Maniacal British Bobbies Waterboard Pot Smugglers
June 26th, 2009 by Russ
In the “Countries That Shouldn’t Emulate America” category, comes the tale of six of London’s finest metro police. After apprehending a couple suspects who were carrying a large weed shipment, the officers decided to seize the property of the suspects, and give them the old Dick Cheney workover for good measure.
According to Britain’s Telegraph UK this is one of the most egregious police corruption scandals in the city department’s history. Apparently the officers, who included a detective sergeant, seized several flat-screen TVs, computers, and other electronics from the drug suspects. They then proceeded to repeatedly dunk the men’s respective heads in buckets of water, presumably to find out where they were hiding their Xbox 360.
Few of the specifics are being released due to an extensive corruption investigation. Obviously the city dropped the charges against the torturees, as it tries to smooth over this embarrassment. Though the details released were unusually grizzly for this sort of case, the corruption of law enforcement by drug money is an old and reliable standard.
Perhaps this is why President Obama declined to release bonus photos of the Abu Gharib victims. He didn’t want to give our War on Terror partner nations any bright ideas.
Courier Problems? Call Cocaine Customer Care
May 7th, 2009 by Russ
A Barnstable, Massachusetts man called the local police this week when his cocaine wasn’t delivered in a timely fashion. Apparently, the man had given a friend $150 to purchase some blow, and the friend wasn’t even courteous enough to return with a baby powder-filled Ziploc bag.
The Barnstable police are considering instituting an automated customer service line with the following options:
- If you’d like to report your cocaine as lost or stolen, press ‘1′
- If you’ve snorted your entire stash and would like to request a refill, press ‘2′
- If your hooker appears to have stopped breathing, press ‘3′
Dutch Police Unveil CannaChopper
May 4th, 2009 by Rick
The Dutch police have a new tool to locate grow-ops and pot fields. Like k-9, but able to fly and having a super sniffer, the CannaChopper, is an unmanned miniature helicopter that has built in instruments that detect marijuana odor and uses IR (infrared) and video surveillance.
When the CannaChopper flies over a house, if there is a grow-op present it will detect the immense heat signature attributed with grow lights, as well as detect the slightest aroma from the marijuana plant. After the detection of illegal activity, the police are then called in for backup at the location.
On it’s first aerial venture it located a marijuana farm and seven growers were arrested. Only 10% of the marijuana fields are grown legally, the rest of the pot is smuggled into the black market.
Man Seeks Help from Police to Find Stolen Herb
March 5th, 2009 by Silvio
After having a few friends over his house, a 42-year-old man from Chatham-Kent, Canada, realized he was missing 23 grams (0.8 ounces) of marijuana. The man holds an official certificate from the federal government to possess and use marijuana for medicinal purposes.
The local police is now investigating, in order to get the marijuana back to the rightful owner. I would really like to see how this turns out… and with what exactly they charge the thief. Stealing weed is low enough. But stealing weed that’s used for medical purposes is totally worse.
Australian Man Fights Law, Law Wins
January 30th, 2009 by Perry
During a graduation ceremony filled with Adelaide’s highest ranking police officers, a man from down under deployed an ill-conceived plan to anger law enforcement.
The Australian reports that police saw the man doing burnouts around 10:30 a.m., at which point he was pulled over and cautioned. When the same guy was seen peeling out during the ceremony a short time thereafter, officers intervened and arrested him.
Apparently in Australia, committing a crime also gives authorities permission to visit the perpetrator’s residence, because that’s what they did, and due to the resulting search, added cultivation of three marijuana plants to his charges.
It’s always a good idea to be familiar with local arrest laws if you plan on doing something incredibly stupid. This plan was doomed from the start.
School Special = Pot, Cocaine & Tampons
January 22nd, 2009 by Alex
In a refreshing story about teenage romance and their brush with the law, Elisha Yanulaque has managed to create one hell of a disturbing association between cocaine and tampons.
Elisha and a 17-year old boy friend (space intentional) were ditching school for the time honored tradition of “hanging out.” Too bad neighbors in the Sheradon Plaza Park area had been contacting the cops about kids playing hookie, drinking and getting stoned in the park.
Police rolled on Elisha around 12:30pm and did the usual search and seizures. They found pot and a the plastic tube from inside a tampon with cocaine residue inside it. She’s now facing 3 different charges of possession – less than 20 grams of marijuana / cocaine / narcotics equipment.
Her friend, who is a minor, also got charged, but those haven’t been released yet.
A Bronx Tale’s Reduced Jailtime Ending
December 23rd, 2008 by Alex
In what could have been a final re-write to the movie known as life, former actor Lillo Brancato avoided a second-degree murder charge for the shooting death of an off duty police officer.
Nothing about this one is pretty. A dead cop, an angry relative, one man in jail for life and Lillo Brancato with a 3 year sentence (almost fully served by now).
After a night of getting hammered, Brancato and his partner Steven Armento broke into an apartment looking for pills of the prescription nature. The case is a lot of ‘he said / she said’ and boils down to the fact that Brancato wasn’t aware his partner in the robbery attempt had a gun on him.
Interestingly, Brancato said in court that his addiction to heroin and pills all started with teenage drinking and marijuana use. The old gateway theory in action…
Before you think the famous guy is getting off easy, it looks like prosecutors are looking for a maximum sentence of 15 years for the attempted robbery charge against Brancato. Sentencing is January 9th of next year.
California Police Dept. Challenging State Laws
December 15th, 2008 by Perry
NORML recently released a letter (.pdf) asking for DEA help in fighting medical marijuana. The letter cites a lengthy presentation by El Cerrito Police Department, which talks at length the dangers posed by selling MMJ in a community.
The letter provides an attitude by the police chiefs association which runs in stark contrast to state law, which has allowed medical marijuana since 1996.
Quoted from the Drug Law Blog:
The purpose of doing this, the letter states, would be to send a strong message to local and county government that ‘medical marijuana’ is not allowed.
Several members of the organization also flew to Michigan, to unsuccessfully campaign for the defeat of Michigan’s medical marijuana initiative.
