cannabisnews.com: U.S.-Sponsored Drug Raids Net 2,876 in Caribbean U.S.-Sponsored Drug Raids Net 2,876 in Caribbean Posted by FoM on November 21, 2000 at 21:18:54 PT By Chris Hawley, Associated Press Source: Nando Times Police in 32 countries and territories have arrested thousands of suspects and seized tons of drugs in three weeks of U.S.-orchestrated raids, officials said Tuesday. Police arrested 2,876 people and seized more than 20 tons of cocaine during the operation, said Michael Vigil, Caribbean director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which coordinated the raids. The Oct. 27-Nov. 19 operation was the third and biggest in a series of raids that began last year, officials said at a news conference in San Juan. Police did more than 39,000 searches and raids, seizing 29 tons of marijuana and 82,170 tablets of ecstasy, dismantling 94 drug factories and confiscating 197 guns. They seized 100 tons of chemicals for drug-making and burned more than 9 square miles of fields of marijuana, heroin poppy and coca plants used for making cocaine, officials said. The most recent raid netted a number of suspected drug kingpins, agents said. In the Dominican Republic, police arrested Martires Paulino Castro, whom they accuse of running a network that stretched from St. Maarten to New York and shipped up to 4,400 pounds of Colombian cocaine to the United States each month. Dominican officials also arrested Julio Morales Martinez, who is accused of smuggling cocaine to New York and New Jersey in shipping containers filled with lettuce, tomatoes and plantains. San Juan, Puerto RicoSource: The Nando TimesAuthor: Chris Hawley, Associated PressPublished: November 21, 2000 Copyright: 2000 Nando Media - 2000 AP OnlineContact: tom nandomedia.comWebsite: http://www.nandotimes.comCannabisNews Arrest Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/arrests.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by kaptinemo on November 22, 2000 at 12:05:18 PT: Tons and tons and tons and tons and tons....... The antis are like the sick joke of the poor guy with one foot nailed to the floor; they go 'round and 'round, but never get anywhere.When did the amounts seized first reach the tonnage measuremnents so common today? The 1980's? 15-20 years ago. And the value of the amounts seized have reached staggering levels; a few months ago, a massive seizure was made in California, supposedly to the tune of 2 BILLION dollars. Yet, the very next week, coke was selling for even lower prices for the same high quality. Yet the antis still trumpet their 'Biggest Bust Ever!' like some department store PA system with a busted tape machine; they've forgotten the fact that they have said precisely the same thing last week. And the week before. And the week before. For the last...fifteen...years.How long will it be before even the densest of antis tumble to the fact that they can never stop the river of white powder? I don't know. But some people in Congress, purely for their own political purposes, are asking the exact same question. Only they are in a position to demand somne answers. Answers the antis are terrified of being forced into giving. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by MikeEEEEE on November 22, 2000 at 08:33:29 PT U.S.-Sponsored Hmmm, I wonder who paid for the drug raids? Since it's U.S.-Sponsored I'd have to guess it's the US anti's at work. Maybe it's easier and cheaper to have raids outside the US.Will these 2876 people be deported and put in the US jails? I have questions, I'd like to know where our tax dollars are being thrown away. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Ed Carpenter on November 22, 2000 at 01:27:25 PT: U.S.-Sponsored Drug Raids Net 2,876 in Caribbean "Police in 32 countries and territories have arrested thousands of suspects and seized tons of drugs in three weeks of U.S.-orchestrated raids, officials said Tuesday."And we wonder why the people in so many countries don't like us... [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: