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Police Destroy Drugs at Burma

Police Destroy Drugs at BurmaAntigua St John's - The police destroyed over $1.4 M worth of drugs on Wednesday at the Burma Dump.

The operation, supervised by Chief Magistrate Jo-Anne Walsh, saw officers from the Narcotics Department, supported by the Special Operations (OP’s) Unit, destroyed in excess of 665 pounds of cannabis, and over 3 kilos of Cocaine.



Six  hundred and fifty-two 652 lbs pounds of cannabis, which comprised of 14,600 cannabis plants; 64 lbs pounds of the compressed plant, along with 2 kilos 204.6 grams of cocaine, came from the police, as drugs that were recently seized.

The remaining 13.4 pounds of cannabis and 1 kilo of cocaine came from court cases that had been disposed of.

The overall value of cannabis destroyed was $1,330, with $112,481.00 worth of cocaine.

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Waste of Tax Payers Money

#7 Smoke n Mirrors » 2012-05-17 17:01

Lets get this straight. You have 6 officers on site to burn $1330 worth of weed? Plus you are paying them to stand around, is it worth it? I say Legalize weed and eliminate the need to polute the air and kill the ozone with the burning of tires etc. Are we in a civilize country or what? The police and DPP need to stop with the har**ment of the weed smokers its just not worth the courts time to prosecute them. Look at the value of the herb. :lol:
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lie

#6 sick » 2012-05-17 12:55

ppl 2 kilo is only 4 pounds 2 once of cocaine,so where are the rest of boat loads of cocaine.. Hmmm,Croft an Cort
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@Rasta T

#5 down to earth » 2012-05-17 12:43

That was my first comment too. Can't see any weed in this pic. After zooming in, I found one. Now the question is, where are the other 14,599 plants?
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...a waste of time, "poppy show"

#4 Jumbee Picknee » 2012-05-17 12:00

Greetings, this is just a "poppy show" by the judiciary. First question, is 652 lbs of cannabis real value $1,330, or it's a misprint? Because if this is the case, then we need to start exporting it. Secondly, does the judiciary test it's employees from the magistrate to the law enforcement trainee for drugs in their system? Drug testing should be mandatory for all law enforcement personel...LEGA LIZE DE WEED, SO DAT DE ECONOMY CAN GROW...
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Looking on

#3 Isaiah » 2012-05-17 11:01

I hope none of the police kept any. lol when they finish inhale all that smoke they must be high. lol
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RE: Police Destroy Drugs at Burma

#2 Steadyj » 2012-05-17 10:55

How many persons does to take to light a match?
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WHEY DE WEED DEH

#1 RASTA T » 2012-05-17 10:36

I CANT SEE AN OUNCE OF WEED IN THIS PICTURE IM WONDERING WHEY DE WEED GONE
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