Drug force confiscates marijuana, 81 firearms

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Drug force confiscates marijuana, 81 firearms
Youngstown Vindicator – Aug 25, 2006
He was released after posting a total $175,000 personal and surety bonds. Jeffrey Orr, commander of the Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga Law Enforcement Task Force, said his command, along with Trumbull County law enforcement officers, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the Ohio State Highway Patrol were conducting aerial marijuana eradication operations in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties Tuesday. During the flyover, Orr said, a small field of marijuana was spotted behind Karr’s residence. Wednesday, officials found 30 marijuana plants in five-gallon buckets along with a watering hose leading to a pond on the property. Orr said a search the same day at Karr’s residence led to 81 firearms, including pistols, shotguns, rifles, muzzleloaders and semi-automatic rifles. Orr said checks are being run on the guns to determine if they were stolen. If so, charges will be filed… Jeffrey Orr, commander of the Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga Law Enforcement Task Force, said his command, along with Trumbull County law enforcement officers, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the Ohio State Highway Patrol were conducting aerial marijuana eradication operations in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties Tuesday. During the flyover, Orr said, a small field of marijuana was spotted behind Karr’s residence. Wednesday, officials found 30 marijuana plants in five-gallon buckets along with a watering hose leading to a pond on the property. Orr said a search the same day at Karr’s residence led to 81 firearms, including pistols, shotguns, rifles, muzzleloaders and semi-automatic rifles. Orr said checks are being run on the guns to determine if they were stolen. If so, charges will be filed. He noted that they were confiscated because they allegedly were purchased with illegal drug money.

Healthy hemp
WHDH-TV – Aug 25, 2006
It could be one of the best things to put into your body. Some say it’s going to be the new soy. Many people confuse hemp with marijuana, but they are actually very different plants. Hemp cannot get a person high, but what hemp does is provide high levels of protein and essential fatty acids which are crucial to a healthy diet. “The hemp plant is in the same family as the marijuana hemp plant, but the hemp plant is way down the chain on the levels of THC, it is has microscopic levels of THC

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