GHB BUST: Dozens held in date-rape drug probe

[Digger Dan]

I warned you guys about this two months ago...check out the thread "GHB...WATCH OUT". If I recall, I was flamed a bit for it. I HATE that we get busted for what we choose to do to our OWN BODIES. I wish everyone the best here...stay smart, folks.

Fukkenshredded, I went back and read your post and you're right. The Mods here keep a good lid on things for the most part but some things in that grey area get through. For example, look at the post about NCMP. I read that and to me that's as good as being a source post. But what do I know...

 

[harddtime]

here's another article....
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By KEVIN SNOW
The Associated Press
9/19/02 3:19 PM


BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Three Canadian men were indicted Thursday, part of a major
nationwide crackdown on Internet drug traffickers announced earlier in the day
in Washington by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Dubbed "Operation Web Slinger," the investigation targeted individuals and
organizations suspected of being involved in the illegal Internet sale of the
"date rape" drug GHB, and its analogue drugs, GBL and BD.

Among those indicted in Buffalo was Daniel Pelchat, 40, of St. Etienne, Quebec,
the local U.S. Attorney's office announced at a news conference. The 24-count
indictment charges Pelchat with numerous violations involving the importation
and distribution of GBL and BD, conspiracy to manufacture GHB, and unlawfully
using the Internet.

More than 1,452 gallons of BD and GBL were seized from Pelchat's business and
residence Wednesday, during the execution of five search warrants conducted by
the RCMP in Quebec, authorities said. That amount is the equivalent of more than
20 million typical dosage units of GHB, which have a street value of $5-10 each.


Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kennedy said Pelchat is one of the biggest
providers of GHB in the world.

"He's even had a GHB synthesis method named after him," Kennedy said.

Also named in a separate indictment were Mark Frankland, 39, of Barrie, Ontario;
and Cameron Marsh, 41, of Midhurst, Ontario. Together, they are accused of
operating a Web site which is believed to have shipped approximately 5,000
orders for GBL, BD and/or GHB "kits."

Additionally, authorities said several Internet purchasers of these drugs, from
both Buffalo and Rochester, were also charged as part of the Buffalo
investigation.

Kennedy said the U.S. government intends on filing extradition requests for the
three Canadian citizens.

Along with the Buffalo investigations, Operation Web Slinger included
investigations in St. Louis; Detroit and San Diego, Calif.; Mobile, Ala.;
Sparta, Tenn.; and Quebec City, Canada.

A total of 115 suspected dealers in 84 cities were arrested in the United States
and Canada. Authorities announced that as part of the probe, they had conducted
enforcement operations in over 80 U.S. cities with drug seizures that could have
yielded more than 25 million doses of GHB and its derivatives.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has documented 72 deaths from the drugs,
which are sold over the Internet to teenagers and young adults by dealers who
operate their own Web sites. The drugs are delivered by mail

 

[Machiavellian Muscle]

What would you do if you had pending orders with a different compnay not associated w/Pelchat? Would you refuse them if no signature or would you take them? This sucks

 

[Digger Dan]

Mack email me and I'll talk about this with you.

 

[juicetothegills]

Any dip-shit that has to use a Date Rape Drug to get laid needs to be fucking shot

 

[Digger Dan]

Any dip-shit that has to use a Date Rape Drug to get laid needs to be fucking shot

It's these "dip-shit"s that ruin it for the rest of us. All I have for them is a big...

 

[manny78]

He has been arraigned. He is being charged with "Possession with Intent to Distribute".

They seized 780ml GBL & 2lbs NaOH! Let the truth be told. All the other stuff I mentioned was not in his possession at the time he & his house was searched. But get this shit...

About three weeks ago he asked me if I knew where to get AS. I said I might. I cut out a list I had and pasted it into an email and sent it to him. I did NOT send/forward him the actual list. Just cut and pasted it. Anyway my cousin had this list printed out and the DEA found it. So guess who they want now...ME!!! They asked, "Who is this Digger Dan?" And guess who told them...YUP!! My cousin! So I am expecting a visit any day now. I have nothing to worry about, but I really don't want my computer seized. Fuck I have 20 gig of music on that thing. And I track all my finances on it. Shit Shit Shit. Oh well.

Thanks for all the support!

Bro trust me on this one: Pelchat is bye bye .....there's even more than what you read in the newspaper. The RCMP had an eye on him for at least 4 months. It was just a matter of time. The day before, a co-worker told me they had something "hot" for tomorrow, the guy was smilling like a 5 yr old kid with Santa Claus. So wanna be safe ? smoke pot....

 

[mystery_meat]

I though I would post this article from a local Minnesota Newspaper...

A Lakeville man was charged Thursday and eight other people were arrested in Minnesota and South Dakota as part of a federal crackdown on Internet trafficking of the "date rape" drug GHB and related chemicals.

More than 30 gallons of a chemical that converts quickly to GHB when it is ingested were found Wednesday in the Lakeville home of Doug S. Beck, according to charges filed in federal court in Minneapolis. Lakeville Police Chief Dave Martens said he had been told by federal authorities that it was one of the more significant seizures in the sweep this week across the country and Canada.

Asa Hutchinson, chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which coordinated the national operation, said dealers marketed the drugs in nearly every state and in several other countries. In the past couple of days, authorities arrested 115 people in 84 cities in the United States and Canada and seized enough chemicals to produce 25 million doses of GHB.

A gallon of GHB can produce more than 7,500 doses, said Skip Van Patten, head of the DEA region that covers Minnesota.

Inspector Sue Matt of the U.S. Postal Service's field office in St. Paul said more than 35 gallons of GBL and 1,4 Butanediol (BD), substances which when ingested convert to GHB, were seized in searches within her district, which covers Minnesota, the Dakotas and western Wisconsin.

She wouldn't identify in which cities law enforcement officers found the chemicals or where the eight people were arrested.

"GHB is the hot drug of the moment," she said. "That's why this operation was so successful, because a lot of people want this stuff. We anticipate more arrests."

Beck, 36, who has coached in metro-area schools and is also known as "Animal," wasn't among those arrested but has been charged.

A confidential informant said Beck was making $40,000 a month selling illegal substances and steroids over the Internet, the complaint said.

 

[Immortal Juicer]

Advice for all those in trouble - get the best attorney possible and dont say a word to anyone about the case except him.

This is going to be a very complicated charge to prove, especially like DRRMan said, GBL is listed, not scheduled. And Xyeum, by Orphan medical and approved by the FDA as safe and only a mild tranquilizer. Why not lock up the Orphan execs making the same thing?

This will be a extremely fucked up and complex process and hard to prove in court...

.....as long as you dont open your fuckin mouth and do their job for them!!!

And Pelchant better get ready for the date rape drug in prison..wait a minute, date rape, no?

I was thinking clubs. Clubs - date rape Prison - Gang rape.

 

[OrganMeatX]

From the several previous newspaper articles pasted above, it seems as if they are only going after dealers and not guys receiving or expecting small quantities like under a liter. Like DrrMan already said, 750 ml probably wouldn't be worth their time to set up a controlled delivery, especially if you don't have any GHB or chemicals like sodium hydroxide present. I mean the newspaper reports are claiming busts of 30 gallons for one guy and almost 150 for Pelchat. I wonder if Digger's cousin would have been charged with anything if he just was receiving GBL on it's pwn and his house was clean.

Also, in the pasted article article about Pelchat and two other Canadian guys being busted as well, it states that the latter two were separately indicted from Pelchat and ran another website together. If this is indeed the case, then one would assume that the two other suppliers with links on his site were not caught. Does anyone have any thoughts about that?