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Ten charged after drugs and weapons seized during police raids across Sydney

Police have seized more than a 50 kilograms of drugs, six firearms and more than $100,000 during a series of raids on the properties of alleged organised crime figures around Sydney.

Ten men were arrested on Friday following the raids on 12 houses and several cars. Nine of them will face court today.

Detectives from Strike Force Taipan searched properties in North Balgowlah, Rhodes, Cammeray, Freshwater, Five Dock, Castle Hill, Northmead, Maroubra and Beacon Hill from 12.50pm on Friday.

Officers seized about $104,230, three kilograms of MDA, 20 kilograms of ephedrine, 20 kilograms of pseudoephedrine and 10 kg of crystal substance believed to be methylamphetamine.

They also removed six firearms, mobile phones and SIM cards, computers, numerous pills and quantities of white powder believed to be illicit drugs, and drug-related paraphernalia.

Nine of the men, aged between 25 and 54, were charged with supplying prohibited drugs and other drugs and weapons charges. They were denied bail and will face Parramatta Local Court today.

A 47-year-old man from Umina Beach was charged with supplying a prohibited drug. He was granted conditional bail and will appear in Downing Centre Local Court on April 22.

Strike Force Taipan, consisting of detectives from the State Crime Command’s organised crime squad and officers from the NSW Crime Commission, is investigating the commercial supply of drugs in NSW.

Detective Superintendent Cook, commander of the organised crime squad, said police were making strong inroads into organised criminal networks operating in NSW.

"As the results demonstrate, Strike Force Taipan has been very successful in not only seizing large quantities of drugs, but also arresting those engaged in the organisation and distribution of these drugs," Detective Superintendent Cook said.

He said the squad is focused on arresting "those at the top of the criminal food chain".

"We are not only committed to putting them in jail, we intend to take all of their assets and drive them out of business."

http://www.portnews.com.au/story/21...ized-during-police-raids-across-sydney/?cs=12
 
Prominent players in Surfers Paradise nightclub industry arrested during police raids across the Gold Coast

A FERRARI-driving nightclub owner, a top DJ, and a senior bikie who infamously boasted "we run this town", are among scores arrested in what police are labelling the Gold Coast's biggest drug blitz.

Police at the weekend closed down an 18-month investigation targeting the Glitter Strip's party drug scene with three days of raids, including on four Surfers Paradise nightclubs.

Police say they have arrested 152 people so far - including 37 bikie gang members or associates - on more than 400 charges "and that will increase".

Officers seized 18kgs of cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine and six litres of methamphetamine oil which could have been used to make $11 million in drugs.

Police say the whole operation stopped $26 million in drugs hitting the streets.

They also seized $500,000 in cash and say they will seek to restrain millions of dollars in assets including four luxury homes in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, another $700,000 in cash and jewellery including a $500,000 watch.

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http://www.news.com.au/national/que...s-the-gold-coast/story-fnii5v6w-1226875890918
 
They also seized $500,000 in cash and say they will seek to restrain millions of dollars in assets including four luxury homes in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, another $700,000 in cash and jewellery including a $500,000 watch.
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won't stop the drugs but they will become the beneficiaries of their sales now. gettin rich of the black market they create.. same thing all over the world.
 
DEA: Major meth trafficking ring operated out of Pueblo
april 19th 2014

PUEBLO - A major international drug trafficking ring operating out of Pueblo has been broken up after a 13-month investigation by local and federal authorities.

Juan Carlos Rayos-Franco, Clint Nielsen, Henry Loya, Sheriee Torres-Maes, Patricia Maes, Jonathan Caudill and Antonio Caro are accused of running the ring that is estimated to have brought 400-pounds of meth worth $18-million to Southern Colorado. The investigation into their alleged drug trafficking ring culminated last Saturday with arrests and raids.

"This is an organization that has a past of violence," explained Agent Matthew Barden of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). "They have a past of having regular contact with law enforcement."

Over the course of the investigation authorities seized 66-pounds of meth and 189-grams of heroin through traffic stops and finally during the execution of search warrants on Saturday.

Barden said the ring dealt in meth made by cartels in Mexico and shipped to Pueblo through California and New Mexico, one ring member was arrested in San Francisco and another in Albuquerque. They either drove it to the area or shipped it through the mail in corn starch containers which were detected by the Postal Service. The meth was up to 95-percent pure, which means after being cut by other ingredients it could've translated to thousands upon thousands of doses.

"Probably enough for everybody in Pueblo County to get stoned probably eight or ten times I'd be willing to bet you," Barden said. "It's a staggering amount of methamphetamine."

Authorities also seized hundreds of thousands in cash and 16 vehicles involved in the ring. Additionally they seized 13 guns including four assault rifles. Seven of the guns were stolen. Given the recent rash of violence in Pueblo, Police Chief Luis Velez said the seizure of the guns was also very important.

"Taking 13 guns off of the streets of Pueblo certainly at this time is something truly, truly valuable," Chief Velez explained.

The bust was carried out by a task force involving the DEA, the Postal Service, the Pueblo Police Department and the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office as well as other members of the Southern Colorado Drug Task Force. While officials said the bust would be a blow to drug trafficking in Southern Colorado, it is likely another ring will pop up.

"These are the levels of drugs that are being brought into the City of Pueblo and in this region," described Chief Velez. "We have to continue this fight."

All seven members of the ring are being held on $2.5-million bail each. They all face charges of dealing drugs, conspiracy to distribute drugs and possession.

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http://www.koaa.com/news/dea-major-meth-trafficking-ring-operated-out-of-pueblo/
 
Saudi Arabia says seizes drugs worth $267 million, arrests six
RIYADH Sun Apr 13, 2014

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth 1 billion riyals ($267 million) that were being smuggled into the country from neighboring Bahrain, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Spokesman Major General Mansour Turki said five Saudi citizens and one Bahraini had been detained in the operation after police uncovered 22.6 million amphetamine pills hidden inside coils of barbed wire and rolls of plastic.

Drug smuggling can be punished by death in the conservative Islamic kingdom. All narcotics and alcohol are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which has a young population and applies sharia (strict Islamic law).

An investigation into the seizure of the drugs turned up a connection to an international drug smuggling ring led by a Syrian national, Turki told the state news agency SPA.

In 2010 Saudi Arabia received around 7 tonnes of Captagon tablets, one of the most popular forms of amphetamine in the Middle East, representing around a third of total world supply, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Production of Captagon in Syria has soared over the past two years as a result of the breakdown in order caused by the country's civil war.

Riyadh is a leading supporter of rebels fighting to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is a major ally of the kingdom's top regional rival Iran.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/13/us-saudi-drugs-idUSBREA3C0EH20140413


I want to know who counted them?
 
hell yea ^^^
22.6 million pills, they must have just beat it out of the guys the caught for an estimate on what one of the stashes was holding and did the math. counting to 22.6 million would take years.

It's very possible that number is totally off an is just an estimate. By the authorities. Like they counted one bag and then just multiplied.
 
neversickanymore said:
Saudi Arabia says seizes drugs worth $267 million, arrests six
RIYADH Sun Apr 13, 2014

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth 1 billion riyals ($267 million) that were being smuggled into the country from neighboring Bahrain, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Spokesman Major General Mansour Turki said five Saudi citizens and one Bahraini had been detained in the operation after police uncovered 22.6 million amphetamine pills hidden inside coils of barbed wire and rolls of plastic.

Drug smuggling can be punished by death in the conservative Islamic kingdom. All narcotics and alcohol are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which has a young population and applies sharia (strict Islamic law).

An investigation into the seizure of the drugs turned up a connection to an international drug smuggling ring led by a Syrian national, Turki told the state news agency SPA.

In 2010 Saudi Arabia received around 7 tonnes of Captagon tablets, one of the most popular forms of amphetamine in the Middle East, representing around a third of total world supply, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Production of Captagon in Syria has soared over the past two years as a result of the breakdown in order caused by the country's civil war.

Riyadh is a leading supporter of rebels fighting to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is a major ally of the kingdom's top regional rival Iran.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/13/us-saudi-drugs-idUSBREA3C0EH20140413


I want to know who counted them?
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Weigh a pill. Weigh a container.

Next weigh the container filled to the top pills, subtract the weight of the container and divide by the weight of a single pill for the number of pills in the container and record the number. Do this until all pills are weighed. Take all the recorded numbers and add them all together. You now have the total number of pills.

The easiest method of course, is using a pill counter which I am more than sure the DEA has.
 
Australian Navy frigate HMAS Darwin has seized and destroyed a record tonne of heroin on a vessel

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ROYAL Australian Navy frigate HMAS Darwin has seized and destroyed a record tonne of heroin with a street value of more than $289 million after it was discovered on board a vessel in the Indian Ocean.
The record haul of 1032 kilograms of heroin was discovered approximately 27 nautical miles east of Mombasa, Kenya, late on Wednesday.
The seizure is expected to put a significant dent in terrorist funding networks.
HMAS Darwin had located a suspicious vessel and deployed a boarding team which discovered 46 sacks of heroin hidden among bags of cement.
Coalition Maritime Force (CMF) Director of Operations, Captain Craig Powell, RAN said the drug interception showcased positive results being achieved in the Middle East.
“This latest interception is the largest heroin haul in the history of CMF with a street value of approximately $289 million.

“The success of this interdiction is testament to the highly effective interoperability of HMAS Darwin with the UK led Combined Task Force 150 under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and the professionalism of Darwin’s crew,” Captain Powell said.
HMAS Darwin’s Commanding Officer, Commander Terry Morrison, said the seizure puts a major dent in terrorist funding networks.
“This is a major heroin seizure, which has removed a major source of funding from terrorist criminal networks. The search tested the steel of Darwin’s boarding parties who were working in difficult conditions throughout the night,” Commander Morrison said.
In February this year another Navy frigate HMAS Melbourne intercepted a boat carrying more than two-tonnes of cannabis resin valued in excess of $100 million.
Earlier the guided missile frigate intercepted two drug shipments that yielded more than 500kg of heroin.


Darwin has been deployed under Operation SLIPPER, the Australian Defence Force contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, counter smuggling and counter piracy in the Middle East.
It covers an area of more than two million square miles, taking in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman.

http://www.news.com.au/national/aus...the-indian-ocean/story-fncynjr2-1226895881771
 
Canada - Clandestine drug lab found in Willoughby
Matthew Claxton
Langley Advance
April 24th, 2014

Surrey RCMP drug section officers have arrested one man and are dismantling what they believe is a large scale ecstasy manufacturing lab in a Langley neighbourhood.

Officers with the Surrey and Langley RCMP, along with the regional Clandestine Lab unit, arrived armed with a search warrant on Thursday morning.

The site, in the 20600 block of 72nd Avenue, is an acreage with a number of outbuildings.

The site has been the subject of a Surrey investigation for several weeks, said Sgt. Dale Carr, spokesperson for the Surrey RCMP.

“This is one of the largest that we’ve run into,” in terms of drug labs, said Carr.
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Read the full story here.

Looks like this will be on an upcoming episode of Drugs Inc.
 
Tobacco smuggling between Canada-U.S. results in 25 arrests
CBC
April 30th, 2014

Quebec provincial police, along with the RCMP and Canadian and U.S. border police services, have arrested 25 people, seized 18 guns and 10 vehicles as they work to dismantle a contraband tobacco ring linked to organized crime.

Four-hundred police officers executed search warrants and made arrests this morning on the island of Montreal and in Dundee, about 100 kilometres southwest of Montreal, near the border of the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve.

Police said the illegal network has links to the Mafia and aboriginal organized crime.
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Read the full story here.
 
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An investigation dubbed “Operation Crazy Train” has led to the dismantling of two major drug rings and charges against 32 people responsible for funneling cocaine and heroin into western New York, state officials said Thursday.

The 13-month joint investigation of drug activity in Rochester and Buffalo included the seizure of nearly $1 million worth of heroin, several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of cocaine as well as cash.

“Heroin has become one of the deadliest forces attacking communities across New York and the country,” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in announcing the indictments with State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico.

Those indicted include 19 people from Rochester, seven from Buffalo, two from New York City and one from Jamestown. They, along with two Massachusetts men and one from Pennsylvania, face charges in Monroe County Court of possessing and distributing drugs.

The suspects were arrested after hundreds of hours of wiretaps and surveillance culminated in a series of overnight raids.

“The arrests of these individuals today will have a significant impact on the heroin and drug trade in western New York,” D’Amico said.

Authorities say suspects brought in drugs from New York City, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Some of the seized drugs were found in an end table with a false bottom, the side-view mirrors of vehicles and a secret compartment in a backpack.

Those charged are:
JEFFREY ACEVEDO – Buffalo, NY
ELIGIO ADAMES – Rochester, NY
JERRY ALVAREZ – Buffalo, NY
JOSE ALVAREZ – Rochester, NY
EDWIN CRUZ- Buffalo, NY
JASON FIGUEROA – Rochester, NY
JOSE GAUTIER – Buffalo, NY
CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ – Rochester, NY
RANDELL GONZALEZ – Greece, NY
ANTWAN HINES – Rochester, NY
MERCEDES HUGHES – Buffalo, NY
ROBERT JACKSON – Buffalo, NY
PHILLIP LAGARES – Rochester, NY
EDDISON LANTIGUA – Queens, NY
NELSON MARCIAL – Rochester, NY
CARLOS MARTINEZ – Buffalo, NY
LUIS MARTINEZ – Rochester, NY
FRANCIS MEDINA-TORRES – Lawrence, MA
ANGEL L. MELENDEZ – Rochester, NY
BRYAN MOORE – Jamestown, NY
JOMIAN OLIVO-PEREZ – Rochester, NY
JAKELINE ORTIZ – Rochester, NY
VICTOR OYOLA, a/k/a JOSE GOMEZ PRICE – Lawrence, MA
MARTHA PADUA – Rochester, NY
REINALDO RODRIGUEZ – Rochester, NY
SANTOS RODRIGUEZ – Rochester, NY
JOSE ROMAN – Rochester, NY
NYDIA ROMERO – Rochester, NY
FRANKLIN SUERO-PENA – Lehigh, PA
TOMAS SUERO – Bronx, NY
RICARDO VAZQUEZ – Rochester, NY
WILLIAM J. VAZQUEZ – Rochester, NY

http://wivb.com/2014/05/01/32-charged-as-part-of-new-york-drug-operations/
 
Five arrested in €5.4m drugs bust in superstore car park

Gardai have seized a massive haul of herbal cannabis in the car park of the Ikea superstore on the northside of Dublin.


Officers from the national drugs unit recovered the drugs, with a street value of around €5.4m, after they intercepted what they believed to be a handover of the shipment in the car park.

It brings the total amount of drugs seized by gardai to more than €16.5m in the past month.

The latest seizure follows a big intelligence gathering operation mounted by the national unit into the activities of a south county Dublin gang with overseas contacts.

The officers were backed up by detectives from the organised crime unit in yesterday afternoon's swoop on the suspects at the Ikea park in Ballymun. Four men were arrested, one from Tallaght, a Dutch national and two Asians, along with a woman from Wexford, and they were taken for questioning to Ballymun and Finglas stations. Under the anti-drug trafficking legislation, they can be held without charge for up to seven days.

Gardai had a van under surveillance at the Ikea car park, the van was driven away to an industrial unit on an estate in Finglas, before being driven back to Ikea.

As the van left again with the car, both vehicles were intercepted by armed gardai, and the drugs were seized. Shortly afterwards a woman was arrested near the Ikea car park.

Officers said last night they were satisfied that the seizure had dealt a significant financial blow to the gang, who had imported the shipment for distribution in the Dublin market.

It follows another major drugs seizure on April 17, when members of the national unit recovered heroin, cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, worth around €5.3m, in counties Dublin and Meath.

Hauls of drugs were found in storage depots in Navan and Finglas and two other locations in the capital while six guns, including a Steyr machine gun, were also confiscated.

That shipment also had a significant overseas connection and was linked back by gardai to associates of Ireland's biggest criminal, Christy Kinahan, who is currently based in Spain.

The six guns were located in special compartments hidden within a number of vehicles also seized by the officers. A large quantity of ammunition was also found. The operation was the culmination of months of surveillance intelligence gathering by gardai.

Earlier this week, Interim Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan described the seizures as proof of the garda determination to focus on drugs and organised crime.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-new...ugs-bust-in-superstore-car-park-30240615.html
 
i just love how the cops inflate the worth of the drugs. Wholesale and retail are two different beasts of the biz. but looks better for the media and the normies out there to have an inflated drug number ya?
 
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