On June 12, crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant offloaded 3,100 pounds of marijuana seized from a go-fast boat intercepted in the Caribbean Sea.

The story on how Coast Guard personnel seized the marijuana in late May in waters between Panama and the Colombian island of San Andrés emerged last week in Miami federal court records.

According to a criminal complaint filed by a special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the action unfolded May 27 when a go-fast vessel was spotted traveling in international waters about 100 miles south of San Andrés Island, a Colombian possession east of Nicaragua and north of Panama.

The City of London is the money-laundering centre of the world’s drug trade, according to an internationally acclaimed crime expert.

UK banks and financial services have ignored so-called “know your customer” rules designed to curb criminals’ abilities to launder the proceeds of crime, Roberto Saviano warned. Mr Saviano, author of the international bestseller Gomorrah, which exposed the workings of the Neapolitan crime organisation Camorra, said: “The British treat it as not their problem because there aren’t corpses on the street.”

New Delhi:  A huge quantity of marijuana worth about Rs 2.5 crore was seized from Palam village early morning on saturday and one person was arrested in this connection, police said.

Two constables of Palam Village police station were patrolling the area near the house of one Balkesh, when they found an autorickshaw. On inspection they found it laden with marijuana that was later found to be 400 kg in quantity, said, DCP (South West) R A Sanjeev said.

While the constables were checking the vehicle, two persons started running away. One of them escaped on a bike and headed towards Bagdola picket. He slipped and fell near the picket and was caught by one of the constables.

Marijuana activists are upset about the treatment they got from Vancouver police at Cannabis Day on July 1.

There was a scuffle, pepper spraying, and four arrests.

"Many marijuana activists and members of our community were horrified by the actions of the police and want to know why the city would choose to act so combative toward non-violent protesters," Cannabis Day organizer Jeremiah Vandermeer blogged.

Lord Rea: 'There are real reasons why it [cannabis] should be made legal for researchers to concentrate on doing proper, controlled clinical trials to work out what cannabis can do'

CANNABIS should be legalised to improve research into its medicinal qualities, a prominent Camden doctor has told the House of Lords.

Lord Nicolas Rea of Eskdale, who worked as a GP at the Kentish Town Health Centre for 25 years, said the country was “crying out” for a change in the law.

The hereditary peer, from Tufnell Park, is an expert in the drug and served on a select committee in the 1990s that looked into its potential to ease muscle spasms and pain.

Police are seeking the public's help in controlling the production of illegal marijuana in Norfolk County.

The 2015 growing season is underway and it promises to be a good one for illegal producers of marijuana. Norfolk OPP advise the public to be cautious and to report suspicious activity associated with marijuana production to the authorities.

“Typically, these illicit crops are located in swamps, cornfields, wooded areas, along rivers and on rural rental properties obscured from view,” Const. Ed Sanchuk of the Norfolk OPP said in a news release. “Marijuana plants are bright green in colour and can grow between three and five feet tall and give off a distinctive strong, pungent musty odour.”

Multiple Sclerosis patient< Michelle X, arrested for growing her own medicine.

Michelle X of the NORML UK Women’s Alliance and her partner Albert Bloom were last night raided and arrested by Thames Valley Police for the production and possession of cannabis.

Their arrest came shortly before the airing of the Channel 5 show ’37 Years on the Dole’, which featured Michelle’s story of her own use of cannabis to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

CANNABIS with a potential street value likely to be in excess of £1.5m has been seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway.

Officers discovered the 580kgs of herbal cannabis following a search of a container that had arrived at the port from Jamaica.

The majority of the container was filled with boxes of cakes, buns and tins of callaloo.

Border Force Assistant Director for London Gateway Mark Kennedy said:

“In amongst the load were 55 boxes of what appeared to be further tins of callaloo and ackee. It was only when the tins were opened that their true contents were revealed.

OAK HILLS: Another marijuana grow busted, Mexican nationals arrested

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Marijuana Enforcement Team was busy on Wednesday, busting marijuana growing operations in Oak Hills and Piñon Hills.

The Oak Hills operation was carried out around noon on Wednesday. Investigators seized around 315 plants that ranged from two- to three-feet-tall.

Two people were arrested. Both were identified as residents of Mexico.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday uprooted an outdoor marijuana growing operation in Piñon Hills, a rural area of the county near Phelan.

Around 300 plants, some as tall as four feet, were seized and one person was arrested.

The suspect, 33-year-old Mexican national Bulmaro Arreola, was identified by police as a caretaker who was hired to watch over and tend to the plants. He was booked on suspicion of cultivating marijuana.

Police said the grow was not in compliance with the state's medical marijuana laws and it violated the county's prohibition on outdoor cultivation operations.