21 - 27 May 2013 Issue: 464
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n Crime fighters in Australia have revealed concerns about synthetic drugs as it emerged 23.8 tonnes of illicit sports and recreational substances were seized last year by customs.
THE Australian Crime Commission has warned of a dangerous new front in the war on drugs as it revealed a record 23.8 tonnes of illicit substances, worth $5 billion, were seized by customs staff last year in Australia. The haul included the highest number of seizures for performance enhancing drugs in a decade – adding further weight to the ACC’s bombshell February report which alleged widespread use of drugs in professional sport. Performance enhancing drug seizures rose 56.9 per cent to 8726 in 2011/12, with 6126 involving steroids and 2600 involving hormones. Other seizures included a single 11 tonne cache of hypophosphorus acid, a chemical used to make methylamphetamine, a record 785.5 kilograms of cocaine, 256kg of heroin, 347kg of amphetamines and 17kg of cannabis. There were 93,000 drug-related arrests in 2011/12 – the highest for a decade – and 809 clandestine drug laboratories discovered. But while the seizure of sports and recreational drugs was welcomed, senior crime fighters also revealed concerns about the increasing popularity of new, synthetic ...continued on p2
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FIVE copper coins and a nearly 70-year-old map with an “X” might lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia’s history. Australian scientist Ian McIntosh, currently Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in the US, plans an expedition in July that has stirred up the archaeological community. The scientist wants to revisit the location where five coins were found in the Northern Territory in 1944 that have proven to be 1000 years old, opening up the possibility that seafarers from distant countries might have landed in Australia much earlier than what is currently believed. Back in 1944 during World War II, after Japanese bombers had attacked Darwin two years earlier, the Wessel Islands – an uninhabited group of islands off Australia’s north coast – had become a strategic position to help protect the mainland. Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was stationed on one of the islands to man a radar station and spent his spare time fishing on the idyllic beaches. While sitting in the sand with his fishing-rod, he discovered a handful of coins in the sand. ...continued on p2
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