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$1.3M In Ecstasy Confiscated...about 5 away from where I live.
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| D-Syde |
ORLANDO -- Federal drug agents swarmed a local hotel over the weekend and confiscated 50,000 ecstasy pills, worth $1.3 million.
Authorities said that the ecstasy bust could be the biggest that Central Florida has ever seen.
According to court papers, a confidential source told authorities in Tampa that a man, later identified as Frank Jansen, 34, was staying at the Riande Continental Plaza Hotel in Orlando's tourist corridor and had a huge stash of ecstasy with him.
According to a criminal complaint, federal DEA agents from Tampa intercepted Jansen in Orange County. He willingly took them back to his hotel room on International Drive and unlocked and opened his suitcase for them – revealing a small fortune in drugs.
In Orange County, a new package interception team was created to deal with the growing problem of ecstasy being shipped from western Europe through overnight parcel services.
Jansen is from Amsterdam, which authorities said is ground zero for the ecstasy pipeline feeding Central Florida.
A hotel employee told NewsChannel 2 that Jansen had made many visits and had stayed at the hotel several times over the last four years.
Here is the link to the article...including a video (look at all those pills!!!!!)
http://www.newschannel2000.com/orl/...?subid=10100244 |
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| plastikE |
| damn $1.3 million worth? thats a LOTTO pills :D:D:D:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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| Miss Proximus |
the guy just HAD to be Dutch....and HAD to be called Jansen :D
ROFLMAO |
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| tu_face |
if i saw all those pillz in one place id be like pac-man...
munchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunchmunch :toothless |
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| Raekwon The Che |
| his point is, hes thinks hes cool by saying that he wants to take so much e he would die? |
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| Ripped Bag |
| There was a bust in New York...something along the lines of 400lbs of ecstacy was confiscated in a bust up there. I'll see if I can find the article on the CNN website |
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| plastikE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Raekwon The Che
his point is, hes thinks hes cool by saying that he wants to take so much e he would die? |
no, he actually HAS a sense of humor, something that other ta's need to have |
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| tu_face |
| quote: | Originally posted by plastikE
no, he actually HAS a sense of humor, something that other ta's need to have |
thankyou for pointing that out for them ;)
btw.. i just noticed readin this again... 50,000 pillz = 1.3 million dollars??? me u pay high prices over there... that would be regarded as about £150,000 street value over here... |
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| D-Syde |
| ^^^True...about the sence of humor. |
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| Ripped Bag |
Two arrested in $40 million drug bust
July 18, 2001 Posted: 5:16 PM EDT (2116 GMT)
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two Israeli nationals were in jail Wednesday after 450 pounds of ecstacy worth nearly $40 million dollars were seized in what police called "the largest seizure of the drug" in the city's history.
David Rohash, 28, and Israel Askenasi, 25, face various drug charges after police found more than one million tablets of the popular stimulant in the Tuesday night raid.
Police said the two men were the top distributors of ecstacy to dealers in the city.
"The seizure and two arrests are expected to have a major impact on the distribution and sales of one of the most popular and dangerous and illegal drugs used in New York City," said Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
At a press conference, police laid out the drugs along with $187,000 in cash seized in the raid.
"When you look at these they look harmless," said Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as he surveyed the table. "They're pink and light blue and white and they are very, very dangerous substances that in fact can be fatal."
Ecstacy is one of the street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). It is known as a "club drug" that puts one in a euphoric and energetic state.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse says ecstacy produces an increased heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature. And because its stimulant properties enable users to dance for extended periods, it can also lead to dehydration, hypertension, and heart or kidney failure.
By comparison, New York police seized a total of 385 pounds of ecstacy last year.
Now thats a hell of a lot of ecstacy....only 385 total last year was found..and in one bust they found 450 lbs..cripes...the biggest dealers in NY? damn |
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| Ripped Bag |
I don't know about it being worth $40 million though...said it was only near a million pills..considering the highest price around here seems to be $25-30 when its normally 15-20
I'd say there was only around $20 million max confiscated...
but I guess it depends on where yer at and who you know eh? |
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| D-Syde |
| Yeah same with the bust in Orlando...came out to $26 a pill...the HIGHEST would be $25...and thats just if they sold everyone as singles. The media always blows out of proportion. |
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