posted on February 2, 2003 12:58:11 PM new
Man Arrested for Selling Opium Poppy Pods on eBay Fri January 31, 2003 05:58 PM ET PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California man has been arrested on federal drug charges after he allegedly sold dried opium pods to undercover federal drug agents via Internet auction site eBay EBAY.O , U.S. prosecutors said Friday.
Krsna Lev-Twombly, 30, on Thursday was arrested at his Sacramento, California home, after he allegedly advertised and sold 700 dried Papaver Somniferum poppy pods between July 2000 and this month, the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco said in a statement.
Lev-Twombly's eBay listing allegedly contained a disclaimer that the pods were intended for decorative use only. A chemist for the Drug Enforcement Administration, however, said the pods as they were delivered to undercover agents could be steeped like tea and consumed as a controlled substance.
If convicted of distributing opium poppy, Lev-Twombly would face a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $1 million. He was released on $50,000 bond on Thursday.
EBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove said the company worked with law enforcement on the case.
"There have been a lot of folks who have found that attempting fraud on eBay does not pay," he said
posted on February 2, 2003 02:43:50 PM new
i found an old san francisco china town opium pipe last week,it was bidded up to over 200 dollars.
middle easterners smoke opium every day ,they use a one litre coke bottle filled half way with water .they claim smuggling thru customs is not a problem as most agents do not recignise it and the dogs are not trained to snift it.
posted on February 2, 2003 06:57:45 PM new
opium gives you a mellow feeling ,back in the old days,it is used as medicine.
now people use it to relax,of course too much of a good thing leads to addiction.
but how is it compared to alcohol and other substance abuse drug??or how about cigarettes>
opium addicts are usually not violent people,they just wreck their life and the lifes of people around them.
posted on February 3, 2003 05:50:11 AM new
Did you know that ALL poppies have amounts of Opium in them? Even in those poppy seed bagels/bread you have in the morning have trace amounts of opium. Opium Poppies just produce the most.
That is onr thing you learn in the Military. Consuming something with poppy seeds in it will make you test positive for opium for a few days.
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Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Firemen, Police. We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
posted on February 3, 2003 07:21:23 AM new
thank god employers do not test for opium.
back in the old days,it was the only cure for pain.
ask the old military doctor.
