cannabisnews.com: Anti-Drug Team on Pot Prowl Anti-Drug Team on Pot Prowl Posted by FoM on January 09, 2000 at 07:16:50 PT For The Saginaw News Source: Michigan Live Marijuana remains the focus of a police anti-drug team operating in Gratiot and Shiawassee counties.Members of the Mid-Michigan Area Group Narcotics Enforcement Team - which consists of police officers from several departments and led by state police - conducted 167 investigations last year, said State Police Lt. Mark Piercecchi, unit commander. Since the team formed in 1995, it has logged 716 investigations leading to 556 arrests and drug seizures exceeding $2.6 million, Piercecchi said.About 83 percent of the arrests are for violations of marijuana laws, 13 percent for cocaine and the rest for a variety of other illegal substances.Last year, the unit arrested 125 suspects on 210 drug-related charges and seized 219 pounds of marijuana.Officers confiscated 650 marijuana plants, the largest haul in the group's four-year history, Piercecchi said.Investigators seized 45 grams of cocaine and recovered $349,000 in stolen property.The drugs were worth more than $874,000, he estimated.The team's toll-free hotline number is (888) 624-6389. Informants do not have to give their names. Published: January 9, 2000 Copyright 1999 Michigan Live Inc. Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by legalizeit on January 10, 2000 at 20:18:10 PT I forgot... (to the Drug Warriors cont'd)[paraphrasing the French knight]...and I'll f*rt in your general direction, King McCaffrey and your silly corrupted knnnnnnnighuts!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by legalizeit on January 09, 2000 at 22:37:03 PT What a waste of... ...time, resources, taxpayer dollars, and, darn it, good pot!For one thing, the so-called "Narcotics Enforcement Team"'s main focus is something that isn't even a narcotic at all! The Drug Warriors think that by continuing to lump it in with true narcotics, they can convince the gullible public that it is a horrible, addictive substance that their children will get hooked on in droves.Also the informants can be anonymous, so anybody with a grudge against a neighbor could call in and trigger a terrorist-style search!I liked Kaptinemo's analogy of the Drug War to the knight in the "Holy Grail." It truly fits.To all you Drug Warriors and drug-war-corrupted officials out there... NI!! NI!! NI!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by kaptinemo on January 09, 2000 at 09:27:53 PT 'Biggest bust, largest haul' ad nauseum It is yet another litany of failures disguised as victories. And what is so surprising (or, perhaps, not so surprising) is that the news media also fail to bring up one salient fact: the amounts captured have yet to peak.No stuffy news correspondent intoning with 'The amount seized today is lower than has been taken so far.' No prognostications of having 'turned a corner' in the WoSD. Nope, just business as usual. One more indication of failure papered and painted as if it is a triumph.Does anyone recall the Black Knight from Monty Python's Holy Grail movie? In his self-delusion, he keeps trying to fight, when his arms and legs are hacked off. He just doesn't have the intelligence to know when he's beaten. Rather similar to the Drug Warrior's positiion.The DrugWarriors have had egg on their faces so long they've forgotten that it's even there. And when you point out that it *is* there, they become indignant and loudly proclaim it isn't there at all.It'd be funny if innocent people weren't being killed by those same egg-adorned clowns. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: