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Number of Premises Figure 5. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Drug packaging found on identified drug premises Greater Inner Metropolitan Metropolitan Region Region Southern Region Western Region Region Command Drug Packaging Found Northern Region Source: COPS event narratives and search warrant documents. Drug Packaging Not Found State Crime Command Greater Metropolitan Region Inner Metropolitan Region Southern Region Western Region Northern Region State Crime Command Drug Packing Not Found Drug Packing Found 35 44 6 10 9 3 1 6 5 4 12 6 5.5.5.2. Scales Scales are often used to weigh drug deals. The graph below shows the proportion of drug premises upon which scales were located. Figure 6. Scales located on identified drug premises Number of Drug Premises 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Greater Inner Metropolitan Metropolitan Region Region Northern Region Southern Region Scales Found Scales Not Found Western Region Region Commands and State Crime Command Source: COPS event narratives and search warrant documents. State Crime Command Greater Metropolitan Region Inner Metropolitan Region Northern Region Southern Region Western Region State Crime Command Scales Not Found Scales Found 48 31 12 4 5 4 8 4 4 3 8 10 5.5.5.3. Razors and cutting implements Razors and other implements that can be used to cut drugs were found on drug premises less often than other items associated with drug supply. Stanley knives, a mortar and pestle, a small metal plate that police believe was used to cut drugs, and grinders (which are sometimes used to mulch cannabis), are included in cutting implements. On several occasions, police also seized pieces of mirror, which is a commonly used surface for cutting up drugs. As the figure below indicates, police located cutting implements on only a small percentage of drug premises. 64 NSW Ombudsman Review of the Police Powers (Drug Premises) Act 2001
Number of Premises Figure 7. Razor or other cutting implement found on drug premises 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Greater Inner Metropolitan Metropolitan Region Region Northern Region Razor/Cutting Implement Found Razor/Cutting Implement Not Found Southern Region Regions and State Crime Command Western Region Source: COPS event narratives and search warrant documents. State Crime Command Greater Metropolitan Region Inner Metropolitan Region Northern Region Southern Region Wesstern Region State Crime Command Razor/ Cutting Implement Not Found Razor/Cutting Implement Found 69 10 16 0 7 2 11 1 6 1 15 3 5.5.5.4. Cutting agents Cutting agents include substances such as glucose and gelatine caps that can be used to dilute the strength of powder drugs. As the graph below indicates, cutting agents were found on a small number of drug premises. Number of Premises Figure 8. Cutting agents found on drug premises 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Greater Metropolitan Region Inner Metropolitan Region Northern Region Cutting Agents Found Cutting Agents Not Found Southern Region Western Region Regions and State Crime Command Source: COPS event narratives and search warrant documents. State Crime Command Greater Metropolitan Region Inner Metropolitan Region Northern Region Southern Region Western Region State Crime Command Cutting Agents Not Found Cutting Agents Found 70 9 15 1 7 2 10 2 7 0 16 2 5.5.5.5. Other items associated with drug supply that were found on drug premises Various other items that are associated with drug supply were found on drug premises across the state. These items, and the regions and command they were located in, are set out below. NSW Ombudsman Review of the Police Powers (Drug Premises) Act 2001 65
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Review of the Police Powers (Drug P
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Contents Preface ..................
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Chapter 11. Drug move-on powers in
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Acknowledgements This report was re
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Part One. Background. Chapter 1. In
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Drug offences, unlike for example,
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Page 15 and 16: Chapter 2. Methodology In this chap
Page 17 and 18: 2.3.5. Health data NSP distribution
Page 19 and 20: As the table indicates, more than o
Page 21 and 22: 2.4.7. Complaints The NSW Ombudsman
Page 23 and 24: NSW Police advised us that calculat
Page 25 and 26: Another data limitation is that COP
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 3. Legislative survey This
Page 29 and 30: Once police have entered the suspec
Page 31 and 32: The table below sets out the penalt
Page 33 and 34: (c) that the nature and extent of t
Page 35 and 36: The Act contains four additional in
Page 37 and 38: A fortification removal notice is r
Page 39 and 40: For example, section 39(3) of the Q
Page 41 and 42: Part Two. Drug premises Chapter 4.
Page 43 and 44: In the police training manual on th
Page 45 and 46: Case study 2. Drug premises search
Page 47 and 48: 4.2.4. Presenting the application b
Page 49 and 50: A Crime Manager we interviewed from
Page 51 and 52: applications. In this Act, an inves
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Page 55 and 56: 5.2. Recommendation That Parliament
Page 57 and 58: 5.5.2. Section 11(2)(b): fortificat
Page 59 and 60: In our chapter on Cabramatta, we di
Page 61 and 62: The woman was found guilty of allow
Page 63: 5.5.5. Means or devices for drug us
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Page 81 and 82: Chapter 6. The Drug Premises Act -
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Page 95 and 96: Table 6. Pleas entered and court ou
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The unit was in disarray, with spar
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7.5. Level of drug supply the law i
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7.5.3 Firearms, weapons and high le
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7.6. Charges laid under the Drug Pr
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7.6.4. Young Asian people and drug
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Of these 52 people, 31 people pled
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7.8. Conclusion: Impact of the Drug
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By way of comment, the continuing a
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Chapter 8. Targeting drug supply Pa
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Table 18. Drug Misuse and Trafficki
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Low level drug suppliers are more l
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Other forms of organisation in evid
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Table 19. Drugs Located, State-wide
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Table 23. Drugs located, Northern R
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However, the submission concluded b
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To begin with, telephone intercepts
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The prohibited drugs that were loca
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One factor that appears to have per
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