Drug price questionable
REGARDING the front page story of Northern Territory News March 1: “Police seize $3 million cannabis haul”.
Where do you get your pricing from? Is this a figure you just plucked out of thin air for the sensational value?
Or was this the figure provided by the NT Police?
Either way, it is so far exaggerated as to be pure propaganda.
Three million dollars for 30kg breaks down to $100 per gram, about four times the actual street value of the stuff.
If this is the price the police are expecting to get for it, then I’m glad I switched dealers.
Rob Fyffe, The
(NT News Editor) WHERE do we get the figure from? Well, Rob, if you read the story properly, you’d see it right there in the report. Drug Squad Superintendent Peter Gordon is quoted as saying “we believe (the drugs were) destined for Darwin and possibly remote communities where it could fetch … up to $100 a gram”.
2 Comments:
Thanx for proving Rob's point Mr Editor.
“we believe (the drugs were)destined for Darwin and POSSIBLY remote communities where it could fetch … UP TO $100 a gram”.
Your figure of $3m assumes every crumb is sold to some poor sucker in a remote community.
Pure sensationalist propoganda.
I emailed the NT News with a response to the editor's comment and posted it on my blog (Rob's ravings) as a comment.
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