Japanese jail bugged by marijuana plants
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- Japanese jail bugged by marijuana plants
- Marijuana growing nets five-year prison term
- Cannabis factory caretaker jailed
- Feds Shut Down 3 San Mateo Marijuana Centers
- Authorities: Alleged Marijuana Farm Had Sophisticated Security System
- FHP, DEA discover two marijuana grow houses in Lehigh Acres
Japanese jail bugged by marijuana plants
The Age - Aug 29, 2007
The marijuana plants started sprouting at Abashiri Prison onJapan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido about a year ago, saidprison official Takeshi Okamura. He said officials plucked out asmany as 300 marijuana plants and treated the ground last year, butseveral more sprouted again this year. Prisoners reported them to the guards. Officials believe the plants are wild. “Apparently, somebody knew how to tell marijuana from otherplants,” Okamura said.
Marijuana growing nets five-year prison term
San Diego Union Tribune - Aug 29, 2007
He was among 15 people arrested July 6, 2006, after authorities raided dispensaries nationwide. From 2005 until his arrest, Sullivan owned The Purple Bud Room and Tender Holistic Care, which distributed marijuana and marijuana-based products including ice cream and baked goods, federal officials said. Under the state's medical marijuana law, patients with a chronic illness can use the drug if a doctor recommends it. Sullivan was accused of selling to people with no apparent medical conditions and profiting from it. He also pleaded guilty to similar state charges and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Cannabis factory caretaker jailed
BBC News - Aug 29, 2007
Failed asylum seeker Ting Yen Cheng, 34, was arrested as he left the house in Kirkcaldy in February this year. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that more than 500 plants were later found by Fife Constabulary. Judge Lord Brailsford said he would recommend that Cheng, from China, be deported at the end of his jail sentence. Cheng said a man who had given him work in a takeaway restaurant had asked him to look after the house.
Feds Shut Down 3 San Mateo Marijuana Centers
NBC 11.com - Aug 29, 2007
Documents relating to the investigations remain under court seal. All search warrants were served without incident.