7300 pounds of marijuana seized at SD entry ports
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- 7300 pounds of marijuana seized at SD entry ports
- Court clarifies who can grow medicinal pot
- Mexico City Journal Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War Painfully …
- Sheriff’s Department find 500 pounds of marijuana
- 2800 pounds of marijuana worth $1 million seized by DPS
- St. Pete Couple Sentenced For Selling Tons Of Marijuana
7300 pounds of marijuana seized at SD entry ports
San Jose Mercury Newsnbsp; USAnbsp;
Federal officials say the marijuana was seized Tuesday in three bustsmdash;two at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and the other at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Officials say a van at Otay Mesa was holding about 4400 pounds of marijuana and another van waiting in line nearby had more than 2900 pounds. The driversmdash;both Mexicansmdash;were arrested. The bust in San Ysidro involved a driver in the trusted traveler program SENTRI.
Court clarifies who can grow medicinal pot
San Jose Mercury Newsnbsp; USAnbsp;
The ruling upholds a Santa Cruz County Superior Court jury decision that found medicinal marijuana user Roger Mentch 53 guilty of cultivating and possessing marijuana for sale. Mentch who was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in 2003 claimed he was a caregiver for five medicinal marijuana patients. He also opened the Hemporium a medicinal marijuana collective in Felton where he sometimes sold the pot he grew. “I was a caregiver with honest intent” Mentch said.
Mexico City Journal Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War Painfully …
New York Timesnbsp;United Statesnbsp;
The museum itself could not be more secure located on the top floor of the Defense Ministry. Along the halls there is a farmworker mannequin propped up under a tree with a rifle in his hands guarding a field of poppies and marijuana. Around his neck is a pendant of Jes#250;s Malverde considered the patron saint of outlaws. Nearby is a board with nails sticking into it a makeshift trap set to injure anyone but especially soldiers who might creep near. In a display case are actual notes that soldiers have recovered in raids on fields growing the precursors for the drugs that will be smoked snorted or injected. The handwritten messages are pleas from the farmers to the soldiers to leave their fields alone in exchange for a little cash.
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Sheriff’s Department find 500 pounds of marijuana
Brownsville Heraldnbsp;TX United Statesnbsp;
Sheriff Omar Lucio said the bust took place late Tuesday night at a house on Iowa Gardens Road south of San Benito. “We received a tip from our CrimeStoppers line and began an investigation” he said. Deputies from the department’s Special Investigations Unit began conducting surveillance and noticed “unusual traffic” he said. “Once we had the necessary information we got a search warrant from.
2800 pounds of marijuana worth $1 million seized by DPS
AZ Central.comnbsp;AZnbsp;
26 2008 07:51 PM The Arizona Republic Arizona Department of Public Safety seized about 2800 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $1 million from a trailer near Tucson Tuesday morning. A commercial tractor was pulling the trailer west on Valencia Boulevard near Camino De Oeste. DPS’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau stopped the truck around 8:20 a. After an inspection several bales of marijuana were found underneath a cover of dirt in the trailer according to a DPS press release.
St. Pete Couple Sentenced For Selling Tons Of Marijuana
Tampa Tribunenbsp;FLnbsp;
District Judge Susan Bucklew imposed the prison terms on Keith Pritchett 29 and Monique Pruitt 28 both of 4225 Cortez Way S. They both pleaded guilty Aug. 26 to conspiring to possess with the intent of distributing large quantities of marijuana. Pritchett admitted to distributing between 2200 and 6600 pounds of marijuana between 2003 and the time he was arrested Feb. He was sentenced to 51 months on the conspiracy charges and another five-year mandatory term for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The sentences will be served consecutively.