The Death Of Marijuana?

THE RCMP DISMANTLES AN INTERNATIONAL DRUG
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ON THE INTERNET

MONTRÉAL, Tuesday, February 28, 2006 – The members of the Marihuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police concluded their first major operation when they uncovered a Montreal based criminal organization involved in the trafficking, importation and exportation of cannabis seeds, as well as in conspiring for the purpose of cannabis cultivation via the Internet. This operation was launched in November 2004 under the name "Courriel" and culminated with the seizure of 200,000 cannabis seeds and the arrest of seven persons.

Project "Courriel" revealed that Richard Hratch BAGHDADLIAN, 38, from Marsan Street in Montreal, and six other persons operated the Heaven’s Stairway company. This company was on the web claiming to be the North American supplier for indoor and outdoor cannabis production.

The cybercompany Heaven’s Stairway used the Internet sites hempqc.com, cannabisworld.com, overgrow.com, eurohemp.com, cannabisseeds.com, and cannabisbay.com. These sites were used to order cannabis seeds online and obtain information on cannabis cultivation. These Internet sites also suggested ways to outsmart the police.

Richard Hratch BAGHDADLIAN was the instigator, head and main beneficiary of the illicit company Heaven’s Straiway. The other six accused acted as couriers and performed other duties for the company. They are Geoffrey CHAN, 33, Maria Cristina CIVITILLO, 32, Natalie BAGHDADLIAN, 40, Manuel Bento FERNANDES, 45, Christopher ALMOND, 38, and Teresa RODRIGUES, 39. They all live in Montreal except Christopher ALMOND who lives in Ville Saint-Laurent.

The organization processed approximately 30 orders of cannabis seeds a day averaging $100 each. The seeds were sent to clients by regular mail.

The seven people are facing 49 charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code of Canada. The offences were committed in Quebec, Canada, North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world between March 12, 1998 and January 31, 2006.

Nine searches were carried out during the week of January 30, 2006 in order to gather evidence that criminal activities had been committed. The searches were conducted in Montreal and Laval, as well as in the residences of three of the accused, a business, three post office boxes, a vehicle and a safe-deposit box.

These searches led to the seizure of 200,000 cannabis seeds, more than $183,362 in US currencies and $14,000 in Canadian currencies, both in cash and postal money orders, three one-kilogram gold bricks, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a Mazda RX8 and many purchase orders. Since the searches were conducted, 272 orders have been intercepted by the police.

The amount of seeds seized during the searches could have made it possible to operate approximately 500 cannabis greenhouses of 400 plants each, which represent 42 million joints sold on the street.

The seven accused are liable to 10 years’ imprisonment. Since the possession of cannabis seeds is illegal under Schedule II of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, clients of the network could also receive a visit from the police.

It should be noted that Project "Courriel", a first in Canada, is the fruit of the work of the new Marihuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team. This new drug enforcement team is one of the seven teams established by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police across Canada in 2004 to combat the scourge of marihuana. The main objectives of these teams are to interdict drugs before they arrive in our communities and to target and destroy the infrastructure and the networks used by criminal organizations involved in marihuana production. These organizations constitute a threat to public safety and well-being. <

The last sentence of the above piece strains credulity.
Overgrow, seed banks and sites like this one "constitute a threat to public safety and well-being"?

 

In addition:

-A few months ago Marc Emerey's seed band was busted.
-Yesterday Gypsy Nirvana bailed from his site (icmag).
-To-day marijuana.com shut down.

It looks like the new ultra-right-wing gov't now in power in Canada is gonna suck jr's ass. If they are able to impede to any great degree the huge amt's of marijuana coming south, prices for pot will skyrocket.

Don't just say "wow that's fucked". I urge you to contact norml.com for the proceedure for getting a measure on the ballot where you live--City, Country & state, to decrim poss./cultivation of small amt's of marijuana.

This is jr's last-ditch, all-out effort to "stamp out" marijuana smoking.
Are we gonna let him?

 

hmm sounds like they were a little too successful with their sales...look at the amount of money on hand...only averaging 3k a day in sales....with close to 20k in gold itself...hmm...

 

How can they do it?
How can they just violate personal freedoms so quickly?

A shadow has been cast over North America, welcome to the new dark age.

I will do what I can to help.

 

omfg thats horrible, this countrys goin down the crapper.

 

Yeah this is horrible! People need to wake the fuck up! It's just a plant! People are going to be doing hard time for the bullheadedness of society and government!

 

Hell no! I havnt had weed in 3 days and Ill be damned if that was the last hoot Ill have.

 

I wouldn't worry about the supply of weed, there will always be seed banks, sure this is a major blow...will it hit home? no one can really say for sure, I'm sure we'll be fine.

 

Damn that sux. Saw this on the tv tonight.

 

I swear, if worst comes to worst Ill dedicate my life to bringing weed back, Ill literallly grow as many as I possible could in as many areas as I could possibly get to and sell it, that wouldnt be an act of criminal or greed, just a freedom act(in my own opinion).

 

I hope ur right.. im not worrying over the supply, there will always be some.. for now

 

Did Marijuana.Com get shut down?

 

The current Canada government really seems a terrible terrible government from what I have heard. Who the fuck would vote them in?

Oh well, I live in the UK, so I'm relatively safe

 

rofl, but just how many blunts? Who does these kind of statistics?

 

No it did not, i have the site opened in another window as i type this. not to worry it is still there and probably always will, even if marijuana for some reason becomes illegal. i mean it wouldn't be the first site to promote something that the government considers illegal would it. but anyways yes it is still up and running and that is where the article posted on this thread came from.

 

Marijuana.com is amazing, they better not shut it down. lol

 

The Department of Impressive Big Numbers, obviously.

 

Nothing lost except seeds and cash. Anybody with any kind of decent sized operation will be able to get seeds from an alternate source, so I'm not too worried about The Death Of Marijuana...

 

LMAO

 

Simple...Ignorant people who believe what the TV tells them to believe.
Surrender your personal freedoms for less taxes...woo hoo