Buried School Bus Full of Marijuana, sophisticated growing operation
The Lenoir County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office calls it one of the most sophisticated marijuana growing operations they’ve ever uncovered.
Three people are in custody on drug-related charges, after a growing operation was found in a buried school bus. Sheriff Major Chris Hill says digging the large hole and then getting the bus in it required both thought and effort.
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Man charged in Canada’s largest grow-op gets $1m fine, five years
A Markham, Ontario real estate agent who converted 54 rented homes into Canada’s largest-known illegal marijuana grow-op was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison and fined more than $1 million.
Phu Nhi (John) Trac, 46, must serve another five years if he fails to pay the fines within two years, Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Brown also ruled at the sentencing in Newmarket.
Trial of trucker accused of hauling USD 516,000 of marijuana through New Jersey
A mistrial was declared today after jurors in Morristown said they could not reach a verdict in the case of a California trucker accused of having $516,000 worth of marijuana in his rig when he was stopped on Route 80 last year.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Manahan declared the mistrial after jurors had deliberated for 12 hours over 2 1/2 days. The panel sent Manahan a note today saying they were hopelessly deadlocked and could not come to a decision against Michael Daley of Oakland, Calif.
Deputies seize 317 kilos of marijuana from three United States soldiers
Three Army soldiers were among those arrested during Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's most recent crime sweep.
Deputies arrested the three soldiers on drug, money laundering and conspiracy charges.
The soldiers, Dwayne Campbell, Llewellyn Stamoulis and Romaine May were discovered to have 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 in cash during a traffic stop in north Phoenix.
Marijuana grow-ops reaching epidemic proportions in Ontario, says Toronto Cop
Marijuana growing peacefully
Illegal marijuana cultivation has reached epidemic proportions in Ontario and justice officials in the United States have branded their northern neighbour a "source country," the province's top police official said Wednesday.
Marijuana is exported south and traded for crystal meth and crack cocaine which are then brought back into Canada, provincial police Commissioner Julian Fantino said Wednesday.
"The going terminology is 'brown south, white north,"' Fantino said, adding marijuana is also being exchanged for guns.
"It's a black eye on Canada when you have the United States... refer to us as a source country of marijuana."
Decent sized pot found: Two million Euro street value
Where you ask? Where else but in bunch of boxes found in the parking lot of a pub... in Ireland!
Two men have gone on trial accused of conspiracy to possess more than 350kg of cannabis resin in west Dublin.
William Hynes (43), of Park Close, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, and John Mangan (41), of Whitestown Green, Blanchardstown, have both pleaded not guilty to conspiring with others to possess cannabis resin, and to sell or supply drugs, on July 31, 2006.
