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phr
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Are you serious? Is this because you're a greenlighter?
Thanks, bingalpaws.
ojw1121
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phrozen said:
It seems so, after this post I'll need 13 more and then I can post images and url's.
And thanks bingalpaws for the link.
BTW, great thread. I have my igoogle page set-up with pretty much just drug news stories by substance.
ojw1121
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'Major’ Sydney dealer pleads guilty
Wed. Sep 10 - 5:48 AM
SYDNEY — A Sydney man considered to be a "major player" in the Cape Breton drug scene pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple charges of drug trafficking.
Geoffrey Brent Bidart, 33, of Champlain Avenue smiled at family members in court before pleading guilty to trafficking large quantities of drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and marijuana.
Judge Peter Ross set Oct. 21 as the sentencing date and ordered that a presentence report be compiled.
In July, Cape Breton Regional Police saw Mr. Bidart in his parked car in downtown Sydney and suspected he was conducting drug deals while a child was in the back seat.
According to court evidence, Mr. Bidart soon recognized the narcotics officers and drove off quickly when they triggered the siren on their unmarked vehicle. As he drove, he began tossing drugs out the window. He eventually stopped the car and took off on foot through the Wentworth Park area, leaving the child in the back seat.
Police eventually chased down Mr. Bidart and retrieved the drugs from the street and also from his parents’ home after getting a search warrant. They also seized $11,000 in cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime.
Crown attorney Dave Iannetti told reporters Tuesday he plans to recommend a five-year prison sentence for Mr. Bidart, who was sporting a freshly shaved head in court.
"He was considered a significant problem in the community by police," Mr. Iannetti told The Chronicle Herald later.
"He’s had similar convictions several years ago, and he’s considered a major player in the area.
"Cocaine, ecstasy and acid (LSD) are all huge problems in this community, you see it every day in the courts and the detrimental effects it’s having on our local youth and families."
Two drug trafficking charges laid at the time of Mr. Bidart’s arrest were dropped in exchange for his guilty pleas Tuesday.
In total, he was found to be in possession of 320 grams of pure cocaine, 632 ecstasy pills, more than three kilograms of marijuana and 200 tablets of LSD.
Mr. Bidart was sentenced in October 1998 to 30 days in jail for drug possession and in 2002 to five months for trafficking marijuana.
Family members in court Tuesday included Maurice Bidart, who last week helped stop a flood in the courthouse from getting worse after a prisoner destroyed a sprinkler head in the basement lockup. Mr. Bidart was in the building for Geoffrey Bidart’s original sentencing when he heard the alarm and rushed to help, despite an order to evacuate.
The sentencing was then postponed to this week.
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[Source: from the Chronicle Herald of Nova Scotia
Wed. Sep 10 - 5:48 AM
SYDNEY — A Sydney man considered to be a "major player" in the Cape Breton drug scene pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple charges of drug trafficking.
Geoffrey Brent Bidart, 33, of Champlain Avenue smiled at family members in court before pleading guilty to trafficking large quantities of drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and marijuana.
Judge Peter Ross set Oct. 21 as the sentencing date and ordered that a presentence report be compiled.
In July, Cape Breton Regional Police saw Mr. Bidart in his parked car in downtown Sydney and suspected he was conducting drug deals while a child was in the back seat.
According to court evidence, Mr. Bidart soon recognized the narcotics officers and drove off quickly when they triggered the siren on their unmarked vehicle. As he drove, he began tossing drugs out the window. He eventually stopped the car and took off on foot through the Wentworth Park area, leaving the child in the back seat.
Police eventually chased down Mr. Bidart and retrieved the drugs from the street and also from his parents’ home after getting a search warrant. They also seized $11,000 in cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime.
Crown attorney Dave Iannetti told reporters Tuesday he plans to recommend a five-year prison sentence for Mr. Bidart, who was sporting a freshly shaved head in court.
"He was considered a significant problem in the community by police," Mr. Iannetti told The Chronicle Herald later.
"He’s had similar convictions several years ago, and he’s considered a major player in the area.
"Cocaine, ecstasy and acid (LSD) are all huge problems in this community, you see it every day in the courts and the detrimental effects it’s having on our local youth and families."
Two drug trafficking charges laid at the time of Mr. Bidart’s arrest were dropped in exchange for his guilty pleas Tuesday.
In total, he was found to be in possession of 320 grams of pure cocaine, 632 ecstasy pills, more than three kilograms of marijuana and 200 tablets of LSD.
Mr. Bidart was sentenced in October 1998 to 30 days in jail for drug possession and in 2002 to five months for trafficking marijuana.
Family members in court Tuesday included Maurice Bidart, who last week helped stop a flood in the courthouse from getting worse after a prisoner destroyed a sprinkler head in the basement lockup. Mr. Bidart was in the building for Geoffrey Bidart’s original sentencing when he heard the alarm and rushed to help, despite an order to evacuate.
The sentencing was then postponed to this week.
( [email protected])
[Source: from the Chronicle Herald of Nova Scotia
ojw1121
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SEP 17 -- (WASHINGTON) – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced that 175 individuals were arrested today and on Sept. 16, 2008, on charges related to an international drug trafficking cartel in a coordinated enforcement action by hundreds of international, federal, state and local law enforcement officials throughout the United States and Italy . Including the operations announced today, a long-term investigation of one of Mexico’s largest drug trafficking cartels and its U.S. and international distribution networks has resulted in the arrest of more than 500 individuals in the United States, Mexico and Italy to date.
“Project Reckoning,” a multi-agency law enforcement effort led by the DEA, targeted the Mexican drug trafficking cartel known as the Gulf Cartel. Among those indicted are the three alleged leaders of the Gulf Cartel: Ezequiel Cardenas-Guillen, Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano and Jorge Eduardo Costilla-Sanchez. These individuals, each designated as Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs) by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), have been indicted in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on charges that they conspired to import drugs into the United States from Mexico . A CPOT designation is reserved for significant narcotics traffickers who are believed to be the leaders of drug trafficking organizations responsible for the importation of large quantities of narcotics into the United States.
The Gulf Cartel is responsible for the transportation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana from Colombia, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico to the United States, as well as the distribution of those narcotics within the United States. The Gulf Cartel is also believed to be responsible for laundering multiple millions of dollars in criminal proceeds. Individuals indicted in the cases are charged with a variety of crimes, including: drug trafficking charges related to cocaine and marijuana; solicitation and conspiracy to kidnap; attempted murder; conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime; conspiracy to kill and kidnap in a foreign country; interstate and foreign travel in aid of racketeering; money laundering; and other related crimes.
To date, Project Reckoning has resulted in the arrest of 507 individuals and the seizure of approximately $60.1 million in U.S. currency, 16,711 kilograms of cocaine, 1,039 pounds of methamphetamine, 19 pounds of heroin, 51,258 pounds of marijuana, 176 vehicles and 167 weapons. Project Reckoning, a 15-month investigation, combined into one centrally coordinated effort several multi-district enforcement operations that all involved individuals with close ties to the Gulf Cartel. Operation Dos Equis , Operation Vertigo, Operation Stinger and Operation The Family as well as numerous local operations combined to form Project Reckoning.
“By spreading dangerous drugs and resorting to brutal violence, international drug cartels pose an extraordinary threat both here and abroad,” said Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. “The scope of the threat demands a deliberate and sustained response and the success we have had, such as the takedowns announced today, is due to the combined efforts of federal, state, local and international law enforcement. Although I am pleased with the efforts so far, we cannot and will not rest on these successes. The threat posed by international drug cartels is too great. It will take all of us working together to prevail.”
“We successfully completed a hard-hitting, coordinated and massive assault on the powerful and extremely violent Gulf Cartel,” said DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We have arrested U.S. cell heads, stripped the cartel of $60 million in cash, imprisoned their brutal assassins and significantly disrupted their U.S. infrastructure. DEA will continue our relentless attack against this cartel, aiming to dismantle them and stop the violence they inflict on Southwest Border communities.”
“Metro Atlanta unfortunately continues to be a major drug distribution center for the Southeast and beyond. The DEA and our many other law enforcement partners continue to aggressively investigate all aspects of the drug trade,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia David E. Nahmias. “This major case is another example of their effective, coordinated efforts. The two cartel cells indicted in Atlanta acted like many shipping businesses, coordinating the transportation of truckloads of hidden drugs and millions of dollars in currency across the country and to and from Mexico . Through our sophisticated investigation and prosecutions, we have disrupted these organizations, seized large amounts of their poisons and proceeds, and now will work hard to lock up their members for many years to come.”
“This operation exemplifies the European vision of the international fight against drug trafficking.” Said Dr. Nicola Gratteri, Italian Public Prosecutor for the Anti-mafia District Attorney's Office of Reggio Calabria , Italy.
These cases are being handled by attorneys in the Northern District of Georgia; Southern District of Texas; Northern District of Texas; Western District of Texas; District of New Jersey; Eastern District of Louisiana; District of New Mexico; Southern District of Florida; Eastern District of North Carolina; Southern District of New York; and the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section and Office of International Affairs. In addition, local prosecutions in this case will occur in the states of California , Georgia , Illinois , North Carolina and Missouri.
The investigative efforts in Project Reckoning were coordinated by the Justice Department’s Special Operations Division, the DEA, FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Marshals Service and attorneys from the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section. More than 200 federal, state, local and foreign law enforcement agencies contributed investigative and prosecutorial resources to Project Reckoning through the OCDETF. Significant assistance was also provided by a coalition of international investigative agencies spearheaded by DEA offices located in Colombia , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama and Italy with assistance from foreign counterparts in each of those countries.
An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usdoj.gov%2Fdea%2Fpubs%2Fpressrel%2Fpr091708.html&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7TSHB
SEP 17 -- (WASHINGTON) – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced that 175 individuals were arrested today and on Sept. 16, 2008, on charges related to an international drug trafficking cartel in a coordinated enforcement action by hundreds of international, federal, state and local law enforcement officials throughout the United States and Italy . Including the operations announced today, a long-term investigation of one of Mexico’s largest drug trafficking cartels and its U.S. and international distribution networks has resulted in the arrest of more than 500 individuals in the United States, Mexico and Italy to date.
“Project Reckoning,” a multi-agency law enforcement effort led by the DEA, targeted the Mexican drug trafficking cartel known as the Gulf Cartel. Among those indicted are the three alleged leaders of the Gulf Cartel: Ezequiel Cardenas-Guillen, Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano and Jorge Eduardo Costilla-Sanchez. These individuals, each designated as Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs) by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), have been indicted in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on charges that they conspired to import drugs into the United States from Mexico . A CPOT designation is reserved for significant narcotics traffickers who are believed to be the leaders of drug trafficking organizations responsible for the importation of large quantities of narcotics into the United States.
The Gulf Cartel is responsible for the transportation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana from Colombia, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico to the United States, as well as the distribution of those narcotics within the United States. The Gulf Cartel is also believed to be responsible for laundering multiple millions of dollars in criminal proceeds. Individuals indicted in the cases are charged with a variety of crimes, including: drug trafficking charges related to cocaine and marijuana; solicitation and conspiracy to kidnap; attempted murder; conspiracy to use a firearm in a violent crime; conspiracy to kill and kidnap in a foreign country; interstate and foreign travel in aid of racketeering; money laundering; and other related crimes.
To date, Project Reckoning has resulted in the arrest of 507 individuals and the seizure of approximately $60.1 million in U.S. currency, 16,711 kilograms of cocaine, 1,039 pounds of methamphetamine, 19 pounds of heroin, 51,258 pounds of marijuana, 176 vehicles and 167 weapons. Project Reckoning, a 15-month investigation, combined into one centrally coordinated effort several multi-district enforcement operations that all involved individuals with close ties to the Gulf Cartel. Operation Dos Equis , Operation Vertigo, Operation Stinger and Operation The Family as well as numerous local operations combined to form Project Reckoning.
“By spreading dangerous drugs and resorting to brutal violence, international drug cartels pose an extraordinary threat both here and abroad,” said Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. “The scope of the threat demands a deliberate and sustained response and the success we have had, such as the takedowns announced today, is due to the combined efforts of federal, state, local and international law enforcement. Although I am pleased with the efforts so far, we cannot and will not rest on these successes. The threat posed by international drug cartels is too great. It will take all of us working together to prevail.”
“We successfully completed a hard-hitting, coordinated and massive assault on the powerful and extremely violent Gulf Cartel,” said DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We have arrested U.S. cell heads, stripped the cartel of $60 million in cash, imprisoned their brutal assassins and significantly disrupted their U.S. infrastructure. DEA will continue our relentless attack against this cartel, aiming to dismantle them and stop the violence they inflict on Southwest Border communities.”
“Metro Atlanta unfortunately continues to be a major drug distribution center for the Southeast and beyond. The DEA and our many other law enforcement partners continue to aggressively investigate all aspects of the drug trade,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia David E. Nahmias. “This major case is another example of their effective, coordinated efforts. The two cartel cells indicted in Atlanta acted like many shipping businesses, coordinating the transportation of truckloads of hidden drugs and millions of dollars in currency across the country and to and from Mexico . Through our sophisticated investigation and prosecutions, we have disrupted these organizations, seized large amounts of their poisons and proceeds, and now will work hard to lock up their members for many years to come.”
“This operation exemplifies the European vision of the international fight against drug trafficking.” Said Dr. Nicola Gratteri, Italian Public Prosecutor for the Anti-mafia District Attorney's Office of Reggio Calabria , Italy.
These cases are being handled by attorneys in the Northern District of Georgia; Southern District of Texas; Northern District of Texas; Western District of Texas; District of New Jersey; Eastern District of Louisiana; District of New Mexico; Southern District of Florida; Eastern District of North Carolina; Southern District of New York; and the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section and Office of International Affairs. In addition, local prosecutions in this case will occur in the states of California , Georgia , Illinois , North Carolina and Missouri.
The investigative efforts in Project Reckoning were coordinated by the Justice Department’s Special Operations Division, the DEA, FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Marshals Service and attorneys from the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section. More than 200 federal, state, local and foreign law enforcement agencies contributed investigative and prosecutorial resources to Project Reckoning through the OCDETF. Significant assistance was also provided by a coalition of international investigative agencies spearheaded by DEA offices located in Colombia , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama and Italy with assistance from foreign counterparts in each of those countries.
An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usdoj.gov%2Fdea%2Fpubs%2Fpressrel%2Fpr091708.html&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7TSHB
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ojw1121
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Suicide attempt at Earth Dance said to have followed LSD dose
Ukiah Daily Journal Staff
Article Last Updated: 09/17/2008 12:07:39 AM PDT
The Daily Journal
LAYTONVILLE * Witnesses say an attempted suicide by a 23-year-old San Francisco woman attending Earth Dance north of Laytonville came after she took a dose of LSD.
Medical personnel at the Earth Dance Festival were with the woman when Mendocino County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived, a Tuesday sheriff's report stated.
A large knife that the woman reportedly stabbed herself with was recovered at the scene, the report stated.
Witnesses told deputies the woman began acting strangely after taking the drug LSD. Before she could be restrained , the woman reportedly jumped up and stabbed herself once in the abdomen.
She was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and her condition was not known at press time.
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_10484980
Ukiah Daily Journal Staff
Article Last Updated: 09/17/2008 12:07:39 AM PDT
The Daily Journal
LAYTONVILLE * Witnesses say an attempted suicide by a 23-year-old San Francisco woman attending Earth Dance north of Laytonville came after she took a dose of LSD.
Medical personnel at the Earth Dance Festival were with the woman when Mendocino County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived, a Tuesday sheriff's report stated.
A large knife that the woman reportedly stabbed herself with was recovered at the scene, the report stated.
Witnesses told deputies the woman began acting strangely after taking the drug LSD. Before she could be restrained , the woman reportedly jumped up and stabbed herself once in the abdomen.
She was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and her condition was not known at press time.
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_10484980
ojw1121
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Police return medical marijuana to Calif. man
1 day ago
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A medical marijuana user has his pot back, nearly three years after police in Huntington Beach, Calif., seized it.
A judge Tuesday ordered police to return about four ounces of marijuana to Jim Spray.
Spray says he used the pot to relieve back pain. He was arrested but charges were dropped.
Police have been struggling to decide how to deal with California law allowing marijuana use for medical reasons but federal law that prohibits it.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNT6i-Qb4dBkaY815R3QBL5_0-mgD938LHH01
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A medical marijuana user has his pot back, nearly three years after police in Huntington Beach, Calif., seized it.
A judge Tuesday ordered police to return about four ounces of marijuana to Jim Spray.
Spray says he used the pot to relieve back pain. He was arrested but charges were dropped.
Police have been struggling to decide how to deal with California law allowing marijuana use for medical reasons but federal law that prohibits it.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNT6i-Qb4dBkaY815R3QBL5_0-mgD938LHH01
phr
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Phila. meth ring busted
Robert Moran
Philadelphia Inquirer
9.19.08
Law enforcement agents today busted a Philadelphia drug ring that smuggled crystal methamphetamine manufactured in Mexico that was later hidden in porcelain dolls and dropped off at an Old City shoe store.
The ring trafficked $6.6 million of meth in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery and Chester Counties, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.
"This is a significant operation," Corbett said, noting that the organization is believed to have distributed more than 100 pounds of meth.
Thirteen people were arrested in connection with the drug trafficking operation, including a California woman who acted as a go-between.
The woman who allegedly was the Mexican source of the drugs was killed during the investigation.
Estela "Monica" Elenes was kidnapped the weekend of June 20 by four gunmen in the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico.
Elenes was later found decapitated with several gunshot wounds to her head.
Law enforcement officials believe she was one of 19 people murdered by drug cartels that weekend in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa.
After Congress in 2005 placed restrictions on the availability of the chemicals needed to make meth, cartels in places such as Mexico created "superlabs" to manufacture bulk amounts of the drug to be smuggled into the United States, said Timothy J. Ogden, special agent in charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's Philadelphia office.
The DEA, Philadelphia Police Department, and the Chester County district attorney and sheriff assisted the attorney general's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement in the investigation.
Code-named "Operation Broken Doll, the probe was launched in January and targeted Christopher McDaniel, 54, of the 800 block of South Second Street in Queen Village.
Flor Amaya, 31, of Chino, Calif., took payments from McDaniel and shipped meth she received from Mexico inside porcelain dolls to Philadelphia via commercial services such as UPS and FedEx.
The majority of shipments were sent to Ben's Shoes at 231 Market St., where they would be picked up by McDaniel's associates.
No one at the store has been charged, but the investigation is ongoing.
The charges recommended by a statewide investigating grand jury allege that McDaniel paid Elenes $22,000 a pound for the meth and then resold each pound for a $13,000 profit.
Each pound would later be diluted for street sales.
Among the individuals arrested today were James "Jimmy Nutt" Ballezzi, 46, of the 1300 block of Warnock Street, and Joseph "Kokomo Joe" Brabazon, 34, of the 8200 block of Frankford Avenue.
Two of the people arrested also were charged with trafficking anabolic steroids.
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Robert Moran
Philadelphia Inquirer
9.19.08
Law enforcement agents today busted a Philadelphia drug ring that smuggled crystal methamphetamine manufactured in Mexico that was later hidden in porcelain dolls and dropped off at an Old City shoe store.
The ring trafficked $6.6 million of meth in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery and Chester Counties, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett.
"This is a significant operation," Corbett said, noting that the organization is believed to have distributed more than 100 pounds of meth.
Thirteen people were arrested in connection with the drug trafficking operation, including a California woman who acted as a go-between.
The woman who allegedly was the Mexican source of the drugs was killed during the investigation.
Estela "Monica" Elenes was kidnapped the weekend of June 20 by four gunmen in the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico.
Elenes was later found decapitated with several gunshot wounds to her head.
Law enforcement officials believe she was one of 19 people murdered by drug cartels that weekend in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa.
After Congress in 2005 placed restrictions on the availability of the chemicals needed to make meth, cartels in places such as Mexico created "superlabs" to manufacture bulk amounts of the drug to be smuggled into the United States, said Timothy J. Ogden, special agent in charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's Philadelphia office.
The DEA, Philadelphia Police Department, and the Chester County district attorney and sheriff assisted the attorney general's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement in the investigation.
Code-named "Operation Broken Doll, the probe was launched in January and targeted Christopher McDaniel, 54, of the 800 block of South Second Street in Queen Village.
Flor Amaya, 31, of Chino, Calif., took payments from McDaniel and shipped meth she received from Mexico inside porcelain dolls to Philadelphia via commercial services such as UPS and FedEx.
The majority of shipments were sent to Ben's Shoes at 231 Market St., where they would be picked up by McDaniel's associates.
No one at the store has been charged, but the investigation is ongoing.
The charges recommended by a statewide investigating grand jury allege that McDaniel paid Elenes $22,000 a pound for the meth and then resold each pound for a $13,000 profit.
Each pound would later be diluted for street sales.
Among the individuals arrested today were James "Jimmy Nutt" Ballezzi, 46, of the 1300 block of Warnock Street, and Joseph "Kokomo Joe" Brabazon, 34, of the 8200 block of Frankford Avenue.
Two of the people arrested also were charged with trafficking anabolic steroids.
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Trey
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Frankford-area man charged with growing marijuana
The News Journal
Frankford, DE - A 56-year-old man faces drug charges after he was allegedly found growing marijuana in a Frankford-area field, police said.
Wednesday afternoon, members of the Delaware State Police Troop 4 Sussex Drug Unit, Sussex Governors Task Force and Delaware State Police Aviation South were conducting marijuana eradication operations. During their aerial search, they discovered what appeared to marijuana in a field behind a property in the 30,000 block of Frankford School Road, southeast of Frankford.
During the investigation, troopers contacted the owner of the property, Stephen L. Rogers. A search of the property was conducted, and troopers located and seized 16 marijuana plants growing on the property and four marijuana plants inside his residence.
Combined, the marijuana plants weighed a total of 17 pounds In addition a Ruger .357 handgun, three shotguns, two rifles, and drug paraphernalia were seized from the residence. Stephen L. Rogers was arrested for trafficking marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a dwelling, possession of deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on a $42,000 unsecured bond.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880918024
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The News Journal
Frankford, DE - A 56-year-old man faces drug charges after he was allegedly found growing marijuana in a Frankford-area field, police said.
Wednesday afternoon, members of the Delaware State Police Troop 4 Sussex Drug Unit, Sussex Governors Task Force and Delaware State Police Aviation South were conducting marijuana eradication operations. During their aerial search, they discovered what appeared to marijuana in a field behind a property in the 30,000 block of Frankford School Road, southeast of Frankford.
During the investigation, troopers contacted the owner of the property, Stephen L. Rogers. A search of the property was conducted, and troopers located and seized 16 marijuana plants growing on the property and four marijuana plants inside his residence.
Combined, the marijuana plants weighed a total of 17 pounds In addition a Ruger .357 handgun, three shotguns, two rifles, and drug paraphernalia were seized from the residence. Stephen L. Rogers was arrested for trafficking marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a dwelling, possession of deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on a $42,000 unsecured bond.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880918024
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Delaware
Wilmington Police Confiscate Heroin with Street Value of 10-Grand
Vice units set up surveillance and find 22-year-old man with more than one thousand bags of Heroin in two trash cans
By Joe LeCompte 1450 Wilm Newsradio
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wilmington Police set up the sting operation on Tuesday in the area of Pleasant and VanBuren streets, just before three in the afternoon. Master Sergeant, Steve Barnes says, Officers witnessed 22-year-old, David Coston allegedly selling drugs from two trash cans. “Well over a thousand bags of heroin. Over 650 of the bags were stamped with a Smiley Face and more than 350 were stamped with Diamond Dust.” The drugs have a street value of more than 10-grand. David Coston, of the 200 block of Lower Oak street in Wilmington, faces charges of trafficking heroin, and possession with intent to deliver heroin within 1000 feet a school and 300 feet of a park. Coston is being held in the Howard Young Prison after failing to post 120-thousand dollars bail.
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Wilmington Police Confiscate Heroin with Street Value of 10-Grand
Vice units set up surveillance and find 22-year-old man with more than one thousand bags of Heroin in two trash cans
By Joe LeCompte 1450 Wilm Newsradio
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wilmington Police set up the sting operation on Tuesday in the area of Pleasant and VanBuren streets, just before three in the afternoon. Master Sergeant, Steve Barnes says, Officers witnessed 22-year-old, David Coston allegedly selling drugs from two trash cans. “Well over a thousand bags of heroin. Over 650 of the bags were stamped with a Smiley Face and more than 350 were stamped with Diamond Dust.” The drugs have a street value of more than 10-grand. David Coston, of the 200 block of Lower Oak street in Wilmington, faces charges of trafficking heroin, and possession with intent to deliver heroin within 1000 feet a school and 300 feet of a park. Coston is being held in the Howard Young Prison after failing to post 120-thousand dollars bail.
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ojw1121
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http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS01/80929002/1079#pluckcomments
September 29, 2008
Man charged for lacing gum with LSD
Lee Hermiston
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Police arrested an Iowa City man for allegedly delivering LSD-coated chewing gum to a police informant.
According to Iowa City Police reports, on July 28, a confidential informant took a pack of gum containing 14 sticks to Dustin Hammes, 23, of 927 S. Van Buren St. Police said Hammes put one drop of LSD on 13 sticks and two drops of LSD on one stick and returned it to the informant.
LSD is the more common name for lysergic acid diethylamide a semisynthetic drug that causes hallucinations when ingested. It is also known as "acid."
Police arrested Hammes, who allegedly admitted to delivering the gum to the informant. A narcotics search warrant was executed at Hammes’ apartment on July 29 and officers found marijuana and smoking pipes in his bedroom. Hammes told police he had just smoked marijuana before the officers arrived.
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September 29, 2008
Man charged for lacing gum with LSD
Lee Hermiston
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Police arrested an Iowa City man for allegedly delivering LSD-coated chewing gum to a police informant.
According to Iowa City Police reports, on July 28, a confidential informant took a pack of gum containing 14 sticks to Dustin Hammes, 23, of 927 S. Van Buren St. Police said Hammes put one drop of LSD on 13 sticks and two drops of LSD on one stick and returned it to the informant.
LSD is the more common name for lysergic acid diethylamide a semisynthetic drug that causes hallucinations when ingested. It is also known as "acid."
Police arrested Hammes, who allegedly admitted to delivering the gum to the informant. A narcotics search warrant was executed at Hammes’ apartment on July 29 and officers found marijuana and smoking pipes in his bedroom. Hammes told police he had just smoked marijuana before the officers arrived.
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Delsyd
Bluelight Crew
Drug agents seize 165 poounds of methamphetamine
NEWARK, N.J. - Authorities say they seized 165 pounds of crystal methamphetamine when members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force pulled over a refrigerated tractor-trailer on Route 80 in West Paterson.
The driver of the truck was arrested. Authorities say he is a member of a Mexican drug organization. He is being held on $5 million bail, facing charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.
The head of the DEA's New Jersey division estimated the shipment was worth $11 million.
Crystal methamphetamine, known as "ice," is a highly pure form of the drug usually produced in Mexican labs.
Authorities say they began tracking the truck driver, 38-year-old Alberto Olguin, in September.
When they stopped the truck on Monday, they found the drugs in plastic food storage containers intermingled with the truck's cargo of produce.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/...ugagentsseize165pooundsofmethamphetamine.html
NEWARK, N.J. - Authorities say they seized 165 pounds of crystal methamphetamine when members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force pulled over a refrigerated tractor-trailer on Route 80 in West Paterson.
The driver of the truck was arrested. Authorities say he is a member of a Mexican drug organization. He is being held on $5 million bail, facing charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.
The head of the DEA's New Jersey division estimated the shipment was worth $11 million.
Crystal methamphetamine, known as "ice," is a highly pure form of the drug usually produced in Mexican labs.
Authorities say they began tracking the truck driver, 38-year-old Alberto Olguin, in September.
When they stopped the truck on Monday, they found the drugs in plastic food storage containers intermingled with the truck's cargo of produce.
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XperienceMe
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thats alot of meth....
Delsyd
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it will be all over the NE soon.
this is the biggest bust the NE has ever seen.
its definately spreading.
this is the biggest bust the NE has ever seen.
its definately spreading.
XperienceMe
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It already is in NY/NJ...
alotta people make it down in rural NJ, Rural NY and PA
and bring it to the city..Its pretty damn easy to make too
alotta people make it down in rural NJ, Rural NY and PA
and bring it to the city..Its pretty damn easy to make too
phr
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Delsyd
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i know its around here.
but definately not like in west coast.
In LA i found meth as easy to find as pot.
That certainly isnt the case in the NE.
But i think it is only gaining in popularity.
There are alot of drug fiends here.
h0ppinlowrider
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$12mil MDMA Bust in AUS
Police have smashed a large-scale drug processing operation in Sydney’s south-west over the weekend, seizing tablets and powder worth in excess of $12 million.
It is believed the illicit drugs would have been destined for sale in Sydney over the Christmas-New Year holiday season.
Acting on information received from a member of the public, Bankstown Local Area Command officers raided a home in Weenamana Place, Padstow, about 8pm on Friday (12 December).
Inside the house officers located more than 200,000 tablets believed to be MDMA (ecstasy), as well as more than 50kg of un-pressed MDMA powder.
The combined estimated potential street value of the illicit substances is at least $12 million.
Commander of Bankstown LAC, Superintendent Stuart Wilkins, said one room of the house had been devoted to a pill-pressing operation, with various tablets stored in containers in the kitchen.
“This was a large-scale illicit drug processing operation which has been smashed as a result of information from the public,” Superintendent Wilkins said.
“We have been astounded at its size – it is amongst the largest I have ever seen,” he said.
“It took two days to dismantle this operation and involved officers from my command, assisted by specialist forensics officers and detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug Squad.
“There is little doubt this massive seizure will have a significant impact on the availability of illicit drugs in Sydney over the festive season.”
Three pill presses have been seized, as well as precursor chemicals and a large volume of pseudoephedrine-based products. Almost 1kg of MDMA powder was located inside a vacuum cleaner.
No arrests have been made; however, Bankstown LAC detectives are continuing their inquiries to locate two men who had been living in the house.
One man is described as being of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean in appearance, aged 28, about 172cm tall, with a solid build, olive complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
The second man is described as being of white/European appearance, 30 years old, 180-185cm tall, medium to solid build, 90-100kg, with dark hair and with blond highlights.
Any members of the public who know the whereabouts of the two men are urged to contact Bankstown Police Station on (02) 9783 2199 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham, Commander of the State Crime Command’s Drug Squad, has re-issued a warning about the dangers of illicit substances.
“With the festive season upon us it is timely to remind the community of the potentially fatal consequences of taking prohibited drugs, such as MDMA. There are no quality controls, you don’t know what is contained in these substances, or what your reaction will be to them.
“People should also be vigilant in contacting ambulance officers immediately if their friends show any adverse effects after taking illicit drugs. A friend’s life should be the first priority, not whether they will get into trouble with police,” Detective Superintendent Bingham said.
He added that the success of the weekend’s search warrant also showed the importance of information from the community.
“Members of the public play an important role in helping police to arrest people responsible for the manufacture and supply of prohibited drugs.
Source: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/m...nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjQzNDIuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ==
Police have smashed a large-scale drug processing operation in Sydney’s south-west over the weekend, seizing tablets and powder worth in excess of $12 million.
It is believed the illicit drugs would have been destined for sale in Sydney over the Christmas-New Year holiday season.
Acting on information received from a member of the public, Bankstown Local Area Command officers raided a home in Weenamana Place, Padstow, about 8pm on Friday (12 December).
Inside the house officers located more than 200,000 tablets believed to be MDMA (ecstasy), as well as more than 50kg of un-pressed MDMA powder.
The combined estimated potential street value of the illicit substances is at least $12 million.
Commander of Bankstown LAC, Superintendent Stuart Wilkins, said one room of the house had been devoted to a pill-pressing operation, with various tablets stored in containers in the kitchen.
“This was a large-scale illicit drug processing operation which has been smashed as a result of information from the public,” Superintendent Wilkins said.
“We have been astounded at its size – it is amongst the largest I have ever seen,” he said.
“It took two days to dismantle this operation and involved officers from my command, assisted by specialist forensics officers and detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug Squad.
“There is little doubt this massive seizure will have a significant impact on the availability of illicit drugs in Sydney over the festive season.”
Three pill presses have been seized, as well as precursor chemicals and a large volume of pseudoephedrine-based products. Almost 1kg of MDMA powder was located inside a vacuum cleaner.
No arrests have been made; however, Bankstown LAC detectives are continuing their inquiries to locate two men who had been living in the house.
One man is described as being of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean in appearance, aged 28, about 172cm tall, with a solid build, olive complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
The second man is described as being of white/European appearance, 30 years old, 180-185cm tall, medium to solid build, 90-100kg, with dark hair and with blond highlights.
Any members of the public who know the whereabouts of the two men are urged to contact Bankstown Police Station on (02) 9783 2199 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham, Commander of the State Crime Command’s Drug Squad, has re-issued a warning about the dangers of illicit substances.
“With the festive season upon us it is timely to remind the community of the potentially fatal consequences of taking prohibited drugs, such as MDMA. There are no quality controls, you don’t know what is contained in these substances, or what your reaction will be to them.
“People should also be vigilant in contacting ambulance officers immediately if their friends show any adverse effects after taking illicit drugs. A friend’s life should be the first priority, not whether they will get into trouble with police,” Detective Superintendent Bingham said.
He added that the success of the weekend’s search warrant also showed the importance of information from the community.
“Members of the public play an important role in helping police to arrest people responsible for the manufacture and supply of prohibited drugs.
Source: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/m...nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjQzNDIuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ==
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