Upon inspection, border services officers at the Port of Halifax, with assistance from Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) intelligence officers, discovered two large boxes with 377 kg of “suspected” cannabis and 1 kg of suspected hashish.
The two boxes, part of a marine container of personal and household goods, contained 765 packages of suspected cannabis and one package of suspected hashish.
The alleged cannabis products were then turned over to the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The seizure is similar to a previous incident in August at the same port in which 165 kilograms of suspected cannabis were found by border service officers who were inspecting a marine container. The shipment was also destined for the Caribbean.
The CBSA reports seizing more than 6,150 kilograms of cannabis and 96 kilograms of hash coming into Canada so far in the first and second quarter of the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The agency reported more than 10 thousand kilograms of cannabis seized in the previous fiscal year, along with more than 12 kilograms of hash.
]]>Ridley Scott’s new film contains many historical inaccuracies to spice up the conqueror’s life, none of them wilder than hard fact.
In Ridley Scott’s historical epic Napoleon, the titular French conqueror, played by Joaquin Phoenix, marches into the deserts of Egypt and orders his soldiers to aim their cannons at the pyramids. The whole scene is a fabrication – one Scott, who directed the equally sensational Gladiator, also starring Phoenix, has already been called out by historians. But even if Napoleon Bonaparte did damage these world wonders, this wouldn’t have been the strangest thing to happen during his excursion into Asia Minor.
The imperial French army invaded Egypt in 1798 after capturing the Mediterranean port of Malta with two purposes: to break up trade routes between India and England, and to establish French rule in the Middle East. Ultimately, Napoleon’s biggest obstacle wasn’t the Egyptians themselves, but their love of hashish – a love that spread to his own soldiers, and which he eventually resolved to ban, thus laying the foundation for Western Europe’s approach to cannabis.
Rather than forcing their own customs onto the Egyptians, Napoleon urged his administrators to embrace the local culture. French forces, including scholars and scientists, established libraries and research centers to nourish their genuine interest in the many traditions and inventions of the Islamic world. Lacking access to their French wines and liquors, they also learned about hashish, and soon began frequenting the cafés, markets, and lounges where the substance was typically found.
Legend has it that Napoleon issued a ban on hashish because his soldiers were too stoned to fight, but this is as much of a misconception as Ridley’s film. In truth, hash did not become illegal until after the campaign had come to an end; the ban itself wasn’t implemented by Napoleon, but one of his generals; and its goal wasn’t to protect French citizens against the drug’s “corroding influence,” but exert control over Egypt and Syria by pitting its own citizens against each other
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A convicted “narco” godfather from the drug-smuggling clans of Spain’s northwest coast is suing Netflix for $2.5 million for portraying him as an impotent and violent cocaine trafficker.
Laureano Oubina, 77, who was released in 2017 after serving 22 years in prison for trafficking hashish, claims that the television series Cocaine Coast (Farina) caused him “moral damage”.
“The life of Mr Laureano Oubina has worsened considerably since the broadcast of this series because he is portrayed as a person capable of taking the life of another, violent, sexist, a cocaine trafficker, impotent, vicious, unfaithful, a bad father, a bad husband, a brute, foolish, vengeful, an abuser of women, ignorant and a mafioso,” said Jorge Paladino, his lawyer.
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]]>Officers in Pollok discovered seven vacuum bags of the class A drug with a total weight of 7.2kg, and a total street value of approximately £26,500.
Enquiries into the discovery remain ongoing at this time.
A spokesperson said: “While on patrol, Pollok Community officers recovered seven vacuum bags full of herbal cannabis with a total weight of 7.2kg and a street value of approx £26,000.
]]>A new study just published in the Nature Genetics journal examined hundreds of thousands of study subjects from around the world and identified genes that could be linked to cannabis use disorder. In addition, some of the same regions where the genome was found are also associated with other health conditions such as lung cancer and schizophrenia.
These connections likely aren’t a fluke. Study lead author Daniel Levey said that the new research should be a promising sign that more discoveries about cannabis addiction are waiting to be made.
“Once we understand the biology of cannabis use disorder, we can better understand associated disorders and inform the public of risks associated with marijuana use,” Levey said in a statement.
While there have been studies in the past that have suggested a genetic component in cannabis use disorder, the new study is the first of its kind to look at various ethnic groups. It also pulled information from the Million Veteran Program genetic database, helping give insight on how it has affected service members over the years.
“This is the largest genome-wide study of cannabis use disorder ever conducted,” study co-author Joel Gelertner said. “As more states legalize or decriminalize the use of marijuana, such studies can help us to understand the public health risks that accompany its increased use.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cannabis-addiction-might-genes-study-210000439.html
]]>Coast Guardsmen from the Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145), working under the command of Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized 2,000 kilograms of hashish and 384 kilograms of methamphetamine from the vessel during an interdiction operation.
“This new seizure shows once again the operational effectiveness of Combined Maritime Forces assets and nations,” said French navy Capt. Yannick Bossu, CTF 150 commander. “It illustrates that nations from all around the world are committed to regional maritime security in the Indian Ocean alongside their regional partners.”
This event marks the fifth time in recent months the French-led CTF 150 has interdicted illicit narcotics at sea. In those previous operations, CTF ships seized more than 4,522 kilograms of methamphetamine, heroin, and hashish from stateless vessels during interdiction operations, with a street value of more than $94 million.
CTF 150 is one of five task forces under Combined Maritime Forces, the largest multinational naval partnership in the world. CTF 150 focuses on maritime security operations in the Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.
Since 2021, Combined Maritime Forces has seized more than $1 billion in illegal drugs while patrolling waters across the Middle East.
The 38-nation naval partnership upholds the international rules-based order by promoting security and stability across 3.2 million square miles of water encompassing some of the world’s most important shipping lanes.
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Seven people will face court today charged after police seized more than $52 million worth of cannabis south-west of Lismore yesterday.
Following extensive inquiries by the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad and Richmond Police Detectives, assisted by the Aviation Command, Dog Unit and Northern Rivers Region Enforcement Squad, police attended an Ellangowan property, about 11.30am yesterday (Tuesday 21 November 2023).
Police will allege in court that the property was being used for the large-scale cultivation of cannabis.
At the property, police allegedly located and seized more than 15,000 cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of $52.7 million.
Six men aged between 41 and 61, and a 52-year-old woman, were arrested during the operation before being taken to Lismore Police Station.
All seven were charged with participate in criminal group contribute activity, and knowingly take part-cultivate large commercial quantity-cannabis.
They were refused bail to appear before Lismore Local Court today (Wednesday 22 November 2023).
Anyone with information about the illicit cultivation of cannabis should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Inquiries continue.
]]>The agency explained on its Facebook page that this quantity was seized in a place called Al-Marqanti on the Libyan-Tunisian border, with security support from the Stability Support Agency, Nalut branch.
https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/large-quantity-hashish-seized-across-border-tunisia
]]>Illegal marijuana grows run by Chinese nationals have sprung up all across the state of Maine, and residents say law enforcement isn’t doing enough to stop their spread.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified 270 suspected Chinese illegal marijuana grow operations in the state that could be making an estimated $4.37 billion in revenue, which are often used for more criminal activities or are sent back to China, the DCNF exclusively reported in August. The DCNF visited dozens of properties identified as suspected Chinese marijuana grows by the DHS memo, as well as other locations reported to be possible Chinese marijuana grows by The Maine Wire.
The Maine Wire visits an illegal Chinese marijuana grow house with @mike_soboleski and @JennieSTaer. pic.twitter.com/KOtROSoSGC
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) November 18, 2023
Maine offers marijuana legalization, making it the perfect place for such operations, according to experts and officials who spoke with the DCNF. The lax laws, combined with record illegal immigration to the U.S. under the Biden administration, which has also limited deportations, provide cover to the grows.
“This is a failure I believe of both the state government and the federal government, and it’s time people start taking this more seriously,” Republican Maine State Rep. Austin Theriault, who is vying for Democratic Rep. Jared Golden’s seat in Congress, told the DCNF. “This is a lack of political will, there’s many other areas the government’s not afraid to get involved, but for some reason they’re not willing to put their foot down and start to crack down on some of these illegal operations and I want to see that happen.”
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/22/china-marijuana-grows-immigrants-maine/
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