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81 Mexico: Digging For DollarsThu, 07 Apr 2011
Source:Tucson Weekly (AZ) Author:Banks, Leo W. Area:Mexico Lines:449 Added:04/08/2011

The Drug Cartels Have Made Nogales the Tunnel Capital of the Southwestern Border

Leo W. Banks Border Patrol agent Tom Pittman and two National Geographic crewmen prepare to enter a parking-lot tunnel in downtown Nogales.

It's a beautiful morning in downtown Nogales. Border Patrol agent Kevin Hecht is preparing to lead a National Geographic film crew into the blackness of a cross-border drug tunnel, so narrow that he has to remove his gun belt to navigate it.

But first, he wants to make sure no traffic passes on the road above while he is inside.

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82 CN BC: PUB LTE: Far Too Much Antipathy To Little Green PlantWed, 23 Mar 2011
Source:Langley Times (CN BC) Author:Nelson, Eli Bryan Area:British Columbia Lines:59 Added:03/25/2011

Editor: This is a response to "Feds urged to cancel grow-op licences" (The Times, March 11).

Although I don't use it, nor want my kids to use it, the little green plant has no basis for the amount of antipathy shown toward it. For millennia, its curative power has been used to treat both physical and mental/emotional conditions with great success in the right circumstances.

I'm uncomfortable with the ongoing knee-jerk reactions of powerful people, reactions that only serve to keep the means to grow and distribute it in the hands of the criminals who care little what the plant is used for. It is well known that criminals will and do often kill, maim, extort, and make huge piles of tax-free profit at the expense of those who use it for curative or pleasurable purpose.

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83 CN ON: Tougher Sentences for Drug Dealers: NorlockThu, 17 Feb 2011
Source:Independent & Free Press, The (CN ON) Author:Campbell, John Area:Ontario Lines:122 Added:02/20/2011

TRENT HILLS - Northumberland-Quinte West MP Rick Norlock said he's confident a majority of Canadians support his government's efforts to get tough on drug traffickers by making minimum sentences mandatory.

Bill S-10 targets traffickers who sell drugs to youth, are linked to organized crime, employ weapons or violence, and put others at risk.

"I think the preponderance of people would say that you just can't give somebody a slap on the wrist for that, and that there should be a mandatory minimum sentence," Mr. Norlock said.

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84 CN ON: MP Wants Tougher Sentences For Drug TraffickersFri, 18 Feb 2011
Source:Northumberland News (CN ON) Author:Campbell, John Area:Ontario Lines:122 Added:02/20/2011

TRENT HILLS - Northumberland-Quinte West MP Rick Norlock said he's confident a majority of Canadians support his government's efforts to get tough on drug traffickers by making minimum sentences mandatory.

Bill S-10 targets traffickers who sell drugs to youth, are linked to organized crime, employ weapons or violence, and put others at risk.

"I think the preponderance of people would say that you just can't give somebody a slap on the wrist for that, and that there should be a mandatory minimum sentence," Mr. Norlock said.

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85CN BC: Hells Angels Infiltrator Surprised at B.C.'S Lenience With GangFri, 04 Feb 2011
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Author:Bolan, Kim Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:02/05/2011

American Undercover Police Officer Enthralls Symposium Crowd With His Experiences With 'international Crime Syndicate'

The Hells Angels are an international crime syndicate who try to cover up their vicious criminal history with their "massive propaganda machine," says an American police officer who infiltrated the notorious biker gang.

And Jay (Bird) Dobyns said it is surprising that Hells Angels in B.C. have not been declared a criminal organization by the province's courts, despite attempts by prosecutors to get that designation.

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86CN BC: Biker's Sentence Jumps To Five YearsSun, 16 Jan 2011
Source:Province, The (CN BC) Author:Fraser, Keith Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:01/17/2011

Co-Accused in Drug Case Also Had Sentence Increased by Appeal Court

The B.C. Court of Appeal has quadrupled the jail sentence for a Hells Angel who pleaded guilty to trafficking in large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamines.

In December 2009, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Leask gave Randy Potts, a member of the notorious motorcycle gang's East End chapter, a one-year sentence.

On Friday, a three-member panel of the appeal court allowed the federal prosecutor's appeal of the sentence and increased Potts' jail time to five years, reduced to four years after giving credit for pre-sentence custody.

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87 US FL: LTE: Mayfair Once Was A Great Place To LiveThu, 30 Dec 2010
Source:Pensacola News Journal (FL) Author:Wallo, Marie D. Area:Florida Lines:40 Added:01/01/2011

The letter "Difficult seeing Mayfair decline" (Dec. 10) mentioned what a nice development the Mayfair subdivision was when the writer came here more than 40 years ago. Ditto.

Mayfair was a home for many retired Navy officers and working people. You could ride a bike without being mugged. You did not need a Doberman for protection, or to lock your doors the minute it turned dark. We were proud of our homes with manicured yards and flowers. It was an enjoyable place to live.

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88 CN ON: ReflectionsFri, 19 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:193 Added:11/20/2010

This is the fifth in a series of exclusive articles by Examiner reporter Galen Eagle who interviews a local drug dealer who became an agent for the local police and brought down a circle of people in the Peterborough drug trade.

More than three years after he signed the police contract to become an undercover agent, 48-year-old Merv Monteith still carries the document in his pocket as a reminder of his former life.

For obvious reasons he won't say where he lives with his wife of nine years and six-year-old daughter but describes his new life with one word -quiet.

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89 CN ON: Community ConcernSat, 20 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:197 Added:11/20/2010

This is the last in a series of exclusive articles by Examiner reporter Galen Eagle. This article looks at the drug situation today.

When area native Ian Maxwell returned to Peterborough from policing in the GTA, he thought he was returning home to a sleepy retirement community.

As the lone officer in the city police drug unit for several years, Det. Const. Maxwell said he was awakened as he patrolled the streets.

"I thought I was going to pose for pictures and kiss babies while policing this little retirement community," he said. "My eyes were opened doing this job as a frontline officer, seeing how much drugs are out there."

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90 CN ON: Police AgentThu, 18 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:186 Added:11/18/2010

This is the fourth in a series of exclusive articles by Examiner reporter Galen Eagle who interviews a local drug dealer who became an agent for the local police and brought down a circle of people in the Peterborough drug trade.

Taking a deep, long haul on his cigarette, during an Examiner interview that lasted several hours, Merv Monteith pauses before launching into the story that brought him out of hiding and back into Peterborough.

Why did he do it? Why did he break the biggest rule in his business? Why did he rat?

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91 CN ON: The Informant: Cocaine Boom BeginsTue, 16 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:182 Added:11/18/2010

This is the second in a series of exclusive articles by Examiner reporter Galen Eagle who interviews a local drug dealer who became an agent for the local police and brought down a circle of people in the Peterborough drug trade

In most industries, beating up somebody would rarely open doors for career advancement.

Yet it was Merv Monteith's fists that got him his first big contact in the drug world.

Up into his late 20s, Monteith said he had little exposure to hard drugs.

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92 CN ON: Bikers ArriveWed, 17 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:191 Added:11/17/2010

Third part of an Examiner series looks at how arrival of bikers changed the city's drug trade.

This is the third in a series of exclusive articles by Examiner reporter Galen Eagle who interviews a local drug dealer who became an agent for the local police and brought down a circle of people in the Peterborough drug trade.

They didn't hijack the City Hall flag poll and hoist their trademark "death head" patch to announce their presence and most city residents were likely unaware they were even here.

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93 CN ON: The Informant: The Dealer's Early LifeMon, 15 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:135 Added:11/17/2010

Meet Merv Monteith; a big, bald, brute of a man who has something disarming about his personality.

He's easy to talk to. He's likeable. There are numerous tattoos covering his hands and forearms; a mix of spiders, beetles and small medallions are etched on each finger, covering up ruggedly drawn prison tattoos that once formed the words "love" and "hate" when he clinched both fists.

Monteith grew-up in Peterborough, mostly a product of the Children's Aid Society. A vacation to Niagara Falls his parents took Oct. 14, 1962 negates his claim as a native.

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94 CN ON: The Informant: City Drug Underground UncoveredMon, 15 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Eagle, Galen Area:Ontario Lines:113 Added:11/17/2010

It's March 26, 2008 and a 45-year-old Peterborough man is sitting in an Oshawa hotel room surrounded by his police handlers.

Months of undercover work are about to be justified. The lives of a handful of cocaine dealers are about to change drastically. The man sitting with police knows he'll never be able to safely live in his hometown again.

His wife and three-year-old daughter have already been removed from Peterborough under a cloak of anonymity.

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95 CN ON: Beef Up Police to Fight Drugs, Gangs: ChiefSat, 13 Nov 2010
Source:Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Author:Deeth, Sarah Area:Ontario Lines:109 Added:11/15/2010

Faced with a rising tide of drugs, gangs and organized crime, city police are pushing for more officers to thicken the thin blue line.

And police Chief Murray Rodd is cautioning that if that doesn't happen, the community policing model, long used by the force, could be in jeopardy.

The community policing system harkens back to the 1950s, when officers walked the beat and knew almost everyone on it.

A broader version of that is still in place.

Almost every officer in the police service is assigned an area to patrol, either by foot, bike or cruiser. Many are assigned to local organizations, acting as liaisons for the service.

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96 CN BC: Police Fear More Drugs and Violence Are Coming As Mexican Cartels Begin OMon, 18 Oct 2010
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Author:Bolan, Kim Area:British Columbia Lines:137 Added:10/19/2010

Mexican cartels are setting up shop in B.C. by sending representatives to live here with their families, the head of the Gang Task Force said Sunday.

And police fear the cartel violence that has ripped apart Mexico may not be far behind if the newly settled immigrants start warring with B.C. crime groups, Supt. Tom McCluskie said.

"There are cartel members settling here. They are bringing their families here. They are having kids here," McCluskie told The Vancouver Sun.

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97 CN BC: Police Say The Risk Posed By Raves Is Very RealWed, 29 Sep 2010
Source:Cowichan News Leader (CN BC) Author:Siefken, Krista Area:British Columbia Lines:122 Added:09/30/2010

Is the fun worth the risk?

That's what local police hope Cowichan youths are asking themselves before attending raves.

Those risks are real - news of a 16-year-old girl gang-raped at a Pitt Meadows rave proves that.

And don't forget to add remote locations, tons of strangers and drugs to the risk-list, too.

"Date-rape drugs are in our community - I've personally seized them so I know they're here," Const. Markus Lueder of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP said. "Should kids here be concerned? They should be concerned, and parents should be concerned."

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98 CN BC: Drugs And Violence In The HoodSat, 25 Sep 2010
Source:Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Author:Bolan, Kim Area:British Columbia Lines:416 Added:09/25/2010

Police Chase Gangsters In A Prince George Neighbourhood Ripped Apart By A Bloody Drug War

Members of the Uniformed Gang Task Force approach a drug addict as they cruise the crack-shack infested neighbourhood known as the Hood.

The addict wants to talk to police. He wants to share information. But he is terrified. He asks Sgt. Mark Jordan to pretend to arrest him for his protection. Jordan, an Abbotsford police officer, slaps on the cuffs and puts the man in the back of a task force SUV. He is still worried.

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99 CN BC: Abbotsford Police Launch Latest 'Operation'Thu, 16 Sep 2010
Source:Abbotsford News (CN BC) Author:Hopes, Vikki Area:British Columbia Lines:82 Added:09/16/2010

Abbotsford Police Sgt. Mike Novakowski had just finished speaking to a gathering of middle school kids about the dangers of the gangster lifestyle when he was approached by a student with a vital message.

"I want to stop doing drugs. I want to give you the number of my drug dealer," the boy told Novakowski.

The student had the number memorized, and Novakowski wrote it down. He passed it on to the Abbotsford Police Department's (APD) "beats and bikes" squad.

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100 US CA: Meth Seizure Largest In US HistoryThu, 26 Aug 2010
Source:Morgan Hill Times (CA) Author:Suddes, Sara Area:California Lines:144 Added:08/27/2010

Investigators are calling last week's seizure of an estimated $200 million in methamphetamine from a Gilroy home the country's biggest meth bust on record.

"We cannot find a larger seizure of methamphetamine anywhere in the history of the United States - anywhere," said Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness at a press conference held Tuesday in Sacramento. "So this is big."

So far, eight Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection with the bust.

Another suspect, whose name investigators would not release but was "running the show" from Sacramento, is still outstanding and believed to be in Mexico, Sacramento Sheriff's Detective Sal Robles said.

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