This NEVER happened before in South Asia...

[naga_sadu]

Police raid rave party, 250 arrested

PUNE: In a pre-dawn raid on a rave party allegedly organised by suspected international drug peddlers at village Donaje, 40 km from here, 250 youths, including 27 girls and seven foreigners, were arrested. "In Sunday's raid, which comes close on the heels of three similar operations, seven foreigners from Germany, Iran and Palestine have also been arrested,'' Superintendent of Police Vishwas Nagare Patil said.

Among the foreigners, two each were from Germany and Iran and three were Palestinians. "Shania, a drug peddler from Ireland, who was to attend the rave party is absconding," Mr. Patil said.

"We are looking for a woman from Ireland who is the prime suspect behind the main supply of narcotics in Sunday's party," he said.

All those arrested have been booked under the NDPS Act and Foreigners Act, while the police are also thinking of invoking provisions of the IT Act against them because the invitations for the party were sent via the Internet, he said. — PTI

Arunkumar Bhatt reports from Mumbai:

Mr. Patil told The Hindu that it was a sting operation. The arrested were undergoing tests to establish the nature of drugs they had consumed. The youths had come from Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai.

Website

The participants had contacted the organisers through a website, www.isra.trans.com and got themselves invited by SMS, Mr. Patil said.

A visit to the website showed that it appeared to be a pornographic, soft contacts and drugs offering portal.

"The policemen danced for 15 minutes and when the party peaked, they started rounding up the men and women," Mr. Patil said.

About 2.5 kg of ganja, 100 gm of charas and hashish and alcohol were seized.

The `guests" had paid hefty sums for the invitations.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030513320100.htm

INTERNATIONAL DRUG PEDDLERS...running a concert in a village for 250 people. HAW HAW HAW. If they LEVIED A BLOODY TAX on the "organisers", maybe the tax money could've gone to help out the local village community. And most local village communities aren't doing too well, with farmers committing suicide left and right over economic plight.

This sort of horse shit NEVER, EVER...E V E R happened when we were Socialist. I suppose, my theory is right- the more the materialism & corporatism the worse of the scene. There were raids in the past, but only when hard drugs & prostitution were involved simoultaneously. Or when local women were being sold as commodities to Shieks.

While this incident may not trigger cataclysm in India, it sure is not an step in the right direction. Waking up to see this news in the headlines just bummed the fuck out of me.

In a country like ours, with SERIOUS social problems such as child marriage, dowry harassment, increasing rape incidents against women, capitalist scumbags getting foreign purchase orders by pimping out local womenfolk to wrinkled rich fucks, I find myself burning with anger to see our already scarce police resources being dispatched to handle a bunch of kids who were smoking hash, ganja and liquour. In India, the amount of social stigma attached w/ being arrested- it's just sadism on the kids. If they harassed or disturbed the village folk, I say they deserved their fate, but they were just minding their own fraggin' business.

I don't see reports of the villagers complaining either. So, their party was prolly discrete and didn't disturb or insult anyone. This ongoing right wing tilt in our country's system is really scaring the shit out of me in the longer run. I'm not sure if this is the place I want my kids to settle down at. Man, a complete socio- cultural overhaul is LONG overdue. I can only pray we revert back to democratic socialism sooner than later.

I dunno guys (and gals), India was alot cooler place when it was classified as a "threat" by the "world community." Now we are supposedly a "partner to peace" but the whole scene is starting to stink worse than a rotting carcass.

Fucking UN drug laws.... If I was premiere of my country, I would be the FIRST to withdraw from that diabolical fanatical cult.

 

[Guest]

That Isra.trans.com is an escort service page. Maybe they thought about isratrance, the Israeli psychedelic trance site.

 

[glock23]

Sadu: Interesting that you posted this today. I was reading about busts for ganja in Andhra Pradesh. Some blind guy had someone go to AP to get ganja to bring back to the mandir where he worked. He bought like 10 KG for 900 rupees, and he was gonna sell it in 5 Rs. amounts. Since he got busted, he said he was going to return to his village to beg.

It truly is sad to see what's happening to India. Ganja and charas are beautiful things, but they need to keep the heroin and chemicals out. Nobody should be arrested for ganja in India, or anywhere else for that matter. The more developed countries are relaxing marijuana laws, but the less economically-developed ones are getting stricter. You're totally right Sadu. It's America and the UN's pressure that are to blame.

 

[specialk]

"The policemen danced for 15 minutes"

I can only imagine that lol

 

[naga_sadu]

Sadu: Interesting that you posted this today. I was reading about busts for ganja in Andhra Pradesh. Some blind guy had someone go to AP to get ganja to bring back to the mandir where he worked. He bought like 10 KG for 900 rupees, and he was gonna sell it in 5 Rs. amounts. Since he got busted, he said he was going to return to his village to beg.

It truly is sad to see what's happening to India. Ganja and charas are beautiful things, but they need to keep the heroin and chemicals out. Nobody should be arrested for ganja in India, or anywhere else for that matter. The more developed countries are relaxing marijuana laws, but the less economically-developed ones are getting stricter. You're totally right Sadu. It's America and the UN's pressure that are to blame.

Also, one of the main things with going "corporate" is that every aspect of police work gets sorta "corporatised." In the old system, your rank was dependent on years of service (seniority) and reputation (from the areas you served). It was based on qualitative criterion. Now, it's being made into "quantifiable" criterion a la how many CASES YOU REGISTER- i.e. how many people you bust. So, you aren't a civil servant anymore- you're a dikat enforcer. And a rave w/ 250 people makes easier picking than going after 250 armed rapists or child molestors.

Thanks to the dictates of the global fascist Co...oh I mean "the UN"- that something like mj has to become an arrestable offense WORLDWIDE. So, in places with high mj consumption, police often find cases that are easiest to bust- small timers.

The thing is while they were busy dancing for 15 minutes, and arresting some hash and mj consumers, not too far off- someone was getting raped and another was getting bound to slave labour. And slave labour is prominent nationwide.

In the longer run, incidents like this will fuck up backpacking tourism, which can be a vital chunk of agrarian / rural income generation. Also, those 250 kids' lives are fucked. Some were Palestenians. As if mortar shells and gunfire wasn't bad enough for them, now they have to deal with a fucking jail cell in a foreign land.

THanks to that donkeyhonking Uber Fuhrer right wing fanatical world body called the UN. ARRRRRRRRG! Makes my blood boil. If I ever become Premiere, the FIRST action would be to cancel membership from that group of fanatical right wing fascist cultists (UN).

Glock, we need a COMPLETE SOCIAL & CULTURAL OVERHAUL NOW!

I was reading about busts for ganja in Andhra Pradesh. Some blind guy had someone go to AP to get ganja to bring back to the mandir where he worked. He bought like 10 KG for 900 rupees, and he was gonna sell it in 5 Rs. amounts. Since he got busted, he said he was going to return to his village to beg.

Damn!!!! So, a person's life...ruined over a PLANT. RI-DICULOUS FUCKING HORSE SHIT. Glock, dunno what you believe in bro, but we better start hoping that we see that badly needed Bolivia & Venezuela style social & cultural overhaul really, REALLY soon. Otherwise, India's future won't be anything good.

Speaking of chemical & hard drugs, those were a problem only AFTER the local government's acceptance of those Uber nazi UN dictates.

 

[naga_sadu]

That Isra.trans.com is an escort service page. Maybe they thought about isratrance, the Israeli psychedelic trance site.

ACCORDING TO THE POLICE the people used that website to somehow plan the get together- like time & venue. And were contacted via SMS somehow. But again... it's according to the police...

 

[Ohh.Word]

"250 youths, including 27 girls and seven foreigners, were arrested."

Thats a lot of dudes!

 

[naga_sadu]

Well guys, here's a follow up...

Pune: Seven of the 280 people arrested during a pre-dawn raid on a rave party on the outskirts of Pune by the Pune rural police were sent to police custody until March 9.

The raid was conducted by the Pune rural police on Sunday morning. Those sent to police custody are Stefan Erwin Muller, a German national who was a DJ and reportedly played `trance music'; two alleged drug peddlers from Pune and organisers of the event, Dhruv Pawan Kaushal (22) and Paramjit Singh Brar; Ramdas Hagavane, Sharad Shankar, and Sivendu Gupta (from Mumbai), and Till Ku, a German national who gave his Indian address as Maria Lodge, Mumbai. All have been booked under Section 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985 and Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code.

The remaining 273 people, including 29 women, who were remanded to judicial custody earlier on Monday by Mrs. S. B. Mahale, a Judicial Magistrate, First Class, were given bail by the sessions court later in the evening. The earlier denial of bail was more a technical matter (it was outside the powers of the JMFC) than a reflection on the merits of the case. However, the arrested who were taken to the Yerawada jail in the evening will have to spend a night in prison before being released on Tuesday. The police are on the lookout for Shaina, a woman of Irish origin, who was supposed to supply 3000 `California drops.' A California drop is acid that is put on a stamp, which is then chewed; the cost of each drop is put between Rs. 350 and 500.

According to Vishwas Nangre-Patil, Rural Police Superintendent, the woman, who has cases of drug peddling against her in Ireland, failed to turn up as she probably got wind of the operation.

The sprawling, normally peaceful headquarters of the Pune rural police at Pashan was milling with people on Monday morning. Well-heeled parents wrung their hands in shock and despair, or hugged their wards, assuring them things would soon be `all right.' Lawyers handed out advice and the police put on their best `it's all in a day's work' attitude. Those remanded to judicial custody - 273 youngsters between ages 22 and 30 - were huddled up, the men in the Venutai Chavan Sabhagriha, the 29 women housed in better premises 100 yards away.

The scene inside the fan-less Chavan hall was chaotic as the arrested - outstation students and working men, a majority from the IT sector - glued on to their cell phones, tried to touch base with well-wishers, making anxious enquiries about what was in store for them. When told that their bail plea had been turned down by the judicial magistrate, some burst into tears, admitting that they had not told their parents about their whereabouts. Several of the young men said they had eaten little besides wada pav and tea over the last 24 hours and the strain was showing on their faces. Three African nationals were sprawled on the floor, fast asleep. The young women, from students to airhostesses to naval officers' daughters and eight foreign nationals, appeared to be in better shape.

Housed in a stone cottage, with fans and toilet facilities, some of them were reading newspapers, or were engaged in conversation with parents and guardians through the wire-meshed windows.

All those sent to judicial custody were transported to Yerawada jail by late afternoon.

Blood tests hold the key

The reports of the blood tests will determine whether those in judicial custody will face charges or be let off with a warning.

Sunday's raid, the first of its kind in terms of numbers apprehended and modus operandi, followed a tip off by the Economic Offences Wing of the city police. Around 2 a.m., a team of 100 policemen in plain clothes led by Mr. Nangre-Patil swooped down on the party, which was being held on a private farm at Donje, at the foot of historic Sinhagad fort. The farm, located 22 km from Pune, belonged to one Ramdas Hagavane, who had rented out the place because of the `good money' he was offered. In the hours that followed, the revellers were rounded up, bundled into police vans, and taken to the rural police headquarters in Pashan. Later, they were dispatched to various government hospitals where blood samples were taken to ascertain consumption of drugs.

It will be at least three days before the reports of these tests are available, police sources said.

Among the items recovered at the party spot were 2.5 kg of marijuana (ganja), 100 grams of hashish (charas), seven bottles of phenylfine hydrochloride, 15 boxes of beer, 17 cheelams, cigarettes and condoms, all valued around Rs. 5 lakh. The police also seized a Dolby Music System, 45 four wheelers, and 29 two-wheelers.

The invitations for the Holi-turned-horror-party were sent via SMS, e-mails, messages on Orkut and a website www.isratrance.com which from February 27 was promoting the rave party.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030610260100.htm

Well, to all the domestic & international comrades...our national newspaper has given an ominous warning:



http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030699991000.htm

DOWN WITH CORPORATE CAPITALISM AND DOWN WITH THE UN! Damn, I think I'll be heading to Caracas or La Paz sooner than I predicted...

I dunno, for us in India, this is a very sad day, it has obviously shown us the path the current establishment has chosen to tread. At first, we all assumed the partisan nature of our government will not lead to this degree of insanity, but apparently, any regime that embraces materialism, corporatism and is given a "good boy" label by the UN is damned. PLEASE, we need ALL your good vibes worldwide at this point in time.



Hope we become a Socialist Republic again soon...

On the side, when you wonder what our neighbour up north is up to...

http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030602851400.htm

Makes me sad, really....one side has chosen a path of progress and another has chosen to get brownie points from the Uber right wing fanatical world body (UN) at the cost of socio-cultural regression...

Yo, Paz, get me an application for a workin as a cashier at a Mercal...or a farmers' license already!!!!!!!!!!