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Feds indict Layton man on spice charges

Last updated Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 6:11pm

LAYTON — For the first time ever in Utah, a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment against a man for distributing spice, a synthetic form of marijuana, in Layton last year.

Hassan Mohammed Albadri was indicted Wednesday in Salt Lake City on six counts of possession with intent to distribute spice.

The indictment alleges Albadri committed the offenses in November 2011 at three Layton locations: 50 N. Main St., 743 N. King St. and 3025 N. 1165 East.

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Feds put the squeeze on synthetic drug shipments

Dan Browning Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 9:58am

MINNEAPOLIS -- Federal investigators have ramped up their attack on synthetic drugs entering Minnesota and western Wisconsin, seizing more than two dozen shipments from South Carolina, Texas and Nevada, as well as several intrastate shipments, the Star Tribune has found.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which conducted the seizures, isn't talking about its investigations, most of which remain active. Jeff Long, a spokesman, said only that it's the mission of the service to keep the mail safe.

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Blood tests for spice are not available in Utah

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 11:17pm

FARMINGTON -- Tests for the presence of spice in a person's body are not available in Utah or in most states across the country.

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Smoke shops' owner faces narcotics charges for selling spice

Brad W. Gary Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 11:46am

LEWISTON, Idaho --The owner of a pair of Lewiston smoke shops is facing multiple narcotics and racketeering charges relating to the alleged sale of the synthetic marijuana known as Spice.

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Southern Utah bust yields $2M in spice, bath salts

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 9:45am

ST. GEORGE -- St. George police say they've confiscated more than $1.5 million in spice and another $600,000 of bath salts during a synthetic drug bust.

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Dog feces, limited food in home lead to child endangerment arrests

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:21pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- A man and woman remained in Box Elder County Jail on Monday on drug and child endangerment charges after police found dog feces and limited food in their home.

Christopher Joseph Limas, 37, and Hope Jessica Richan, 35, were arrested last week following the Box Elder Narcotics Strike Force's execution of a search warrant at a residence at 217 E. 400 South in Brigham City, according to a probable cause statement.

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Cinnamon sticks or quills and ground cinnamon.

'The cinnamon challenge' a dangerous game for kids

Nicole Brochu The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 10:11am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Compared with texting while driving or hard-core drug and alcohol use, teenagers using an everyday cooking spice in a game of dare may sound like harmless child's play.

But a fad that has kids daring each other to swallow at least a spoonful of powdered or ground cinnamon without drinking water is anything but, U.S. poison control centers are warning. Because the pungent spice is so dry, the body's immediate reaction is to choke, gag and ultimately vomit.

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Senate OKs tighter smoke shop regulations

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 9:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone younger than 19 would be prohibited from entering a store that specializes in tobacco products under a bill that passed the Utah Senate.

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Froerer's bill adds to 'spice' banned list

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 12:22am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The day following a raid at a Midvale business for allegedly selling synthetic marijuana often called "spice," a legislative committee approved a bill that could make more chemicals illegal.

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Utah County officers shut 5 smoke shops in spice bust

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 11:19am

PROVO -- Five Utah County smoke shops are temporarily shut down after officers raided them for newly illegal synthetic marijuana, dubbed "spice."

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Counterterrorism chemical labs test for 'spice'

Brian Bennett McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 10:43am

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- When Jeffery H. Moran goes to work each day, he swipes his security badge, passes into an airtight chamber, opens a bombproof door and enters a lab full of deadly toxins.

As chief of the counterterrorism laboratory at the Arkansas Department of Health -- one of 62 such federally funded labs in the country -- he heads two dozen chemists who are on constant alert for the release of pestilence or poisons in the United States.

Armed with $2 million worth of new equipment, Moran concocts gruesome tests to keep his team sharp. He has laced samples of baby formula with lethal ricin. Poured rat poison into water bottles. Tainted blood with cyanide gas.

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Layton to decide if Cloud 9 can reopen for business

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 11:38pm

.LAYTON -- Will Cloud 9 Smoke Shop remain closed after the city shut the store down for selling an illegal spice-like compound?

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(Standard-Examiner file photo) Spice is shown after a 2011 raid in Kaysville.

Man jailed on suspicion of making and selling spice

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 7:01am

OGDEN -- Bryan Larsen, 25, turned himself in to Weber County Jail on Tuesday on suspicion of making and selling spice.

Between Feb. 26 and Nov. 7 last year, Larsen sold the illegal synthetic marijuana and kept his proceeds in two bank accounts in the name of companies he worked for, according to information filed in 2nd District Court.

The Clinton man worked for Deep Powder Distributing in West Haven and Trigger Marketing LLC in Ogden, according to a statement filed by Special Agent Nathan Mutter of the Utah Attorney General's SECURE Strike Force.

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A poster warning of the effects of the drug known as 'spice' hangs on a wall at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. The U.S. Navy has kicked out a record number of sailors and Marines this year for smoking synthetic marijuana and is seeing a dramatic jump in emergency room visits of its users, including some who babbled or hallucinated for eight days. (GREGORY BULL/The Associated Press)

'Spice' becoming a major problem for US military

Julie Watson The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:31am

SAN DIEGO — U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “spice,” which mimics a marijuana high, is hard to detect and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.

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More from out of state selling illegal drugs in Utah

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 7:24am

Local law enforcement agencies saw a disturbing trend in 2011 of out-of-state crews coming into the area to sell illegal drugs, everything from marijuana and methamphetamine to illegal prescriptions, cocaine and heroin.

"This is just following a national trend that has hit here," said Lt. Darin Parke with the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force.