border to Vietnam, the public security bureau said.

Police seized more than 16 kg of liquid raw material for producing methamphetamine, 7.5 kg of methamphetamine, and 990 grams of ketamine.

http://newindianexpress.com/world/O...icking-in-China/2013/06/23/article1648859.ece
 
Three Arrests after authorities find 20 pounds of Meth

FRUITA, Colo. -
A major drug bust on the Western Slope and now three people are behind bars, thanks to the Western Colorado Drug Task Force.

According to authorities, 19-year-old Sergio Solano, 21-year-old Valerie Lemus and 21-year-old Anthony Rosas were pulled over by officers on Interstate 70 on Friday near Fruita.

Authorities had been tracking the three suspects since Green River, Utah.

K9s sniffed the car and led authorities to 20 pounds of meth.

They also found cell phones that showed the three were working with others in the drug deal.

Solano, Lemus and Rosas were all arrested and booked into the Mesa County Jail.

With a vid -

http://www.kjct8.com/news/three-arr...meth/-/163152/20686304/-/h7jghgz/-/index.html
 
Malaysian, French Nationals Sentenced for Drug Smuggling in Bali

A Malaysian national caught by custom’s officials with more than 370 grams of heroin in his underwear was sentenced to 12 years in jail by the Denpasar District Court on Monday.

Sargunan M. Suppiah, 27, attempted to smuggle Rp 850 million ($85,000) worth of heroin through Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport on Jan. 5. Prosecutors originally demanded a 17-year sentence, explaining that Sargunan had “tainted” the image of Bali, a common statement in Bali courts.

The courts reduced the sentence to 12 years, saying that Sargunan had cooperated with police and told officers he regretted his crime.

Judges also sentenced 44-year-old Vincent Roger Petrone, a French national, to six years in jail for attempting to smuggle 59.7 grams of hashish through airport customs on Jan. 29 in a separate hearing held on the same day. Customs officers discovered the hashish in his stomach.

Prosecutors originally demanded a five-year sentence, but Chief Judge Parulian Saragih increased the jail time to six years, saying “the defendant’s crime may taint Bali’s image as a tourist destination.”

The jail sentence would “deter other people from doing [a similar crime],” the chief judge said.

Bali courts routinely issues harsh sentences to convicted drug traffickers, including sentencing a 56-year-old British grandmother to death by firing squad for attempting to smuggle $2.4 million worth of cocaine into Bali.

The resort island is a popular way-point for international drug trafficking syndicates looking to smuggle cocaine into Australia, where the stimulant demands one of the highest prices in the world. The syndicates regularly use foreign nationals as drug mules, hiding the narcotics in suitcases, surfboards and people’s stomachs.

Dozens have instead found themselves behind bars, facing long sentences or death at one of Bali’s notorious prisons.

Correction: This story originally said judges sentenced Sargunan M. Suppiah to 10 years in prison. He was sentenced to 12 years. The Jakarta Globe regrets the error.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/bali-court-jails-malaysian-french-men-over-drug-smuggling/
 
Silk Road Drug Bust

German Police bust 3 of the biggest Vendors and associates seizing 18kg Amphetamines, Ecstacy, Meth, Cocaine quantity unknown. Cash, Accounts, Cars Seized with value of 700,00 euros.

The operatives stretched from Germany, Netherlands and Austria.

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/ermi...ernationalen-drogenring-a-910221.html#ref=rss

http://www.welt.de/regionales/muenc...r-zerschlagen-Bitcoin-Drogenring-DarkNet.html

Overall, the investigators searched 12 properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria - and found more than 18 kg amphetamine as well as cash, accounts, cars and real estate with a total value of around 700,000 euros safely.
The Viennese had constructed a flourishing e-commerce trade for ecstasy or MDMA, cocaine, and amphetamines. In three months he had - working alone - made about 400 transactions through India, Australia and South Africa. Nearly 350 of these could be proved against him. The 25-year-old was convicted.

In the course of this arrest, the investigators also presented extensive evidence, including several computers. In evaluating the data, the investigators came to the suppliers of the Viennese, the Germans who lived in Bavaria.
Three dealers were arrested in Salzburg Vienna parallel to the investigation. Unlike their counterparts, the three Salzburg Viennese purchased their drugs directly from the same Germans and then sold on a large scale.
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Police would place orders on the Silk Road website and ask for tracking, they would re-track the packages to where they are being sent. They placed officers on these locations and ordered more packages, the "runners" used the same place many times to send the packages, they were detained and then they went up the ladder.
 
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Officer pries marijuana flecks from man's teeth

FORT WALTON BEACH – A police officer pried pieces of marijuana from a suspect’s teeth after he allegedly chewed up and swallowed his “blunt” to avoid being arrested, lawmen say.

On July 6 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer spotted a four-door Chevrolet at the corner of Perry Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard with illegal window tint. The officer activated his lights and the driver pulled in to the Dodges Store at Eglin Parkway and Hollywood.

Other officers were already in the parking lot on an unrelated call, and one of them spotted the driver, 21-year-old Luis Diego Prado of Niceville, putting what looked like marijuana in his mouth.

The original officer noticed Pardo swallowing something and noticed a strong odor of marijuana on him and in his vehicle.

Without saying how, the officer “recovered pieces of cannabis from his teeth and pieces of cannabis from inside of the vehicle,” the officer wrote in the arrest report.

Pardo was charged with marijuana possession less than 20 grams and tampering with evidence.

His plea date is Aug. 13.

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/c...es-marijuana-flecks-from-man-s-teeth-1.172970
 
Police: Man had baby, crack cocaine in stroller near Rock Hill park

ROCK HILL — An anonymous tip about a man selling drugs on a Rock Hill street that borders a city park led police to a man who they say kept crack cocaine in a baby stroller while his infant son was in the stroller Monday night, police say.

A police officer patrolling near State Street, which runs into Armory Park, saw Charles Bernard Rhinehart, 38--wanted by York County’s multijurisdictional drug enforcement unit--standing in front of a house at about 9 p.m., according to a Rock Hill police report.

The officer had also received a tip that Rhinehart was using a baby stroller to store and sell crack cocaine in the neighborhood and also carried a gun, the report states.

The officer circled the block and watched Rhinehart push the baby stroller up the street.

The officer arrested Rhinehart and searched his stroller, finding a rock of crack cocaine wrapped in brown paper underneath Rhinehart’s cell phone on the top stroller push bar, the report states.

Police also found freshly crushed crack cocaine rocks on the ground where Rhinehart was arrested.

Rhinehart told police he used the cell phone to find numbers in his contact list while selling, the report states. Police also found Rhinehart’s infant son sitting inside the stroller.

The baby was given to his mother, while Rhinehart was taken to jail and charged with possession of crack, the report states. By Tuesday morning, he was still being held at the city jail on a $6,000 bond.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/08/13/2917100/police-man-had-baby-crack-cocaine.html#storylink=cpy
 
Trail of Blood Leads Police to Major San Francisco Ecstasy Drug Bust

A trail of blood led San Francisco police detectives to make one of the biggest drug busts in the department's history, seizing more than $1.5 million worth of MDMA powder and pills.

MDMA is the active ingredient in ecstasy.

The discovery, which came by pure luck, was found the same weekend as the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park, prompting investigators to wonder whether the drugs were meant to supply concertgoers.

"We're happy if it is just a coincidence," Police Chief Greg Suhr said at a Tuesday news conference. "If it's not, we're very happy that none of this found its way out to the Polo Fields."

Benjamin Hagerl, 36, and Steven Terrell, 31, both of San Francisco, were arrested at about 9:15 a.m. on Sunday in the 3300 block of Mission Street, near 29th Street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.

MORE: Feds Intercept 60 Pounds of MDMA en Route to SF

Their arrests were made shortly after police responded to a report of possible vandalism and burglary at a building there and found a first-floor window that was broken and stained with blood. The downstairs neighbor had called for help – he told police that a man had broken a window on the first floor when the neighbor wouldn't let him inside the building.

The blood trail led into the building, and police followed it to an apartment inside. That apartment was empty, but the blood trail snaked to another apartment on the second floor.

Officers knocked on the door of the second apartment and police said a man with blood on his hands and pants opened the door, according to police. It turned out to be Hagerl.

Police checked the apartment and found a second man inside, later identified at Terrell, as well as duffel bags containing suspected narcotics.

Investigators eventually determined that there were more than 23 kilograms of MDMA powder and more than 30,000 pills of the drug. Suhr said officers also seized nearly $30,000 in cash and computer equipment.

Hagerl and Terrell were taken into custody on suspicion of possession of controlled substances for sale, maintaining a place for selling or using controlled substances and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to police.

Suhr said Terrell also has a separate drug trafficking case pending in Illinois that involves the sale of marijuana in that state.

In January, federal agents seized 60 pounds of MDMA while the drugs were on their way to San Francisco.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...-Leads-to-Major-MDMA-Drug-Bust-219468781.html
 
Huge Bust in Cali.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...-Leads-to-Major-MDMA-Drug-Bust-219468781.html



A trail of blood led San Francisco police detectives to make one of the biggest drug busts in the department's history, seizing more than $1.5 million worth of MDMA powder and pills.

MDMA is the active ingredient in ecstasy.

The discovery, which came by pure luck, was found the same weekend as the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park, prompting investigators to wonder whether the drugs were meant to supply concertgoers.

"We're happy if it is just a coincidence," Police Chief Greg Suhr said at a Tuesday news conference. "If it's not, we're very happy that none of this found its way out to the Polo Fields."

Benjamin Hagerl, 36, and Steven Terrell, 31, both of San Francisco, were arrested at about 9:15 a.m. on Sunday in the 3300 block of Mission Street, near 29th Street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.

MORE: Feds Intercept 60 Pounds of MDMA en Route to SF

Their arrests were made shortly after police responded to a report of possible vandalism and burglary at a building there and found a first-floor window that was broken and stained with blood. The downstairs neighbor had called for help – he told police that a man had broken a window on the first floor when the neighbor wouldn't let him inside the building.

The blood trail led into the building, and police followed it to an apartment inside. That apartment was empty, but the blood trail snaked to another apartment on the second floor.

Officers knocked on the door of the second apartment and police said a man with blood on his hands and pants opened the door, according to police. It turned out to be Hagerl.

Police checked the apartment and found a second man inside, later identified at Terrell, as well as duffel bags containing suspected narcotics.

Investigators eventually determined that there were more than 23 kilograms of MDMA powder and more than 30,000 pills of the drug. Suhr said officers also seized nearly $30,000 in cash and computer equipment.

Hagerl and Terrell were taken into custody on suspicion of possession of controlled substances for sale, maintaining a place for selling or using controlled substances and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to police.

Suhr said Terrell also has a separate drug trafficking case pending in Illinois that involves the sale of marijuana in that state.

In January, federal agents seized 60 pounds of MDMA while the drugs were on their way to San Francisco.


I wonder if this was MDMA or M1?
 
Is it wrong that all I can think in this instance is "Its such a shame all this wonderful MDMA has gone to waste!". It makes me angry when I think about how the feds will all be high-fiving each other in the brief room going "Yeah, well done guys! We have just taken a load of LETHAL MDMA off the streets! Totally winning the war on drugs!!". Cunts.

EDIT - If what was seized was in-fact pipe pills, Green Rolex pills or shitty MDMA, then I am happy! If it was pure though, its such a shame!
 
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. It makes me angry when I think about how the feds will all be high-fiving each other in the brief room going "Yeah, well done guys! We have just taken a load of LETHAL MDMA off the streets! Totally winning the war on drugs!!". Cunts.
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What is really fucked up is that now they will just be increasing the amount of ODs due to the fact there will be allot more pma, pmma, and what ever other trash those lowlifes press into pills and sell as mdma going around the scene.

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You'd think they'd be a bit more careful with -

more than 23 kilograms of MDMA powder and more than 30,000 pills of the drug.
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Guesses on how long the would get for this? Especially since one of them had a separate case for trafficking cannabis. Life for him maybe?
 
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