In these times of austerity I was wondering if we as a community can't do our own little bit to help the government plot their way out of the financial mire ......... considering the ministry of justices coming cutbacks, they will have to trim something out of the system as they can't afford to pay for the existing setup, to make cutbacks some things will have to drop under the prosecution radar as there won't be enough funding to keep the current status. Looking at potential savings, how much money is wasted in the incarceration of cannabis growers and dealers? How much money is wasted in the court system? How many pig hours are spent issuing fines, cautions, and pursuing...

Hi 11 August 2010 By David KEssen A BUSINESSMAN who rented out his Doncaster warehouse to cannabis growers after he fell on hard times has had his jail term cut by top judges. London's Criminal Appeal Court heard 59-year-old Chung Yan Chan allowed drug producers to use the warehouse - in which they grew more than 1 million of skunk cannabis - after his noodle production company failed following flooding. Chan, of Sheff ield Road, Conisbrough, was jailed for five years at Doncaster Crown Court on March 5 after he admitted allowing premises to be used for drug production. But Appeal Court judges have now reduced his sentence to three-and-a-half years after ruling...

Hi Swansea crown court to deal with Milford Haven woman's cannabis guilty plea Using cannabis for medicinal purposes will see a Milford Haven woman returned to Swansea crown court next month. Twenty-two year old Suzanne Bladen of John Lewis Street, Hakin entered a guilty plea to a charge of cannabis possession at Haverfordwest magistrates court yesterday (Tuesday). The court heard that Bladen, currently on a suspended sentence for possession of cannabis with intent to supply, was found by police with approximately six grammes of cannabis in her home in July. Prosecutor, Ellie Morgan told the court that police estimated its value at 21 and Bladen admitted it was for...

Hi A DRUG dealer supplying cannabis in a Gloucester street was caught after a householder alerted police. Barrington Esson, 20, was seen behaving suspiciously in Foxtail Close, Robinswood, Gloucester Crown Court heard. A householder raised the alarm when she heard someone swearing near her house and looked out to see Esson talking on his mobile phone. Lisa Hennessy, prosecuting, said the resident then saw other young men approaching Esson. "She then saw, to her horror, that they were exchanging various items," Miss Hennessy said. "She was so convinced it was drug dealing that she called the police. "Her husband joined her and they saw the men roll up...

Hi Kate Watkins August 11, 2010 Four people have been charged after 1.5m worth of cannabis plants were seized by police in Royton and Middleton. Stephen Cotton, aged 42, of Penryn Avenue, Royton was charged with three counts of production of cannabis, one count of possession of cannabis with intent to supply, one count of abstracting electricity, three counts of possession of cannabis and one count of possession of cocaine. He was charged along with John Paul Bilal, aged 47 of Windermere Road, Middleton who was charged with three counts of production of cannabis, one count of possession of cannabis with intent to supply, one count of abstracting electricity and two counts...

Hi by Phillip Smith, August 11, 2010 A Sacramento Bee/Field Poll survey released over the weekend found support for legalizing marijuana in California at 51%. The poll was not measuring support for Proposition 19, the Tax and Regulate Cannabis marijuana legalization initiative, but instead asked respondents: "Which action best fits what you feel should be done about marijuana laws?" Legalization got 51%, with 47% saying marijuana should be legalized and controlled like alcohol and another 4% saying marijuana should be legalized -- period. Thirteen percent wanted to keep current laws, but lessen the penalties (which pending decriminalization legislation would...

Hi 11 August 2010 Police raided two houses in the same residential street in Northampton, uncovering a cannabis factory and seizing an unlicensed firearm. In a co-ordinated swoop yesterday, officers raided the two homes, both in Pilton Close, Rectory Farm, within minutes of each other. In one house, officers discovered a cannabis factory filled with hundreds of mature plants, arresting a man and a woman on suspicion of cultivating the drug. Both are thought to be from Vietnam. Officers smashed in the front door of the end of terrace house shortly after 3pm, after getting no reply when they initially knocked on the front door. Inside they found four rooms,...

Hi http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=409883 Photo : David Hurst CBM Dave Gakell with �2,500 worth of Cannabis seized in raids in Leyland Thousands of pounds of suspected cannabis have been seized in raids in Moss Side, Leyland. Seven officers and dog handlers stormed houses on Robin Hey and St James Gardens. Around 2,500 of suspected cannabis were found at the address on St James Gardens, as well as a large quantity of cash. Nothing was recovered from the house on Robin Hey. PC Dave Gaskill of Leyland police said: It s a fantastic result for us. We carried out these raids based on intelligence gathered over the past...

Hi Wednesday 11th August 2010 TWO illegal immigrants from Vietnam who helped run a sophisticated cannabis farm in a restaurant have been jailed. Liverpool Crown Court heard that police officers raided the Rainbow House Chinese in Leigh Road, Leigh on February 25 and after kicking in the back door they discovered rooms had been converted into a cannabis farm. The estimated street value of the 500 plants found in various stages of growth was 285,000. Lam Phan, aged 21, and Hein Hoang, 37, were hiding in the loft. The two men, who don't speak English, had been living in the premises after illegally entering England following the promise of 1,000 for helping with...

Hi Wednesday, August 11, 2010 THREE Llanelli men raided a cannabis factory, stealing 34 plants in a "harebrained enterprise". The "opportunistic, amateurish" theft was given away by a trail of leaves which police followed, town magistrates heard. Gavin Patrick Carabini, 26, of Stepney Street, Llanelli; Francie McCarthy, 19, of Penybryn Caravan Park, Bynea; and Michael Murphy, also of Penybryn Caravan Park, Bynea, all admitted possessing cannabis, a controlled Class B drug. Dennis Davies, prosecuting, suggested there was a fairytale element to the case. "Without being too flippant with it, the one thing with the case, is it is 'once upon a...