Old marijuana grow ops can be great deals for home buyers
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- Old marijuana grow ops can be great deals for home buyers
- Aerial sweep nets big cannabis crop
- Guard charged with smuggling marijuana into prison
- Officers return to cannabis inferno scene
- 2 pupils arrested on drug charges
- Feds: Tour Buses Used to Traffic Drugs Across United States
- Subjects of combine leaks get apology from commish - NFL
Old marijuana grow ops can be great deals for home buyers
Globe and Mail - Apr 28, 2007
write(lugAC);} placeAC(”lug”); REAL ESTATE Old marijuana grow ops can be great deals for home buyers MATT GRANT Canadian Press April 28, 2007 WHITEHORSE — Getting a deal on a property once used to cultivate marijuana in the basement isn’t a problem as long as you know the house is safe, say purchasers of former Whitehorse grow-ops. Purchasers of homes that contained marijuana grow operations shut down by the RCMP in the fall of 2005 said they had their houses inspected before they bought and are confident the properties are safe. Lindsay Schneider said she and her husband were told by the real estate agent that the house had been used as a grow-op and didn’t have a problem with it. "We ended up getting it as a good deal because it was labelled a drug house; we were happy," Ms. More National Stories… It’s a way of getting a history on the property. Racz said the fact a house was used in a marijuana grow operation often stigmatizes a property leading to a discount on sale price of as much as 10 per cent. Maura Drew-Lytle, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Banking Association, said there are no set policies on people getting bank financing for the purchase of former grow-ops. "Banks are looking at the borrowers and they’re also looking at the property. They want to make sure if you’re looking to borrow $200,000 from them, the house is worth $200,000. "Mark McInnis, vice-president of insurance underwriting, servicing and policy with the Canada Home and Mortgage Corp.
Aerial sweep nets big cannabis crop
Hawke's Bay Today - Apr 28, 2007
2007 A three-day operation targeting cannabis cultivation has revealed about 2400 plants - believed to be the largest cannabis haul in Hawke’s Bay. A helicopter and fixed-wing plane were used for aerial searches in Operation Amanda - part of a national cannabis recovery operation - from March 28 to 30. Detective Wayne Steed said police uncovered one plot of about 1000 mature plants ready for harvest at Gwavas Forest. Police spent a day removing the plants and destroying them. Rain prevented the helicopter from spraying the plants, he said.
Guard charged with smuggling marijuana into prison
Janesville Gazette - Apr 28, 2007
- A guard at Oak Park Heights Prison has been charged with smuggling marijuana into the facility. Tyler Gronskei, 28, of New Richmond, Wis. , told investigators that she twice brought marijuana into the prison for inmate Timothy Baugh, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint alleges that Baugh paid her $1,000 for each delivery. Gronskei is slated to appear in court May 15 and faces up to ten years in prison if she’s convicted. Gronskei was fired March 2 after an internal probe concluded she had violated prison policy against having "interpersonal association and sexual misconduct between staff and offenders," as well as having broken rules against having contraband in the prison, according to a prison memo.
Officers return to cannabis inferno scene
This is Local London - Apr 28, 2007
Vietnamese national Cong Phuong Nguyen, 17, died from smoke inhalation from the fire that gutted the semi-detached house in Van Dyck Avenue, south-west London, last Friday. A man was taken to… Special Crime Directorate Detective Chief Inspector Mick Duthie said officers were desperately trying to find three woman, two children and a man seen running from the house. “They are three women of Oriental appearance who had two children with them - we don’t know their age or if they were boys or girls - and a man, also believed to be of Oriental appearance,” DCI Duthie said. He said there was evidence the house was being used as a cannabis factory. “I need to trace anyone who was in the premises at the outbreak of the fire to determine whether it was deliberate or accidental,” DCI Duthie said. “I am keeping an open mind at this stage. ”
Officers will be in Van Dyck Avenue from 7pm to 11pm tonight. Anyone with information regarding the fire or who may have seen the people making off or know their identities should contact the incident room on 020 8721 4165 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
2 pupils arrested on drug charges
Youngstown Vindicator - Apr 28, 2007
School officials called police after learning one of the girls might have marijuana in her possession. Police found 10 empty cigarette packs and nine cigarette butts in her purse. Also found was a small jewelry box that contained suspected marijuana, police said. The girl then said she had taken the marijuana from her home and brought it to school for the other girl, who had asked her for marijuana the previous day. The father of the girl accused of having the marijuana in her purse denied that there was marijuana in their home, and said his daughter had fabricated the story. Two other female pupils from the school were questioned by police, but it was determined they were not involved.
Feds: Tour Buses Used to Traffic Drugs Across United States
FOX News - Apr 28, 2007
Passengers were told to lay down and not look out the window during the transfers, the informant said. Another confidential informant said he served as a driver and saw multiple packages being loaded onto the bus. The buses would then travel to Arizona to pick up marijuana. They would stop first in Tucson, where the money would be taken from the buses and loaded into a waiting vehicle. The buses would then continue on to Phoenix, where they’d spend the night. The next day they would travel to Tucson again and fill the luggage compartments with marijuana. They would drop the drugs in Detroit before returning to Chicago.
Subjects of combine leaks get apology from commish - NFL
ESPN - Apr 28, 2007
It was a little disturbing that it came out in public. “The video interviews with all players invited to the combine are distributed to all 32 NFL teams, who were warned recently by Goodell in a memo that he will strongly discipline any league member who is discovered to have leaked confidential information. The commissioner is likely to have the question “Have you ever smoked marijuana?” removed from the standard questionnaire next year, but he will not interfere with teams that independently ask the players similar questions. Chris Mortensen covers the NFL for ESPN.