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Police seized 3,000 ecstasy tablets and 268 grams of marijuana in Port aux Basques on Jan. 25.
Police in Port aux Basques seized a signifigant quantity of ecstasy and marijuana last night.
On the evening of January 25, 2012, Port Aux Basques RCMP conducted a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a home on LeGallas Street.
Police seized over 3000 ecstasy tablets, 268 grams of marijuana and over $9,000 in cash.
A 38-year-old man from Port Aux Basques is in custody and will be in Stephenville provincial court today on charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking. A charge of unsafe storage of a firearm is also pending.
Glad to hear of the bust, but fear it is not even a dent in the can. I agree with Reed Bennett when he said "More severe sentencing is needed". As for LaughingLoudly statement, maybe you have a point: so lets charge them for their room and board after time is served, just like a STUDENT LOAN..... Let's hope the bust don't stop there.
I would never ever condone anyone who smokes a bit of weed, but just the thought that my children played in a playground less than 50 feet away from house that had 3,000 ecstasy pills horrifies me!
Yes Reed it be a lot easier on tax payers to lock everyone up and pay their living expenses for years and years LOL.... anonymous - January 27 you hit the nail on the head.
There isnt a drug problem in PAB anymore, its been taken care of. The RCMP rarely have to deal with a drug problem here. The xtc fad is almost over, given the high numbers of xtc related deaths on the news lately, and the fact that 99% of the xtc in town is at the police station, id say xtc is done in this town and what little bit will find its way here will be gobbled up by veteran users, very little i expect will find its way to new users, which i guess is a good thing. There were more cokeheads around here in the 70's and 80's then now ,and considering our current population i think the RCMP is doing a good job keeping it that way. ok, ok , You may here more about it now, but thats cause ppl dont care if you know. Marijuana and its derivatives are also harder to find then ever before, but because there are so many ppl habitually smoking marijuana, there will always be a demand, therfor always be a supplier. go to the smallest little rural town anywhere in canada and you will find a toke if you look hard enough. To "fix" the "problem" with marijuana they will have to legalize it, although it sounds funny, its true. Once controlled by the governments , sold at stores, monitored, like cigarettes and beer, people wont be sellin it on the streets, just like ppl dont sell beer or cigarretts on the street, they cant compete with the prices or quality of the store. THEN the only place to get it is at a store where IDs will have to shown. Kids will not have easy acess to it anymore. Other then that all the RCMP can do is ait for a child in school to get caught with it, quickly track down the source and make an arrest, like we seen the other day.
More severe sentencing is needed for those who are charged, one example of going easy on an offender is here in this province a fellow got nabbed but court date is in May, DUH, he could sell tons between now and that court date. Its hilarious but costing tax payers millions.
Good job
They have many, many, MANY more people to catch in this town before the drug problem ends.
Reallyy? If you think there is that many ppl sellin here inPAB then you must not live here anymore. Its hard to find any grass that doesnt taste like bouncesheets. Dont know about coke. Cokeheads stay to themselves around here. If you see coke around then its probally time to get new friends. That bust should of taken care of the pills around here for awhile too, i would guess. No oil or hash worth mentioning either. So in my opinion, the police do a good job keeping the town clean, eventhou they dont have to do much. They are not going to spend the time and money to try and stop every single person trafficing. Pointless. Someone else will do it. The demand will be taken care of. Just as well to let the same handfull of people push pot like they havefor years and years
Ecstasy - Good ridence - Well Done Pot - legalize it -
Bout time the police does something about the drug problem in this town.
Weed isn't the problem in the town.. its everything else.
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Its nice to see the r c m p take some of these very dangerous drugs off of our streets , but it's like an iceberg they only got the 10 present that's above water. Sadly the other 90 percent is still out there .