LAWYER And Hockey Star Turned Drugs Smuggler Jimmy Neale Was Caught In A Classic Customs Sting. IT was a trap - and Jimmy Neale walked right into it. As he unloaded his illegal cargo of ecstasy tablets he was unaware police and customs officials were already surrounding him. Neale had smuggled the 271,000 tablets - the largest seizure of the drug in its pure form in Australian history - into the country in a shipment of wine. Of the 940 cases imported, 20 contained ecstasy tablets. [continues 742 words]
A RAVE was broken up by police after revellers gathered at a disused farm in East Anglia. The event, organised by Pulse-8, was originally due to take place at a farm in Copford, near Colchester, but was cancelled after the landowner withdrew his permission. Pulse-8 said it had tried to work with police and council officials to find a new site that was suitable for the event, but claimed officials did not want the event to take place anywhere. [continues 317 words]
A MOTHER whose son was left seriously ill after taking an illegal drug has hit out at plans to open the first ever "cannabis cafe" in Essex. A site has not yet been earmarked for the venture, but its manager Chris Philbin is hoping to secure a location on the Humber Road estate in Witham. Mr Philbin, a member of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said cannabis campaigners were waiting for Home Secretary David Blunkett to decide whether the drug should be downgraded from class B to class C. [continues 684 words]
