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Deputies Discover Drug Lab In Family's Home

Deputies Discover Drug Lab In Family's Home
Undercover Agents Find Drugs, Guns, Elaborate Marijuana Lab

POSTED: 10:04 am CDT August 30, 2005
UPDATED: 10:10 am CDT August 30, 2005

HOUSTON -- A man was arrested in front of his wife and child after deputies discovered he was running a drug lab out of his northwest Harris County home.

Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff's Department raided the home in the 20000 block of Bauer-Hockley near Mueschke Monday at about 8:30 p.m.

Undercover agents said they found drugs, guns and an elaborate working marijuana lab inside the home.

Officials have not said what charges the man could face.

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those pots appear to be around 30 gallons, big ol treeeeeeez
 
BBC News
4 September 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4213252.stm

Arrest after £250,000 drugs raid

A man has been arrested in Liverpool after police seized Class A drugs with a street value of £250,000.

Thirty-two kilos of amphetamines were discovered when officers from Merseyside Police carried out a search of a building in Gateacre on Saturday.

A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and possession of a firearm.

Police said on Sunday that the man was being questioned.


32 kilos is a lot of speed, but since when was amphetamines a Class A drug in the UK?! It's a Class B. Well.. Class A if prepared for injection, but I doubt he had 32 kilos like that.
 
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Of the 22 people charged with conspiring to import "massive quantities of narcotics" into the United States, two allegedly were leading the operation from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, according to federal prosecutors.

Jose Escobar Orejuela and Jorge Ignacio Figueroa were "supervising an international narcotics operation from the Federal Correctional Center in Allenwood, Pennsylvania," Robert Nardoza, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York's Eastern District, said Wednesday in announcing the charges.

The two are serving sentences for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.

Attempts to reach their attorneys were unsuccessful.

They and the other defendants were charged with using New York and California seaports as entry points for the drugs. Arrests were made Tuesday and Wednesday in New York, New Jersey, Florida, California and Colombia.

Escobar allegedly enlisted the help of longshoremen to ensure that the "cocaine-laden containers were placed in an easily accessible location and by notifying organization members, if law enforcement was at the port," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said.

Photographs of the seized cocaine shipments show that the drugs were labeled with pictures of characters from the popular children's program "Teletubbies."

The photographs were provided to CNN by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which led the joint U.S.-Colombian sting.

"The government's investigation resulted in the seizure of millions of dollars worth of cocaine and ultimately forced the Escobar-Figueroa organizations to give up the ports of New York as a landing point for their drugs," Mauskopf said.

The law enforcement operation also ended their attempts to import cocaine into California, she added.

The indictments result from a nearly five-year investigation code-named "Operation Pier Pressure."

The operation, launched in December 2000, has resulted in the seizure of more than 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of cocaine, all of which was recovered from the Howland Hook Marine Terminal in Staten Island, New York, Nardoza told CNN.

Among the defendants named are retired New York longshoremen Raul Adames and Alejandro Colon of Brooklyn, New York, and four people who had homes in Cali, Colombia.

A request for their extradition to the United States is pending, Nardoza said.

If convicted, each of the 22 defendants faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison up to a maximum of life behind bars, and a $4 million fine.

Escobar also is charged with money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a $500,000 fine.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/28/colombia.cocaine/index.html
 
DEA Nabs 28 Suspects in Atlanta Drug Bust

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agents arrested 28 people and seized more than 1,300 pounds of cocaine during an overnight raid around Atlanta that dismantled one of the largest drug trafficking cells on the East Coast, the Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday.

The raid, known as Operation Long Whine, began Wednesday morning and the final suspects were booked Thursday. Besides the cocaine, officials said they netted 40 pounds of methamphetamines and $8 million in cash.

It was the second major seizure in the agency's four-month-old "Money Trail" initiative to monitor drug money that passes between the United States and Mexico. It followed up on arrests made July 19 in Denver and Detroit.

Nearly $5 million in cocaine was believed to have changed hands each week, usually in small containers to avoid detection. In at least one case, DEA said, the drugs were hidden in a tractor trailer carrying pork and livestock portions.



"For drug traffickers, it's all about the money," DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy said in a statement. "To decimate the drug trade, we are following drug money back to its sources, targeting the laundering networks and eliminating the profits that fuel drug trafficking gangs."

Among those arrested was the alleged ringleader, Javier Alvarez-Lopez, 52, who went by the alias of "Gotti." His organization stands accused of orchestrating shipments from major East Coast cities to Atlanta, then back to Mexico.

Alvarez-Lopez was charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. Prosecutors said 27 of 31 suspected members of the cell were in custody Thursday.

Law enforcement agents executed warrants at 16 addresses in Atlanta and Georgia cities of Lawrenceville, Norcross, Duluth, Lilburn and Marietta. Most of the drugs were found at one location, a residence in Lawrenceville, said Sherri Strange, the DEA's special agent in charge of the investigation.

Twenty-two people were indicted Oct. 11, although officials do not know most of their real names. Many are listed only with aliases, such as Cauliflower, Gordo, Yoli, Sope and El Sobrino. Of the 28 arrested, 19 were illegal Mexican immigrants, DEA said.

Based on information obtained during the search, agents also arrested three other suspects in Washington and were searching for others.

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Associated Press reporter Mike Stobbe in Atlanta contributed to this report.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DRUG_BUST?SITE=KOIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
 
Heroin-filled teddy bear found with toddler in bust
By Patrick Lally/ MetroWest Daily News
Thursday, October 13, 2005

SHREWSBURY – Police pulled a toddler out of a motel room when they found the boy sitting among the filth of rotting food, dirty clothes, weapons and bags of heroin.

Within arm's reach of the boy, police said, was a teddy bear stuffed with 38 bags of heroin. Loaded air guns were also left in the room.

The discovery Monday led to the arrest of three Worcester siblings. Jennifer Mcinnis, 28, her sister, Erin Mcinnis, 22, and brother, James Mcinnis Jr., 19, were charged with illegal heroin possession, illegal possession of a hypodermic needle and being present where heroin was kept, police said.

``Due to the location of loaded air guns, the narcotics, and the paraphernalia throughout the room, it was determined that the 2-year-old child was in immediate danger,'' Patrolman Chad Chynsa wrote in his report.

Police said the state Department of Social Services is investigating the incident. The child has been placed with family.

``I just think the use of the child's toy to conceal the drugs is only the tip of the iceberg of the problem that was going on down there,'' said Detective Lt. James Hurley.

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415 Pounds Of Pot Seized At Border
Concealed In Door Shipment

BLAINE, Wash. -- About 415 pounds of marijuana were seized from a truck at the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Blaine.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says the pot was found this week at the Pacific Highway crossing in Northwest Washington.

It was concealed in a shipment of doors being trucked from Canada to California. The marijuana was in shrink-wrapped bags concealed inside pallets.

The truck and its trailer also were seized but no arrests were immediately made.

The marijuana, of the potent "B.C. Bud" variety, had an estimated value of $1.2 million.
 
I wont go into much detail but I once went to this location and got some yayo. Best shit I ever had. And a free pill. This is sad sad sad :(



http://koin.com/news.asp?RECORD_KEY[news]=ID&ID%5Bnews%5D=5086

Two Suspects Arrested In Bust


PORTLAND -- Police have seized more than $75,000 in street drugs and arrested two suspects accused of dealing.

drugsActing last week on a tip, investigators from several agencies found the drugs in a southwest Portland apartment. The seizure allegedly includes 4,500 ecstasy pills, 1.5 pounds of cocaine, marijuana, mushrooms, methamphetamine, $15,000 in cash and a shotgun.

"It's very common to see poly drug sales, where guys will sell more than one type of drugs. Obviously, this guy's really heavy into cocaine and ecstasy. The same type of people that are going to use and sell ecstasy would also be into mushrooms, for example," Sgt. Eric Schober told KOIN News 6.

Paul Ji Hwan Song, 26, and Dustin Richards, 25, were arrested. The United States Attorney's Office is reviewing the case for a future indictment.

Police say more arrests are possible.
 
Reverend_Lust said:
The same type of people that are going to use and sell ecstasy would also be into mushrooms, for example," Sgt. Eric Schober told KOIN News 6.
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What a stupid fucking statement.
 
Saint Petersburg Florida - Out of all the arrests the most were made in Pinellas County one cafe is 8 blocks from my house.

29 Arrested During Pinellas Drug Bust
By ELAINE SILVESTRINI [email protected]
Published: Nov 18, 2005

TAMPA - -- An international organization that imported ecstasy and cocaine from China and Vietnam was dismantled Thursday in a nationwide sweep that resulted in the arrest of nearly 300 people, including 29 in Pinellas County, authorities said.

Code-named "Operation Sweet Tooth," the two-year-long investigation broke up 61 cells in 27 cities, also including Jacksonville, Pensacola and Orlando, according to Mark R. Trouville, special agent in charge of the Miami office of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The largest number of arrests nationwide occurred in Pinellas County, primarily in Pinellas Park, where authorities said they also seized 29 kilograms of cocaine, 55,000 ecstasy pills, 2 pounds of methamphetamine and $400,000 in cash. They also seized a number of weapons, including assault rifles. The majority of suspects were said to be of Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian descent.

Lt. Martin Hart, of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, said the suspects operated out of two businesses, Cafe Tuyet in Pinellas Park on Park Boulevard, and Cafe Trang on 42nd Avenue in unincorporated Pinellas County.

The cell allegedly was headed by Yen Phi Hoang, 33, and Tri Huu Pham, 34, who imported the drugs and distributed them through the operation, Hart said. Initially, the couple obtained the drugs through the mail, but later they brought it into the area through other means, Hart said.

Authorities said the ecstasy generally was imported through the western coast of Canada and then sent through a number of U.S. cities before reaching the final destination points.

As part of the investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives opened up a business selling expensive wheel rims and traded them for drugs and weapons, officials said.

http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB2A8A06GE.html
 
Ind. Police Find Marijuana in Water Heater
Indiana Police Discover 60 Pounds of Marijuana Stuffed Inside a 50-Gallon Water Heater
The Associated Press
December 17, 2005

MUNCIE, Ind. - Police discovered 60 pounds of marijuana stuffed inside a 50-gallon water heater in a truck driven by a man they describe as one of the biggest marijuana dealers in Delaware County.

David Walker Cauthen, 49, of Muncie, was expanding his business, Deputy Prosecutor Mark McKinney said.

"This guy was on the verge of going pretty big," he said.

Police were alerted to Cauthen by Texas investigators in mid-November, Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan said.

Drug Task Force and Sheriff's Department officers pulled over Cauthen's pickup truck when it crossed the center line on U.S. 35 early Thursday morning.

A police dog indicated that there were drugs in the water heater. Police also discovered $33,000 in cash.

Cauthen, his son, Ed Lee George, 19, and Andrea Russman, 33, both of Pittsburgh, all face felony drug charges. All three were in the Delaware County Jail Friday.

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Officers find 'new drug' during bust

By Robyn Moormeister, [email protected]
December 21, 2005

"Deputies were surprised to find a drug they had never heard of during a pot bust off of North Bloomfield Road Tuesday.

Nevada County Sheriff's Lt. Ron Smith said deputies from the Nevada County Sheriffs Narcotics Task Force discovered "2C-1," a synthetic hallucinogen, during a warrant search of Zachary M. Fisher's property off of North Bloomfield Road.

"We found a new drug," Smith said. "We've never seen it before."

That drug, 2C-1, can come in the form of a white powder and is often found in a pill form, according to information on the Internet. It has some popularity in Europe and has a short history of use.

Deputies also seized 51 marijuana plants grown indoors, several doses of LSD and one ounce of psychedelic, or "psilocybin" mushrooms from the residence.

Fisher, 22, was arrested and booked into the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana, distributing marijuana and possession of a controlled substance."

http://www.theunion.com/article/20051221/NEWS/112210091

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Crack Cocaine and Ecstasy seized

Police seize cocaine and ecstasy
Crack cocaine worth £50,000 and thousands of ecstasy tablets have been seized by Avon and Somerset Police.
A search of a house in Highbury Parade, Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday uncovered 5,000 ecstasy tablets and more than 50 cannabis plants.

Also on Tuesday, a 29-year-old woman leaving a train at Bristol Parkway was found to be carrying crack cocaine.

Two men aged 33 and 35 and a 29-year-old woman have been arrested and are being questioned by officers.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4485760.stm
 
Cocaine, Cannabis and Ecstasy seized

Two men have been arrested after a raid on a house in Somerset.
Weston-super-Mare police raided the house in Hewish on Friday morning as part of Operation Relentless.

Officers seized suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of £1,000 and quantities of ecstasy and skunk cannabis, and drug paraphernalia.

The men, aged 21 and 25, both from Weston, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs and remain in police custody.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4556628.stm
 
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