Case reveals new details about Utah marijuana growing

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- Case reveals new details about Utah marijuana growing
- Men charged in Middletown cocaine marijuana bust
- 10 Years Later Medical Marijuana Grower Still Being Harassed
- Man quizzed over cannabis in car
- Medical marijuana milestone: Zip ties sold
- Richland Couple Arrested for Marijuana Possession

Case reveals new details about Utah marijuana growing
Salt Lake Tribune
Cesar Duran-Frias 24 claimed he had nothing to do with cultivating marijuana until ctober when a man in a white pickup stopped him on a street in Ephraim. The driver asked Duran-Frias and his friend if they wanted a job picking seeds according to court filings and attorneys on the case and offered them $150 a day. After buying some blankets for Duran-Frias and his friend the pickup driver dropped off the pair on top of a Sanpete County mountain. Duran-Frias claimed the driver left and other people appeared and lead Duran-Frias and his friend to a campsite.

Men charged in Middletown cocaine marijuana bust
Times Herald-Record
Police say Clarence Rivers 22 of Middletown tried to conceal an item in his hand and started to flee when officers came to building five around 9:30 p. Rivers was secured and found to be holding a bag containing a white substance later tested to be cocaine. After he was taken to the police station Rivers told officers that he had additional crack cocaine in his buttocks.
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10 Years Later Medical Marijuana Grower Still Being Harassed
ABC News
After his case got attention Foster’s sentence was reduced to 20 years and after several years in prison he was given parole. But now he’s being hounded again the Drug War Chronicles reports: Although Foster settled into a law-abiding life in Northern California picking up a new family along the way and successfully completed what the state of California considered an adequate parole period that wasn’t good.

Man quizzed over cannabis in car
The Press Association
7lb) of cannabis in a car. The suspect an Irish resident aged 22 was stopped in Rosslare Europort after coming off a ferry from France. Customs said the drug was concealed in 15 small packages hidden in the door sills of the vehicle.

Medical marijuana milestone: Zip ties sold
Ukiah Daily Journal
a man arrived at the sheriff’s headquarters and paid $150 to buy the first six zip-ties sold by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s ffice. The voluntary zip-tie program for medical marijuana has been in the works since 2007 when the Sheriff’s ffice provided free identification ties.

Richland Couple Arrested for Marijuana Possession
KND/KNDU
– A Richland couple probably didn't think about what they had in their house when they called police Monday afternoon to report an attempted burglary. When police went to investigate the home on the 200 Block of Armistead Avenue they discovered an overwhelming odor of marijuana. fficers found several packages of pot money scales and marijuana smoking devices. Jessica Anderson and Nicholas Collins were arrested. They face possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and sell charges.

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