Are you looking to Design an Appealing Catalogue, Brochure or Magazine for Product Promotion? by Majesty Advertising
The catalogue or brochures, etc. are the perfect way of presenting your products and services in an appealing manner. However, there are multiple things, which you need to arrange, before you actually go for the same. You need professional photographers, attractive models, eye-catching design, etc. Do you want everything under one roof?How to get the best Modeling and Advertising Agency for your Catalogue designWell, choosing the best Advertising agency for Catalog shoot in Delhi remains a major concern for most the businesses or companies. If you are a startup, it becomes even more difficult for you as you are not aware of the ins and outs of the industry. Having said this, you must ensure that you choose and entity that takes care of most of your pain in terms of arranging models, design, indoor/outdoor shoots, etc. Majesty Advertising- the top Modeling and Advertising Agency in Delhi NCRWell, if you are in Delhi NCR, you don’t have to roam around to arrange everything to get a perfect Product Catalogue, magazine or brochure designed. Majesty Advertising- the leading Modeling Agency in Delhi provides the all the facilities designing the perfect product magazine or catalogue. Understanding your Products and BrandsWell, the first step would be to understand your business or brand to design the product brochure etc. accordingly. The qualified professionals and experts at Majesty Advertising, sit with you to understand your business and customer base to create a perfect and appealing design.All the things, i.e. background, models, design, etc. that appeals the customers are taken in to consideration. This is the reason that Majesty Advertising has created ultimate product designs for thousands of its clients in last two decades. Indoor or Outdoor ShootWell, shooting indoor or outdoor depends on the demand of the product and clients. However, being a top agency for Fashion Photography in Delhi the photographers and models are highly qualified and experienced in both type of shoots at Majesty Advertising. Moreover, the staff also has great expertise in inculcating the same perfectly in the most appealing designs of Product magazine or brochure. Key Advertising and Modeling Services of Majesty AdvertisingBelow are the key modeling and advertising services being offered by the Majesty Advertising:1. Creative Print Media Services2. Magazine and Catalog Design3. Brochure and Catalog Shoot4. Fashion / Advertising / Product Photography 5. Male / Female / Child ModelsMajesty employs several full time and part time models, who are exceptionally impressive in terms of looks and performance. With its vast experience of two decades, Majesty has worked with over 500 different clients and designed the catalogues, brochures, product magazines, etc. It’s also a leading name in Fashion Photography. Hence, if you are looking to launch a new product or service, or need a catalogue or brochure for brand or services, you may contact Majesty Advertising for seamless and top class, Creative and appealing Product photography and advertising.
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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
December 25th, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal Nature.
Data from Cassini’s cosmic dust analyzer show the grains expelled from fissures, known as tiger stripes, are relatively small and usually low in salt far away from the moon. Closer to the moon’s surface, Cassini found that relatively large grains rich with sodium and potassium dominate the plumes. The salt-rich particles have an “ocean-like” composition and indicate that most, if not all, of the expelled ice and water vapor comes from the evaporation of liquid salt-water. When water freezes, the salt is squeezed out, leaving pure water ice behind.
Cassini’s ultraviolet imaging spectrograph also recently obtained complementary results that support the presence of a subsurface ocean. A team of Cassini researchers led by Candice Hansen of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, measured gas shooting out of distinct jets originating in the moon’s south polar region at five to eight times the speed of sound, several times faster than previously measured. These observations of distinct jets, from a 2010 flyby, are consistent with results showing a difference in composition of ice grains close to the moon’s surface and those that made it out to the E ring, the outermost ring that gets its material primarily from Enceladean jets. If the plumes emanated from ice, they should have very little salt in them.
“There currently is no plausible way to produce a steady outflow of salt-rich grains from solid ice across all the tiger stripes other than salt water under Enceladus’s icy surface,” said Frank Postberg, a Cassini team scientist at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
The data suggests a layer of water between the moon’s rocky core and its icy mantle, possibly as deep as about 50 miles (80 kilometers) beneath the surface. As this water washes against the rocks, it dissolves salt compounds and rises through fractures in the overlying ice to form reserves nearer the surface. If the outermost layer cracks open, the decrease in pressure from these reserves to space causes a plume to shoot out. Roughly 400 pounds (200 kilograms) of water vapor is lost every second in the plumes, with smaller amounts being lost as ice grains. The team calculates the water reserves must have large evaporating surfaces, or they would freeze easily and stop the plumes.
“We imagine that between the ice and the ice core there is an ocean of depth and this is somehow connected to the surface reservoir,” added Postberg.
The Cassini mission discovered Enceladus’ water-vapor and ice jets in 2005. In 2009, scientists working with the cosmic dust analyzer examined some sodium salts found in ice grains of Saturn’s E ring but the link to subsurface salt water was not definitive. The new paper analyzes three Enceladus flybys in 2008 and 2009 with the same instrument, focusing on the composition of freshly ejected plume grains. In 2008, Cassini discovered a high “density of volatile gases, water vapor, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, as well as organic materials, some 20 times denser than expected” in geysers erupting from the moon. The icy particles hit the detector target at speeds between 15,000 and 39,000 MPH (23,000 and 63,000 KPH), vaporizing instantly. Electrical fields inside the cosmic dust analyzer separated the various constituents of the impact cloud.
“Enceladus has got warmth, water and organic chemicals, some of the essential building blocks needed for life,” said Dennis Matson in 2008, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
“This finding is a crucial new piece of evidence showing that environmental conditions favorable to the emergence of life can be sustained on icy bodies orbiting gas giant planets,” said Nicolas Altobelli, the European Space Agency’s project scientist for Cassini.
“If there is water in such an unexpected place, it leaves possibility for the rest of the universe,” said Postberg.
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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Brett McKenzie, London North Centre
December 25th, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Brett McKenzie is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the London North Centre riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.
Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
With online gaming in persistent worlds becoming more prevalent, a US congressional committee has begun to look into the tax implications of these booming online economies. Games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life have large player driven economic systems in which – either following the rules or against them – real world currencies are exchanged for in-game currencies. With the GDP of some of these economies rivaling that of some small countries, the US government is wondering if it is missing out on a potential source of tax revenue: or as some gamers might put it, the IRS is asking “You buy gold?”.
In cases where exchange of a real world currency for in-game currency is permitted by the rules of the game, some of these online games such as Second Life require that players report any income generated by these means to his or her government. In most on-line games however, a black market exists where players buy and sell in-game currencies in direct violation of the game’s rules; situations involving black markets are notoriously hard to tax.
Compounding the issue of currency exchange is the existence of in-game assets. In the real world if someone wins a luxury vehicle, he or she is expected to pay a capital gains tax on his or her winnings. If a 40 person “raid” in World of Warcraft gets a rare “drop,” worth up to thousands of dollars if sold illegally, should they be required to pay a capital gains tax?
Even if the issue of capital gains is ignored, there is still the matter of sales tax. In many of these games, non-player characters and players alike sell items to one another. If sales tax is to be applied, at what rate should it be charged and to what State does it go? Questions such as these have just recently been answered in much less hazy situations such as online versions of brick and mortar establishments.
Dan Miller, senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee had this to say on the issue, “I found that talking about this issue with some of the other economists on the committee, they are not really familiar with what a virtual economy is. The idea of Second Life or World of Warcraft or some of these other synthetic universes, they have trouble wrapping their head around it. So there’s an educational hurdle to overcome here.”
The preliminary findings of the committee state that virtual economies deserve clarification of existing tax laws, not new taxes.
The spine is a complicated place to operate and the potential to cause more damage is sometimes as great as the potential to relieve pain. Follow these guidelines, recommended by surgeons themselves, to make sure you make the best decision about surgery . It is difficult to tell whether the degeneration is actually the cause of the pain. The same is true for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans. Ankylosing spondylitis causes the vertebrae to slowly fuse together, causing pain and stiffness. Fortunately, ankylosing spondylitis is quite uncommon, responds well to modern treatments, and is less likely to cause disability than in the past.It is the second most common illness-related reason given for a missed workday and the most common cause of disability. Work-related back injury is the number one occupational hazard. Unless your pain is very severe or causing bad sciatica you should try to stay mobile. Do some specific back exercises every day and some general fitness exercise as well (see ‘What back exercises should I do? There are many causes of pain in the back. Symptoms in the low back can be a result of problems in the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low back, internal organs of the pelvis and abdomen, and the skin covering the lumbar area.Many causes of mechanical low back pain exist. The most common causes are age-related degenerative disk and facet processes and muscle- or ligament-related injuries. Injury to these nerves can cause pain. Then you’ll definitely want to read this guide because you’ll learn about the real cause of herniated discs and how to heal them and get lasting relief without dangerous medications or risky surgery.Injury, occupation, excess weight, and genetics are among the factors which cause the cartilage of a joint to wear away. For about 95 per cent of the cases, the pain can be managed effectively even when the specific cause is unknown. In fact, 90 per cent of the patients recover within six weeks. Adjustments can help ease nerve irritation that can be causing all the sharp pain, inflammation and muscle spasms that are usually associated with sciatica. Adjustments are safe and should be pain free.But it is vital not to overstretch in any direction as this may cause rather than prevent pain. If possible get advice from a qualified instructor to ensure you are doing an exercise correctly (e.g. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this site! If left untreated, it can cause unnecessary suffering and upset a person’s life at home and on the job. The good news is that a wide range of treatment options are readily available to successfully reduce or manage this type of pain.Thinning discs can also make the back less flexible and pinch a nerve, causing sciatic leg pain, which is pain that travels down the leg and possibly to the feet. Sciatica gets worse when bending forward. This leads to fusing of the vertebra causing inflexibility in the spines mobility. Secondly, and more importantly, the underlying cause of the sciatica symptoms must be correctly diagnosed and treated.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The 108-floor central component of the new World Trade Center in New York City has been officially renamed 1 World Trade Center, ending the Freedom Tower moniker it had sported since 2003.
Freedom Tower was envisioned as a symbol of America’s victory over terrorism. It is currently on track for completion in 2013, with 10 floors partially finished so far.
Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia commented on the change, “It’s the one that is easiest for people to identify with — and frankly, we’ve gotten a very interested and warm reception to it.”
Former Governor George Pataki, who revealed the Freedom Tower name nearly six years ago, was critical of the switch, saying “The Freedom Tower is not simply another piece of real estate and not just a name for marketing purposes.”
1 World Trade Center has been the building’s legal name and address for the past two years, with the public change precipitated by the ramp up of construction and the commencement of lease marketing.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg seemed ambivalent to the change, saying “I would like to see it stay the Freedom Tower, but it’s their building, and they don’t need me dumping on it. If they could rent the whole thing by changing the name, I guess they’re going to do that, and they probably, from a responsible point of view, should. From a patriotic point of view, is it going to make any difference?”
The change was approved following the signing of a two-decades-long lease by a Chinese real estate company, which plans to occupy floors 64 through 69. Other future tenants include the U.S. General Services Administration and the New York State Office of General Services.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
On Thursday, UK-based retailer Tesco and Denmark-based retailer Salling Group announced their agreement over selling a large portion of Tesco’s Polish operation to Salling Group. Tesco stated its intention to leave the Polish market altogether, Salling its intention to strengthen its Netto chain in Poland.
The deal covers 301 stores, two distribution centers and the head office. With the acquisition Salling said it seeks to improve its coverage in Southern Poland and, over 18 months at a cost of one billion z?otys, intends to merge these stores into its currently 386 strong Netto chain. Salling also takes over about 7000 employees from Tesco — Netto Poland currently has about 5000 employees. Tesco continues to run 19 stores, which were not included in this package.
The sale price, to be payed in cash, is 900 million z?otys (181 million pounds). In the 2019/20 fiscal year, Tesco said its Polish branch had a 24 million pounds operating loss with a 1368 million pounds turnover; to which the sold units contributed with a 947 million pounds turnover for a 107 million loss. At fiscal year-end, the sold units held a value of 681 million pounds in the books.
UOKiK, the Polish anti-monopoly agency, has to approve the deal. The parties said they expect a decision this year.
Tesco has suffered losses from its Polish operation for several years, as customer preference has shifted away from hypermarkets, Tesco’s preferred store size, to smaller discount stores like Biedronka and LIDL. The Sunday trade ban, introduced in 2018, also hurt sales. According to Notes from Poland (NFP), some discount stores resorted to offer postal services, a loophole which allows Sunday opening hours.
In 2015, Tesco centralized its management in the Central European region, comprising Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, but reverted the decision later on. At the time, the company invested in e-commerce and started home deliveries, but Gazeta Prawna reports only 0.5% of Polish grocery turnover comes from this segment, compared to 7% in the United Kingdom.
In the past few years, Tesco Polska has cut expenditures by streamlining its product range, halving its staff, shutting off home deliveries in parts of the country, and closing off stores, reportedly including last year its Poznan distribution center. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported in mid-2019, 62 Tesco outlets had closed within a year. Staff layoffs left meat, fish and delicatessen departments without designated shop assistants, and forced staff canteen closures and administration simplifications.
Tesco sold its roughly 2000 Thai and 74 Malaysian stores to Charoen Pokphand in March; announced leaving its joint venture with China Resources Holdings in February; and in 2015 sold its South Korean chain HomePlus. Speaking to Portfolio.hu, Matt Simister, Tesco’s CEO for Central Europe, explained that the company held a 4% share of the Polish retail market, compared to its 16% share in Hungary, and stated they want to stay in Hungary. In a DW report in March of last year, Dave Lewis, CEO of Tesco, stated they did not have intentions of leaving Thailand or Poland.
Tesco’s Polish operation, according to Gazeta Wyborcza in March, is too big for a single monolithic sale. The chain’s press release reported 22 sold units in the past year and a half, for around 200 million pounds. NFP named the Kaufland chain and property developer Echo Investment among the buyers.
Both Tesco and Salling entered the Polish market in 1995.
This project is the first of its kind, In-situ Slum Re-development Project at Kathputli Colony spread over 5.22 hectares, near Shadipur Depot by Delhi Development Authority. The project envisages construction of 2800 EWS units for the squatter families of Kathputli Colony. In a move to provide better living conditions for urban poor, the development work at Kathputli Colony project would act as a pilot project in Delhi and also set a benchmark for many such projects to follow to make Delhi a slum free State.Beside redevelopment of this colony, we will be developing high-end residential complex having approx. 3 lacs sq. ft. saleble area and a commercial complex having approx. 2.80 lacs sq. ft. saleble area. The project is located in heart of city and surrounded by posh commercial and residential localities of Central Delhi and distance from Connaught Place is just 5 min. drive. The initial development activities has already been started.At Kathputli Colony near Patel Nagar in west Delhi, strings and puppets are making way for the capital’s tallest building. With a planned height of 190m, and 54 floors, Raheja Phoenix will not only be the city’s first true skyscraper (generally defined as a building taller than 150m) but also a sounding board for its elite’s residential preferences.In a city where garden bungalows are the height of aspirational living, and lower floors fetch a premium in residential towers, selling apartments worth crores at vertiginous heights might prove a challenge, feel experts. But they also believe the success of this project could be the long-awaited stimulus for a gradual transformation of the city’s skyline.Anshuman Magazine, head of international property consultants CBRE, says the time has come for Delhi to grow vertically, especially because land prices have skyrocketed. And breaking from the city’s mid-rise trend – residential buildings of 12-15 floors – some developers are already constructing premium residential towers of 20 or more floors.Parsvnath Developers, which has both residential and commercial buildings in Delhi, has planned more than 20 floors at two of its projects: La Tropicana at Civil Lines and Parsvnath Paramount at Subhash Nagar, near Rajouri Garden. DLF, too, plans to build 20-odd floors at its projects in Greater Kailash-II and Moti Nagar.With a planned height of 190m, and 54 floors, elite residential colonies in Delhi will soon have to measure up to Raheja Phoenix, the capital’s tallest building.The developers sound bullish about skyscrapers. R K Arora, CMD of Supertech, which is building the 255-metre, 60-storey North Eye project in Noida’s Sector 74, says, “The trend has always been popular in Mumbai but is now catching on in north India. We are going to launch another high-rise project soon in Sector 94.” Says Raheja Developers’ chairman Navin Raheja, “Community living will become a part of life in India soon, with condominiums becoming the norm. It’s time we capitalized on the trend in Delhi as well.” His company has plans for another skyscraper project in the NCR: the 57-storey Revanta in Gurgaon. Another company, Ireo, recently announced it will build a 51-floor project, Victory Valley, in Gurgaon. Is it a lasting trend? With rates starting around Rs 8,800 per sq ft, these apartments are by no means cheap, but Magazine says regulatory hurdles and poor infrastructure, not price, could hobble the trend. “FAR (floor area ratio) restrictions mean that you pay more if you go vertical, as compared to the same FAR nearer ground. The ratio needs to be addressed to allow really tall buildings to come up in Delhi,” he says, adding that sanitation and traffic issues also need to be addressed to promote high-density living in towers.While the Phoenix project will be remembered as a milestone in Delhi’s vertical rise, it will not pitchfork the city into Mumbai’s league where several buildings taller than 200 metres are under construction. But the Delhi project can draw some solace by association, as it is a joint venture with the company that built the world’s tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It also exceeds the city’s currently tallest building – the 112-metre Civic Centre – by more than a Qutb Minar’s length. Housing residential, retail and commercial structures across 14 acres, the Phoenix is one of DDA’s few public-private partnership success stories. The project will also create 2,800 dwelling units for the slum dwellers it has displaced.In a landmark deal, Raheja Developers, Delhi has inked a $ 204 million (about Rs 1,020 Cr) contract with Dubai-based Arabtec construction company that built the tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa in Dubai and also, landmark buildings like Okhta tower in Russia, Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi and also have the credit of making the Palace of the king of Dubai. Initially, Arabtec will start construction on three of the Raheja projects, Raheja Revanta, Raheja Phoenix and Raheja Srishti.The Raheja Revanta Project, Gurgaon, will be the first project to be constructed by them which would be one of the tallest skyscrapers in India. It is learnt that these projects in Northern India require specialised technology and manpower quality which was not up to the mark with any of the contracting companies in India. Raheja Revanta in Gurgaon will be over 56 storeys with a helipad and it will have first of its kind skybridge with an infinity pool at the 46th floor overlooking the Aravallis. The Raheja Phoenix project will have the tallest skyscraper in Delhi located at Patel Nagar,New Delhi and will comprise 54 storied tower with a skyclub and helipad. The height clearance for both the buildings has been cleared by DGCA.Using the latest international state-ofthe-art technologies, Arabtec will also construct 2800 EWS houses under slum redevelopment PPP project of Rahejas with DDA in a time bound manner of two years. While talking to Raheja about their tallest building, they mentioned that the project would redefine the skyline of Gurgaon and will be much ahead of the construction standards in the country.These homes will be digitally controlled and shall have high standards of home automation controlled through ipad, iphone, blackberry or desktop. One would even be able to switch on and off fans, lights, TV, music , air-conditioning and curtains enabling you to interact with your home. It will be a self sustaining green project to take care of energy and water conservation.The project will also have a large spa facility under arrangement with Amatrra which has been awarded the ‘Best Lifestyle Day Spa’ by Limca Book of Records and visited by the who’s who of the country.Amatrra homes in the complex will be sold by invitation only. When asked why Arabtec chose to form JV with Raheja, Martin Pinder, Director,Arabtec quoted “after talking to many developers in India, we concluded that Raheja Developers is the most professionally managed, technology driven,system oriented and almost debt free company with strong cash flows. They have a happy customer base and have to their credit several international and national level awards like ‘Best Developer Worldwide’ ,’Best Developer in India by Euromoney’ and over 40 other awards recently. And that we found them to be reliable long term partners”.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The latest advertisement for United States Republican presidential candidate John McCain is questioning Democrat Barack Obama’s benefit to families.
Last week the BBC reported that the McCain campaign had released an advertisement comparing Obama to American celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, calling him “the biggest celebrity in the world.”
McCain’s newest advertisement, released early this week, continues along those same lines.
“Is the biggest celebrity in the world ready to help your family?” the narrator asks, according to The Boston Globe and a video of the ad displayed on its website. “The real Obama promises higher taxes, more government spending. So, fewer jobs.” With images of wind turbines in the background, the narrator says, “Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that’s John McCain.”
The Boston Globe reports that McCain’s latest ad does not acknowledge that Obama’s economic policy, especially the proposed rollback of current president George W. Bush’s capital gains tax cuts, would largely affect the wealthiest of America, not the middle class.
Obama, the BBC reports, is quoted as calling McCain “cynical,” “desperate” and “in the pocket of Big Oil.”
The latest Obama video, shown on the USA Today website, touts McCain as “just more of the same” politics employed by George W. Bush. The ad cites a May 22, 2003 Fox News Channel interview where McCain says “the President and I agree on most issues. There was a recent study that showed I voted with the President over 90 percent of the time.” The ad then criticizes McCain’s policies on tax cuts, money for oil companies, and “tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.”
USA Today does note that “[w]hile the ad shows McCain touting the fact that he had voted “with” President Bush more than 90% of the time, the Arizona senator did criticize the administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq — calling early on for more troops to be sent there. He also voted against the president’s original tax cut plan — though McCain now says he supports extending those tax cuts. And, he proposes cuts in all kinds of corporate taxes, not just those on oil companies.”
McCain is set to appear at an Ohio furniture plant Wednesday to reinforce the messages in his latest advertisement.
“America has the second highest business tax rate in the entire world,” he plans to say, according to prepared remarks issued by his campaign, and released by The Boston Globe. “Is it any wonder that jobs are moving overseas when we are taxing them out of the country? Unfortunately Senator Obama’s plans would raise taxes on businesses even more. He has promised tax increases on income, tax increases on investment, tax increases on small businesses. This is exactly the wrong strategy. Raising taxes in a bad economy is about the worst thing you could do because it will kill even more jobs when what we need are policies that create jobs.”
Obama spokesman Bill Burton responded:
“Is the biggest proponent of George Bush’s tired, failed policies ready to bring about change? Another day brings another dishonest attack from John McCain. While Senator McCain knows that Senator Obama has proposed cutting taxes for 95% of American families, what he’s not telling us is that he wants to give $4 billion in tax breaks to the oil companies, continue giving tax breaks to corporations that ship our job overseas, and provide no direct tax relief for more than 100 million middle-class families. It’s time to retire these old policies and bring new energy to America.”
Monday, December 2, 2013
Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as “one of the largest [seizures] in the force’s 39 year history”, West Midlands Police reported recovering six big cellophane-wrapped cardboard boxes containing cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA (“ecstasy”) in a police raid operation on the Maybrook Industrial Estate in the town on Wednesday.
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The seized boxes, which had been loaded onto five freight pallets, contained 120 one-kilogram bags of cannabis, 50 one-kilogram bags of MDMA, and five one-kilogram bricks of cocaine. In a press release, West Midlands Police described what happened after officers found the drugs as they were being unloaded in the operation. “When officers opened the boxes they discovered a deep layer of protective foam chips beneath which the drugs were carefully layered”, the force said. “All the drugs were wrapped in thick plastic bags taped closed with the cannabis vacuum packed to prevent its distinctive pungent aroma from drawing unwanted attention.” Police moved the drugs via forklift truck to a flatbed lorry to remove them.
Detective Sergeant Carl Russell of West Midlands Police’s Force CID said the seizure was the largest he had ever made in the 24 years he has been in West Midlands Police and one of the biggest seizures the force has made since its formation in 1974. “The impact this seizure will have on drug dealing in the region and the UK as a whole cannot be underestimated”, he said. “The drugs had almost certainly been packed to order ready for shipping within Britain but possibly even further afield. Our operation will have a national effect and we are working closely with a range of law enforcement agencies to identify those involved in this crime at whatever level.”
Expert testing on the drugs is ongoing. Estimates described as “conservative” suggest the value of the drugs amounts to £10 million (about US$16.4 million or €12 million), although they could be worth as much as £30 million, subject to purity tests, police said.
Police arrested three men at the unit on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug. The men, a 50-year-old from Brownhills, a 51-year-old from the Norton area of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, and one aged 53 from Brownhills, have been released on bail as police investigations to “hunt those responsible” continue. West Midlands Police told Wikinews no person has yet been charged in connection with the seizure. Supplying a controlled drug is an imprisonable offence in England, although length of jail sentences vary according to the class and quantity of drugs and the significance of offenders’ roles in committing the crime.