Busts / Raids

Pot Paradox: Seattle Is at the Vanguard of Legalizing Pot, So Why Are arrest levels Worse Than Ever?

thestranger.com — If you thought pot legalization in Seattle had already arrivedâ€”think again. Despite voters making pot possession the lowest law-enforcement priority in 2003, Seattle police are arresting more people on low-level marijuana charges this year than any year in the last decade. Between January 1 and June 30, Seattle police have arrested 172 people for m More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 18 days ago

Santa Rosa woman's venture into pot garden stokes debate

pressdemocrat.com — A Santa Rosa woman's daring venture into an illegal marijuana garden last Sunday on her northwest Sonoma County property stoked debate over how best to protect residents and the environment from the drug's cultivators. Authorities in Sonoma and Mendocino counties have ramped up efforts to destroy a flood of illegal marijuana gardens on public and p More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 18 days ago

Readington, Hunterdon, state split the seized $100,000 which smelled of marijuana

nj.com — READINGTON TWP. â€” Although a search of a vehicle that yielded a backpack full of cash that smelled like marijuana was ruled invalid, the money was never returned to the vehicleâ€™s occupants. In June the appellate division of the state Superior Court ruled the search was invalid but many readers â€” including John Paff, who is chairman of the New Jerse More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 25 days ago

Santa Barbara County greenhouse marijuana bust near Highway 101 leads to two arrests; pot value as high as $80 million

thedailysound.com — Santa Barbara County narcotics detectives on Thursday busted a huge marijuana growing factory near the Dos Pueblos Ranch area, just off Highway 101. The discovery, authorities said, could be the biggest greenhouse marijuana facility in Santa Barbara County history. Detectives found the greenhouse garden on a 50-acre site that once was part of the More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 25 days ago

Cops Find 'Marijuana Megafarm' in Northern Wisconsin

newsfeed.time.com — The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin is a lush, green paradise. But the AP reports investigators happened upon a different kind of green growing in one forest corner. Law enforcement agents say a band of Hispanic men were growing thousands of marijuana plants in remote plots in the forest. Oconto County Sheriff Mike Jansen said they More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 25 days ago

Medical Marijuana Patient Faces Life in Prison for a Half Ounce in Texas

stopthedrugwar.org — A Texas asthma sufferer who went to California for a medical marijuana recommendation and then got busted in June on a Texas highway with small amounts of marijuana and hashish is facing up to life in prison after being indicted by a Brown County grand jury. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a first-deg More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 27 days ago

1.7 BILLION Dollar Pot Bust In Central California

huffingtonpost.com — FRESNO, Calif. â€” Nearly 100 people have been arrested in an ongoing sweep of marijuana-growing operations that has netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range, federal and state agents said Thursday. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said several Mexican drug cartels were involved in the grow operations and that More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 29 days ago

Dennis Peron raided in San Francisco

examiner.com — "Why now?" That is the question everyone is asking since Leland Cole announced yesterday afternoon on Facebook that Dennis Peron had been raided at his home in San Francisco. Peron authored The Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215) and is regarded as the father of the medical marijuana movement. ole, founder and director of The Internat More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 31 days ago

Police name suspect in Los Angeles marijuana dispensary slaying

mercurynews.com — LOS ANGELESâ€”Los Angeles police have announced a $50,000 reward for a man suspecting of killing a worker at a medical marijuana dispensary. Detectives on Thursday said they are looking for 27-year-old Raymond Lemone Easter, a suspected gang member believed to be one of three people who robbed the Echo Park dispensary June 24. After ransacking the bu More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 32 days ago

Is National Guard needed for Mendocino pot violence?

pressdemocrat.com — Fed up with armed marijuana growers taking over public lands, a group of Mendocino County residents on Tuesday asked the board of supervisors to declare a state of emergency and bring in the National Guard. â€œThey're everywhere, they are destroying the forest,â€ said Chris Brennan, a Laytonville rancher and federal trapper. â€œIt's out of control,â€ sai More... (Busts / Raids)

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Devin Calloway submitted 32 days ago