$250K Of Rare Drug Seized

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$250K Of Rare Drug Seized On I-75

August 18, 2010

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. -- Officials in Bartow County said one person was arrested after they seized $250,000 worth of a rare drug during a traffic stop on Interstate 75.

Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force Commander Capt. Mark Mayton said K-9 deputies initiated a traffic stop on I-75 northbound near the Cass-White exit just before midnight on Aug. 11 for failure to maintain lane.

Officers said they found a large quantity of the rare drug, khat, during a search of the vehicle.

Mayton said that in his nearly 20-year career he has never seen khat.

Khat is a flowering shrub that originates on the eastern coast of Africa, primarily in Somalia and Ethiopia, said officials. According to authorities, the drug is unique as compared to most other illicit drugs because it has an extremely short shelf life and has no legitimate medical use.

Deputies said khat produces a stimulant-type effect, similar to those of methamphetamine.

Mayton stated that the value of the khat was at least $250,000.

Officers arrested the driver, Hussein Dahir Sheikaden, 31, of Stone Mountain. He was charged with trafficking a schedule 1 narcotic and failure to maintain lane.

He was jailed pending a bond hearing.

Agents continue to follow up on information gathered and the case is still active, officials said.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24661829/detail.html


Khat? Anyone ever heard of this before? Apparently you can get it online...

http://www.drugs-plaza.com/herbals_khat.php

[flagg]

Its sold leagaly here in way out markets.

[Bubbles]

ive never heard of this. ill research it later and make a new response.

[(weedguru)scarf]

i havent heard of it either....

[JokersAce]

It's used a lot in East Africa and Yemen, where it helps people stay up and do their daily shit like beheading eachother. I was so scared for a second that they were talking about LSD.

[jcube69]

It's used a lot in East Africa and Yemen, where it helps people stay up and do their daily shit like beheading eachother. I was so scared for a second that they were talking about LSD.

why scared of lsd...hell i know ppl whovemade a few hits in there bed room...or so they say

[SpRi7e]

if you're making LSD, you're probably going to end up with a LOTTTTT more than a few hits. It's extremely difficult to make too, I actually think it's the hardest chemical/drug to synthesize if I remember reading the synthesis for it correctly. Are you sure they didn't mean LSA? LSA is very close structurally to LSD, and VERY easy to make in to it's pure form.

[wgToonces]

^Either LSA or "so they say" id reccomend going with the latter.