POLICE SEIZE DRUGS, WEAPONS; CACHES FOUND IN BURBANK, N. HOLLYWOOD HOMES.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer Searching Burbank and North Hollywood homes where police believed residents made illegal drug deals, Burbank officers Thursday discovered firearms - real and fake - marijuana, a medieval-looking ax and containers of a date rape drug date rape drug Public health A popular name for Rohypnol, which is 10-fold more potent than Valium as a sedative hypnotic; its notoriety derives from its alleged ability to ↓ inhibitions and defenses in ♀, helping the female's partner make unwanted sexual advances . Police arrested five people, capping off a two-week investigation that began when members of the department's narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. unit began watching a Burbank home, said Lt. Ed Skvarna. It is unclear what the Burbank and North Hollywood residents intended to do with the weapons, Skvarna said, adding, ``I don't think they had any dark plan or anything.'' Chad Tewksbury, 22, of Burbank; Shannon Bell, 21, of Long Beach; and James Traxel, 26, John Jackson John Jackson may refer to: Politics:
Authorities from Burbank's narcotics special enforcement and gang units spent two weeks watching a house in the 400 block of North Shelton Street for possible illegal drug activity, Skvarna said. Their investigation led them to a house in the 12500 block of Vose Street in North Hollywood. They searched both places at 7 a.m. Thursday and recovered a pound of marijuana, drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled , an Ingram MAC-11 machine pistol and a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun that can be fired in semi-automatic mode, firing one cartridge for each pull of the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single chamber and a single barrel, which remain in a fixed linear orientation relative to each other while being from the Burbank site, he said. In North Hollywood, officers found realistic-looking replicas of a sub-machine gun and a 9 mm pistol, he said. Also in the house was a large quantity of marijuana, knives and an 18-inch ax with a stone blade and heavy wooden handle. Officials are checking with other area police to see if any of the recovered weapons are registered or have been used in recent crimes. Also in North Hollywood, officers confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. three packs of ``roofies,'' Skvarna said. The drug, rohypnol, is a tranquilizer tranquilizer, drug whose action calms the central nervous system, decreasing emotional agitation without impairing alertness. Tranquilizing drugs differ from hypnotic drugs such as barbiturates in that they do not act on the brain's cortical areas but rather on its that is illegal in the United States but is a legal prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, in other countries such as Mexico, Skvarna said. The drug has been abused by people who give it to a woman, without her knowledge, and then sexually assault her. Police found three packs of the drug, with 12 to a pack, but some were missing, Skvarna said. An unspecified amount of cash, scales, plastic bags and sheets of paper listing whether buyers had been paid or not were found at the Vose Street house as well. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A replica of an HK MP-5 was among the guns, real and fake, found during searches at homes in Burbank and North Hollywood. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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