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Police seize killer new drug
By Nicole Cox
The Sunday Times
December 04, 2008 05:16pm
POLICE have made what is believed to be the first seizure in Western Australia of a potentially fatal hallucinogenic drug known as DMT.
Police yesterday seized two grams of the drug, known as dimethyltryptamine, and arrested three men after raiding two properties in Denmark and Walpole, in the south of the state.
Police were called into investigate after a patient was admitted to Denmark Hospital with a suspected drug overdose of the drug.
"We believe this may be the first seizure of DMT by police in WA . . . And we also believe it is the first arrest as a result of this drug," Sergeant Dave Dench told PerthNow.
"`This is new (to WA). It's not new to the world. . . it's been used for 300 or 400 years overseas, but it's new to WA. We have never come across this in WA before.
"Even though we've only seized 2 grams, the fact that we've locked up three men, we believe we've put quite a dint in the potential for this drug to hit Denmark in large quantities."
DMT is extracted from the bark of certain trees and is manufactured during a complex cooking process.
Once cooked, the yellow-coloured drug takes a crystalline or powder form. It is usually smoked, sometimes by lacing cannabis with the drug, police say.
Sgt Dench said intelligence suggested that the drug was being sold in 1 gram packages for $200.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24751058-1245,00.html
By Nicole Cox
The Sunday Times
December 04, 2008 05:16pm
POLICE have made what is believed to be the first seizure in Western Australia of a potentially fatal hallucinogenic drug known as DMT.
Police yesterday seized two grams of the drug, known as dimethyltryptamine, and arrested three men after raiding two properties in Denmark and Walpole, in the south of the state.
Police were called into investigate after a patient was admitted to Denmark Hospital with a suspected drug overdose of the drug.
"We believe this may be the first seizure of DMT by police in WA . . . And we also believe it is the first arrest as a result of this drug," Sergeant Dave Dench told PerthNow.
"`This is new (to WA). It's not new to the world. . . it's been used for 300 or 400 years overseas, but it's new to WA. We have never come across this in WA before.
"Even though we've only seized 2 grams, the fact that we've locked up three men, we believe we've put quite a dint in the potential for this drug to hit Denmark in large quantities."
DMT is extracted from the bark of certain trees and is manufactured during a complex cooking process.
Once cooked, the yellow-coloured drug takes a crystalline or powder form. It is usually smoked, sometimes by lacing cannabis with the drug, police say.
Sgt Dench said intelligence suggested that the drug was being sold in 1 gram packages for $200.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24751058-1245,00.html