TRASH THE STASH: After any sizable narcotics...
TRASH THE STASH: After any sizable narcotics bust (B2), authorities face the problem of keeping the drugs around so they can be used as evidence. . . . This “gives us an ulcer from a security standpoint,” says an Orange County sheriff’s captain, who notes that trials can take place years later. . . . When finally destroyed, drugs are burned in huge ovens and subjected to repeated bursts of flame as the extract goes up in smoke.
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