Police shut down major drug ring [size=-2]Posted: Tuesday, Jul 31, 2007 - 10:51:39 am PDT[/size] By GWEN ALBERS Staff writerGroup responsible for 90 percent of acid sold in West SANDPOINT -- The arrest of two leaders from a major drug trafficking ring is expected to limit the availability of acid, ecstasy, mushrooms and marijuana in Bonner County. Sandpoint police went undercover and gained trust of the leaders of what's known as the Llama Tribe. The group is believed to have supplied up to 90 percent of the acid in the western United States. "I would venture to say the youth in this area and adults will not be able to find a readily available source for some time," Sandpoint Police Det. Kit Sanger said Monday. "It's a very complex drug manufacturing operation. It's not a meth lab where you can get a recipe from the Internet. This will definitely hurt." Sandpoint Police got involved with the investigation one year ago after a young adult busted here for acid indicated it was purchased from what's known as the Llama Tribe in Spokane, Sanger said. The city's narcotics detectives worked with a federal agency to infiltrate the organization in an undercover capacity and obtained evidence that led to the arrests, according to a news release. Palmer Hanson, 26, and Allen Lint, 26, both of Yakima, Wash., were arrested Thursday in Spokane by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a news release. The Llama Tribe allegedly sold drugs at barter fairs throughout the Northwest, police said. Dozens of local drug users ranging from 16 to 24 years old have reported to Sandpoint narcotics detectives that they obtained acid, ecstasy, mushrooms and marijuana from local barter fairs and brought the drugs to Sandpoint for re-sale or personal use. See DRUGS, Page 3 "A barter fair, from my perspective, is purely a gathering place where people buy and sell," Sanger said. "The person who sponsors the fair puts out information to like-minded individuals, asking for vendors to come in to sell jewelry, clothing and food. It's (also) a free market for drugs." Money isn't always exchanged for drugs, and drugs are openly sold and consumed, he said. Normally held on private property, these barter fairs are difficult to bust, Sanger said. "It's difficult to infiltrate on private property," he said. "There are several people involved and you need to get a search warrant for that property. We have to identify who we are going after." Traditionally, the property owner isn't dealing drugs, but aware of the activity, he said. "It's a counterculture with a lot of drumming and dancing," Sanger said. "They're usually in the country and will be referred to as family reunions." For Sandpoint Det. Sgt. George Gow, who is retiring as one of the most experienced drug investigators in Idaho, dismantling the organization that's been Sandpoint's drug supplier is a satisfying end to his career. SHITTY DEAL.
Wow, that fucking sucks. Any idea of how much he had? I actually got word last night that the supply here has pretty much dried up. I don't live anywhere near the West coast, either.
"...and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." This is bad news for us all. However thanks for the update metallideth, hopefully "90 percent" will prove to be a gross exaggeration.
Can't find the recipe on the internet my ass. http://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/index.html#lsd for you chemist minded people Damn hippies and your music festivals.
logwarrior, you are very right and you did just pwn the writer of that article, but I see what they are saying too because even with this recipe, it's not something you can cook up yourself. I think they were just trying to illustrate that there aren't thousands of people out there making it in their bathtubs as is the case with methamphetamine.
this is really ridiculous, the fact that they don't even have to pretend they're busting people to protect the general public anymore. they're SAYING it's a well organized counter culture that is hard to just break into. it's not drugs being peddled to kids on the playground to make some quick money. i don't see how their perspectived can be so warped that they think sending people to jail for life is a good thing. but we all know how goddamn fucked up it all is.
I agree completely, although we all know suppressing drugs like acid is just another way for the government to ensure passivity in its people. This is a major reason why it was outlawed in the 60s - being embraced by a 'counter culture' thats seen as a threat to their control. The whole thing sickens me. Sorry to drag this off topic by the way. This a major setback, but hopefully not a lasting one.
thats the most retarded thing ive ever heard cops think they are soo fucking savy nowadays...."barter fair"... Thats exactly why small local festivals should be much more selective about who they let in...anyone who really cares about the scene isnt going to rat out the whole festival if they get busted. The pigs arnt oging to give you any less of a sentance if you tell them you bought it at a festival or down the road on the street corner from some guy named Joe. Luckily, I live on the east coast so this bust shouldnt effect me much. I'm going to 2 "barter fairs" within the next three weeks, so well see how effected our supply is from this around my area, though i doubt there will be a noticable change. By the way, that quote "its a counterculture with alot of drumming and dancing". They make us out to be a bunch of drugged up fools, since when is music and self expression something to be mocked? Fucking piggies are all cock bobbers for the establishment. I hate America. Soon they will realize how petty all this is, we spend millions on the war on drugs when we have a war going on outside our boarders, people starving in other countries....i wont get into all that hooplah, but its bullshit, plain and simple. We are talking about recreational drugs here, not heroin, meth and coke. Life imrpisonment is unexceptable!
god dame it. that really sucks balls. Sorry to hear that folks. Imho the whole thing is a load of bullshit. The american goverment can suck my balls for all i care. And those dickhead pigs, oh your soooooo smart, anyone in the world could have figured out where the lsd was comming from. It took them 10 years. Well thats what you get when police are as retarded as they are. I think i might start an underground website selling lsd, to people who are having a hard time getting it. good luck finding me fuck heads.
