“Spice” refers to a wide variety of herbal mixtures that produce experiences similar to marijuana (cannabis) and that are marketed as “safe,” legal alternatives to that drug. Sold under many names, including K2, fake weed, Yucatan Fire, Skunk, Moon Rocks, and others—and labeled “not for human consumption”—these products contain dried, shredded plant material and chemical additives that are responsible for ... Read More »
Daily Archives: July 25, 2012
Authorities raid shops selling ‘K2′
By Benjamin Mueller / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette State and local police and the Washington County district attorney’s drug task force raided nine retail establishments today as part of a nationwide crackdown on businesses suspected of selling a chemical compound with a marijuana-like effect on the brain, Washington County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas said. According to a press release from the district ... Read More »
Williamsville man charged in synthetic marijuana bust
In the eyes of prosecutors, Fawzi Al-Arashi was more than a small time drug dealer. He was a wholesaler, they say, a dealer who bought his synthetic marijuana in California, repackaged it at an Amherst warehouse and resold it across New York State. Al-Arashi, 34, of Williamsville, was charged Wednesday after a search of his Ridge Lea Road warehouse turned ... Read More »
Deputies search Hippie Hole, Herbal Connexxion after synthetic drug bust
Seven employees from two Houma businesses are accused of selling synthetic marijuana from their businesses, and deputies began to search the businesses and for the employees Tuesday, a Terrebonne drug task force official said. Undercover agents have been purchasing synthetic marijuana from the Hippie Hole, 238 N. Hollywood Road, and Herbal Connexxion, 6042 W. Park Ave., for the past six ... Read More »
Gang of drug peddlers in police net
The Dubai Police have arrested a four-member gang, which allegedly promoted restricted and banned drugs, tramadol and spice. Major-General Abdul Jalil Mahdi, Director of the General department of Anti-Narcotics of the Dubai Police, said that the officials from the department managed to arrest the gang composed of two Asians and 2 AGCC nationals. He said the gang intensified its ... Read More »
Large Spice Drug Bust In Wilmington
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– The Wilmington Police Department recently made its biggest “spice” bust in its history. Investigators say they found over 1,400 packages of the substance at the Northern Lights Smoke Shop off Market Street. “I was very surprised, I didn’t even know it was that serious of a thing,” said Chris Brown, a Northern Lights Smoke Shop customer. “I ... Read More »
Spice bust lands one in jail
DEKALB Co. Ala. (WAAY) - Dekalb and Jackson County Drug Task Forces Teamed up Monday night to execute a drug warrant for a wanted man believed to be in Rainsville. Agents found 39-year-old Hubert Craig Bodiford at a home on County Road, along with several ounces of marijuana and spice. Sheriff Jimmy Harris says there had been an ongoing case against ... Read More »
Spice bust nets three drug charges for Burley business owner
The Voice photo by C. Colt Crane It was here at the One Stop Shop on East Main that local law enforcement found “Pep Spice” and paraphernalia that netted Mahest “Mike” Shaw three drug charges. BURLEY – A May drug bust has netted a Burley man three drug related charges and appears to have thwarted ... Read More »
Home explosion from apparent “Spice” lab
Land O’ Lakes, Florida– Pasco Sheriff’s Vice and Narcotics detectives are investigating what appears to be a homemade “Spice”, or synthetic marijuana, lab explosion in Land O’ Lakes. Officials report they received a call that an explosion occurred in the garage of a home on Breezy Oak Court. The call came in at 6:50 p.m., and originally reported a “water ... Read More »
Tampa, Florida — DEA agents hauled away several bags of synthetic marijuana, or “spice”, during a raid at a warehouse near Tampa International Airport Wednesday morning. Agents wore masks to help them breathe as they worked to remove the illegal drug among the chemical fumes which smells like “spice”. Fans were also brought in to air out the building on Benjamin Road. 10 ... Read More »
Fake marijuana, Spice, being confiscated at smoke shops in N.M.
Drug Enforcement Agency SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — More than 15 federal agents are at a smoke shop in Sunland Park, N.M. Wednesday morning. Drug Enforcement Agency agents are raiding a smoke shop near the Sunland Park Casino. A spokeswoman for the agency tells KFOX14 that they are looking to confiscate the synthetic drug, Spice. Spice refers to a wide variety ... Read More »
DEA raids smoke shops across Valley for synthetic marijuana
Authorities are raiding smoke shops across the Rio Grande Valley in search of synthetic marijuana containing a recently outlawed chemical mixture. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents filed more than a dozen search warrants with a federal judge in Brownsville on Monday. Authorities spent Wednesday morning executing the search warrants looking for Spice, Kush, K2 and other brands of synthetic marijuana. ... Read More »
Synthetic marijuana still in stores
It’s called spice, K-2, synthetic marijuana. Virginia outlawed it more than a year ago- but the chemists who make it keep concocting new ways to skirt the law. Our investigative unit went undercover and found new variations of the product being openly sold in greater Richmond. It’s advertised as incense or potpourri. Manufacturers even tell you that it’s not for ... Read More »
Retailers skirting laws again with spice, bath salts sales
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – It’s happening again. Dangerous chemical compounds, commonly known as spice and bath salts, are back on local store shelves, despite being banned not once, but twice by state law. And once again, police and prosecutors say there’s nothing they can do to stop some of them from being legally sold. Last November, I-Team 8 first uncovered how the ... Read More »
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