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Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] * 1
    #5261004 - 02/03/06 10:06 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Overgrow.com, Cannabisworld.com, Heaven's Stairway Seed Company, and Eurohemp.com Shut Down and Servers Seized by Canadian Police
February 3, 2006 - cannabisculture.com

When the world's largest websites for cannabis growers and enthusiasts disappeared from the web on Monday, January 30, it was thought to be a server problem.

As the week dragged on, tens of thousands of members, seed company sponsors, growers and fans worried there might be more than mere 'server' problems as Richard Calrisian (a pseudonym) had not made any statements in any web based media about any 'technical' problems.

Now it appears Heaven's Stairway Seeds (hempqc.com), Cannabisworld.com, Overgrow.com, Eurohemp.com have been shut down and the owners arrested in Canada; all their web properties seized, including the physical servers that held massive databases on thousands of growers, and tens of thousands of photographs of cannabis plants. Seed companies by the dozens used both Overgrow.com and Cannabisworld.com as a main trading ground. Over 40 seed companies had customer service interactive forums on these sites.

All the information held on those servers is now in the hands of police. It is not known what charges have been laid nor against whom. That police have not boasted about this seizure means the investigation is continuing, before any affected parties can react.

Cannabis Culture began receiving emails on Wednesday saying Richard Calrisian and his wife had been arrested along with four employees, but this could not be corroborated.

On the website www.icmag.com, seed merchant Gypsy Nirvana, operating from England where cannabis seeds are legal, posted this news late Friday:

?It is with great sadness that I bring you the news that RC and HS, OG and CW have been taken down by the authorities in Canada.....

...I have it from a bonofide source that it happened on monday and RC's computers/servers have most probably been siezed, they spent 2 days going thru his house and removed alot of stuff ...

His wife and some members of his family were also taken into custody and it's possible that she may be released tommorrow on bail... There has not been a peep in the media about this so there could be a reason why it was not advertised by LEO......BE WARNED! not to try and log on to Overgrow or Cannaworld for now since most certainly the security of that site has been compromised and if it comes back up without me first hearing from RC then it is NOT being run by him.....think about it!

...This could bring up some real security issues with many Overgrow/Cannabisworld members.........be warned guys and do what you need to do to make it safer for all of you.......duck and cover if needs be....

....Yours Faithfully...

Gypsy Nirvana?


Marc Emery and Jodie Giesz-Ramsay, Friday February 3rd 2006, 6:10pm


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5261129 - 02/03/06 10:58 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

holy shit! ... I thought in Canada they were just starting to get a little relaxed with the marijuana arrests and charges... damn it i'm pissed!


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5261190 - 02/03/06 11:12 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Wow.... just wow....

What were the charges? I don't see how he could be arrested if he wasn't growing anything....


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5261258 - 02/03/06 11:28 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

thats scary


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5261295 - 02/03/06 11:43 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Aw shit! :mad: I liked Overgrow too. I hope they give the owners a break.  :thumbdown:


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: Le_Canard]
    #5261413 - 02/04/06 12:53 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Damn.... thats horrible. Things just seem to keep taking turns for the worse..


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5261553 - 02/04/06 02:49 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

That comes as a shock to me. I wouldn't have thought that something like this would be likely to happen in Canada. :frown:


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5261874 - 02/04/06 08:24 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

How long before this happens to the Shroomery?


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: eris]
    #5261886 - 02/04/06 08:32 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

wow, im glad ive never ordered from here.
i seriously wonder what is going to happen from here on out with him.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: RemainRandom50]
    #5261890 - 02/04/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Now is the time for the Shroomery to get a backup server set up in the Netherlands, if they haven't already.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5262167 - 02/04/06 10:53 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Sweet mother of pearl. This is completely asinine. Makes me sick to my stomach.


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    #5262293 - 02/04/06 12:00 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: srgtm1a]
    #5262342 - 02/04/06 12:11 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I'm also curious as to what this may mean for the shroomery. could they do the same thing?


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    #5262408 - 02/04/06 12:30 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)



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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: ]
    #5262538 - 02/04/06 01:10 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

:tongue: :shocked: :confused: :thumbdown:


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5262734 - 02/04/06 02:02 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

aye carumba, no es bueno.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: TheDude]
    #5264977 - 02/05/06 12:51 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

no es bueno indeed


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: SirFrancisBacon]
    #5265009 - 02/05/06 01:03 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

And no burrito, either.

I smell bacon...


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: Microcosmatrix]
    #5265319 - 02/05/06 04:23 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Ive never heard of this typa things happening in the US..we should be OK, I think the shroomery uses US based servers. Alot of people here like to shit on the US and fall back on Canada. I lived in Tornoto for over 2 years...THe lawbooks are pretty much the same...but Civil rights are suppressed, Socialism is on the rise and all those subtleties in legistlation are enforced. Tornonto is a great city---one of my favorites but things are not "layed back" there (besdies maybe vancouver a little bit) I wonder if Anno, Ythan etc would ever look into Sealand to secure these files.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: OrizonsHorizon]
    #5267261 - 02/05/06 08:15 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I used to frequent the OG forums and TONS of commercial (1,000's of plants) were posted. I would be shitting my pants if I was one of them. I never understood why a large scale grower obviously pulling in tens of thousands of dollars from pot would post their grow from start to finish. I always liked seeing how they did things, and appreciated the documentation, but damn.... :eek:


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: Cubieman420]
    #5268961 - 02/06/06 10:34 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

yeah really, sometimes i LIKE how pot makes me paranoid.
It keeps me from making stupid mistakes like bragging openly about just how much time in jail i have earned.

i will take a lesson from this.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #5352079 - 03/01/06 02:37 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

This story is now hitting the 'mainstream' media...

RCMP breaks up Montreal cannabis seed ring
February 28, 2006 - ctv.ca



The RCMP has busted a Montreal-based drug ring that dealt marijuana seeds over the Internet.

In doing so, they arrested seven people, seized 200,000 cannabis seeds, $300,000 in U.S. and Canadian cash, three gold bricks and several computers that formed the guts of the operation.

The RCMP said Tuesday this is the first time they've targeted seed sales over the Internet.

Last year, Marc Emery, leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party, was arrested after police raided the store where he sold mail-order cannabis seeds.

Police call the investigation Project Courriel (the French word for email). The RCMP's Marijuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team began it in November 2004.

The company in this case, Heaven's Stairway, set up six websites to allow customers to order cannabis seeds over the Internet, the RCMP said at a news conference.

Buyers from around the world paid between seven and 10 dollars per seed.

Sgt. Maj. Andre Potvin said the company did about $3,000 per day in business.

"The investigation confirmed that Heaven's Stairway operated in Quebec, Canada, North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world from at least 1997 to January 31, 2006," Potvin said.

In the last week of January, the RCMP carried out raids in Montreal and the nearby suburb of Laval.

The amount of seed seized would allow someone to operated 500 cannabis greenhouses of 400 plants each, the RCMP said.

Potvin said the accused face 49 charges, including possession of cannabis seeds for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused ringleader is Richard Hratch Baghdadlian, a 38-year-old Montreal man.

Natalia Baghdadlian, his 40-year-old wife, is among the other six charged.

Not all cannabis seeds are illegal.

"Some cannabis seeds are non-viable, which means they will not produce a level of THC, the reactive substance in marijuana plants," Potvin said.

"If it's below I think something like 1.5 per cent, basically it's not considered a viable seed. Obviously that would not be considered a criminal infraction in Canada," he said.

Potvin said some operations in Quebec grow marijuana plants to produce hemp clothing.

"There is the impression that seeds are legal in Canada and this case is unprecedented," marijuana activist Marc-BorisSaint-Maurice, who attended the news conference, told reporters.

"The upcoming court case is going to be important to try to figure out the actual status of seeds."

* Related story: RCMP bust Internet drug ring (theglobeandmail.com)


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #6380686 - 12/17/06 07:26 PM (17 years, 1 month ago)

Hope Nothing happens to the Shroomery :confused:


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: ShroominWalker]
    #6380811 - 12/17/06 07:50 PM (17 years, 1 month ago)

Man, this is an old article. The Shroomery is still standing and is not going anywhere. We are basically a bulletin board and not involved in the sales of anything remotely illegal. We do sell t-shirts and advertising though. So, if you want to make sure that nothing happens to the Shroomery, I suggest you head on over to the Shroomery Store right now and cop yourself a hoodie or two for winter.


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Re: Cannabisworld.com and Overgrow.com Seized By Police [CAN] [Re: veggie]
    #6381561 - 12/17/06 10:28 PM (17 years, 1 month ago)

Wow, I've been here for a while, and never knew there was the Shroomery Store


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