Dealing with ecstasy in Mobile County

[lexifer]

Report by Derica Williams, WALA
Photojournalist, Riccardo Montgomery

MOBILE, Ala. -- There's a demand in Mobile County that the Sheriff's Office is trying to stomp out. Sheriff Sam Cochran said, "We believe this may be the largest recovery locally of ecstasy. Now ecstasy is commonly sold in the night club scene."
Officials are taking it out of the party scene and off the streets. Investigators say they seized 4,700 ecstasy pills, 1 and 1/2 kilos of cocaine and 3 large guns from the home of 26-year-old Thanh Nguyen. His neighbors say they've been suspicious.
Gaye Crowe said, "We've been alarmed about the situation over there, we noticed a lot of people in and out and a lot of cars and activity going on." Some folks are glad to see Nguyen arrested, because what police say they found inside his home could affect the entire community. Danny
Budd added, "They target the young people with ecstasy. It's the feel good drug and kids are dying from it everyday." Budd is a supervisor at Mission of Hope. He's also a recovering addict and knows firsthand about the destruction ecstasy can cause.
"It's a bad drug to be tangled up in. There are all types of things mixed up in that and there are lasting mental affects," said Budd. Budd believes education is key and it's important young people know about the harmful effects so they don't get involved.
Budd said, "The cost of drug addiction to the public is extreme. When you look at crime and auto accidents and spousal abuse, it's a wide ranging problem." Budd said ecstasy and similar drugs can only lead to death or imprisonment.
It's a problem the both the Sheriff's Office and the mission of hope will continue to fight. Budd said, "Every time they take a large quantity of drugs off the streets, there are untold lives that are impacted by that." This arrest and seizure means countless lives are saved.
If you know someone who is suffering from a drug addiction and needs help. Contact The Mission of Hope (###) ###-####.

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Largest Seizure Of Ecstasy Pills In Mobile Co. History

By Jamie Burch
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran calls it a history making bust.
Friday night, members of the narcotics and vice unit raided a home on Savannah Drive in West Mobile. They seized over 4,700 Ecstasy pills,1 1/2 kilos of cocaine, a machine-gun and two military assault rifles. The drugs alone are worth $250,000.
The raid was the culmination of an 18-month long undercover investigation into 26-year-old Than Nguyen. “This is one drug dealer we’ve had a close eye on for some time," said Sheriff Sam Cochran.
Less than 45 minutes after the raid, deputies arrested Nguyen at a pool hall on Airport Boulevard and seized his 1999 Acura Integra.
Back at Nguyen's home, deputies also seized seven plasma tv's and three surround sound systems, worth $17,000. They believe the electronics were bought with drug money.
Nguyen is charged with trafficking cocaine and trafficking a controlled substance. He was released after posting $10,000 bond.

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[Panthers007]

What a rock of shit. Ecstasy addicts with machine guns? Yeah - MDMA leads to violence. I should call these idiots at Mission of No-Hope and get there party-line on the terrible damage MDMA causes people. Ask them to cite sources.

[lexifer]

Yeah, but there was also a 1.5 kilos of coke found as well. I don't know about you but its nothing new to hear about coke dealers having machine guns and assault rifles.

[Panthers007]

Quite true. But the emphasis of this article was on the ecstasy, not the cocaine. The guy looks like a weasel - but the pious liars jumped at the chance to smear MDMA.

[lexifer]

Originally Posted by Panthers007

Quite true. But the emphasis of this article was on the ecstasy, not the cocaine. The guy looks like a weasel - but the pious liars jumped at the chance to smear MDMA.

By no means do I disagree with you. Mainly was just pointing out that the most probable reason for them to have the weapons was due to the cocaine. I completely agree that they are taking a shot at MDMA and painting it as some horrific substance.

[AddyCrazy]

If anything people are just going to be sold other shit as MDMA like meth or dxm or something easily obtainable/made and cheap. Good job coppers.

[aerozeppelin123]

"This arrest and seizure means countless lives are saved."

Yeah right, do they actually think that there's now going to be a whole load of people going oh no now I can't get any drugs...nope they're just gonna go and get it from someone else. Not a single life will be saved. I don't understand how police officers like that can't see the futility of what they're trying to do.