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Cottage Grove man sentenced to federal prison for hash oil explosion

… human life and illegally possessing and manufacturing marijuana during a November 2017 butane honey oil (BHO) … BHO extraction lab. BHO is a concentrated form of marijuana extracted using highly flammable or combustible …
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Members of international drug trafficking conspiracy sentenced to prison

… Defendants used cash from China to purchase and operate marijuana grow houses – Set up shipping company to move thousands of pounds of black market marijuana to East Coast SEATTLE -  Three members of an …
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Tony Torrez Charged With Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Laws

… The criminal complaint charges Torrez with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and using and carrying … paraphernalia and other items consistent with the use of marijuana, marijuana, and a substance believed to be “wax,” a …
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Continuing Criminal Enterprise No More, Jury Trial Convicts Pair Of Defendants

… mandatory life sentences for their leadership roles in the marijuana conspiracy SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Special Agent in … conspiracies that all involved 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana: (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to … evidence at trial proved the existence of an international marijuana trafficking organization headed by Michael C. …
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San Francisco News 2010

July 15, 2021
… Convictions of Doctor-Lawyer Couple for Growing and Selling Marijuana November 5, 2010 Defendant Pleads Guilty in … Pharmacy Investigation October 28, 2010 San Joaquin County Marijuana Cultivation Ring Busted October 27, 2010 Head of … 8, 2010 Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictments Charging 13 Marijuana Growers in Nevada County October 8, 2010 More …
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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

… with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute … illegal money remitting business and numerous substantive marijuana and cocaine counts. He was also convicted for … organization whose aim was to distribute cocaine and marijuana through commercial freight lines to numerous …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Investigators seize 32 tons of marijuana, arrest 6 suspects sd113011fig1.jpg … announced the arrest of six suspects and a record 32-ton marijuana seizure Wednesday in connection with the discovery …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… and evolving crisis.” “The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner has been troubled by the stark rise … this lethal problem affecting our communities,” said Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner Dr. Jonathan Lucas. “As a mother of … in Ventura) Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. Antelope Valley Marijuana Alcohol and Pharmaceutical Prevention Coalition …
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Madera and Fresno Men Sentenced for Interstate Drug Shipments

… for an interstate drug conspiracy involving shipments of marijuana to the Midwest, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. … with Tan Minh Vo, 48, of San Jose, to send two shipments of marijuana to Halen Frazier, 34, of Kingsville, Missouri. The …
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Kern County Drug Traffickers Indicted

… Security (HSI), and the Kern County Sheriff’s Department. Marijuana Cultivation/Processing Operation Case In the … cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, cultivating marijuana, and possessing marijuana …
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More Operation Mercury Convictions

… 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif. - Operation Mercury, a multicounty marijuana initiative focusing on agricultural marijuana grows, has resulted in the guilty plea today of … Torres, 28, of Bakersfield, conspired to cultivate 920 marijuana plants on private ranch land in Kern County. Law …
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More Than 20 Defendants Charged In City-Wide Drug Bust

… Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Millions of dollars along with marijuana, methamphetamine, vehicles and guns seized OCT … a group that allegedly imported thousands of pounds of marijuana into the city.  As a result of the search and … has resulted in the seizure of more than 15,000 pounds of marijuana and nearly $5 million in suspected drug proceeds,” …
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East Bay drug traffickers sentenced to 15 years and 10 years in prison

… that beginning in September 2014, he operated an indoor marijuana grow at his house that resulted in about 80 plants … operated by his co-defendants and that he distributed marijuana from the operations in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee …
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Modesto Cornfield Pot Growers Indicted

… them with conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess marijuana with the intent to distribute it, and cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it. Cisneros-Garcia … is also charged with employing a juvenile to assist in his marijuana-cultivation operation. This case is the product of …
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Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison

… count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana on April 22 and faces a maximum of 20 years … count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana on April 22 and faces a maximum of 20 years …
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Second Man Admits Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis

… front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to one felony marijuana distribution conspiracy count and one count of … the discharge of one or more firearms in furtherance of the marijuana trafficking conspiracy. Those firearm discharges …
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Warehouse Manager Ordered To Prison

… with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana has been ordered to prison, announced Drug … with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana on Nov. 3, 2015, following a three-day trial. … the transportation of more than 6,300 kilograms of marijuana from Sept. 24, 2011, to Aug. 27, 2012. During …
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20 Arrested And Charged Federally In Connection With Drug Trafficking In Central Texas

… substances, including methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, in the Austin/Temple/Killeen areas since January … Temple, TX, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana; Elias (aka “Big E”), age 35, of Temple, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana; Eliodoro Denova Lopez, age 28, of Pflugerville, …
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Joint law enforcement operation results in major eradication in northwest New Mexico

… Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 Piles of marijuana.jpg ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Federal, state, local and … together in the Shiprock, New Mexico, area to conduct a marijuana eradication operation that yielded tremendous …
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… trafficking (DTO) that imported large amounts of cocaine, marijuana and heroin from Mexico into the United States.  … alleged that members of the DTO distributed the cocaine, marijuana and heroin in Albuquerque and other places in the … 2.9 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1039.9 kilograms of marijuana, and 351 grams of heroin.  They also seized …
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Madera Cornfield Pot Farmer Sentenced

… cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. According to the plea agreement filed in August … Martinez admitted that he had conspired to grow 45,500 marijuana plants ranging from 2 to 13 feet tall within a … planted the corn in March 2010, and then planted the marijuana within the corn rows in April 2010. He had lived …
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13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

… of fentanyl, Adderall pills, Alprazolam (Xanax), LSD, marijuana and psilocybin (hallucinogenic mushrooms).  … to never consume pharmaceuticals unless under licensed medical care and sourced from a licensed pharmacy.  A …
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More than two dozen defendants charged in major gang-related drug trafficking indictment

… including methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA or “Ecstasy,” and marijuana – through connections in Atlanta. An alleged … seizing more than two kilos of cocaine, four kilos of marijuana, half a kilo of methamphetamine, more than two …
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Sacramento real estate broker and three others indicted for international money laundering conspiracy

… Money wired from China to be used to buy homes for indoor marijuana grows SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nine-count indictment … international money laundering, conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, and manufacturing marijuana. This is the third …
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Santeria Follower Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges

… with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana, announced Steven S. Whipple, Acting Special Agent … evidence that placed Maya in a conspiracy involving several marijuana loads each totaling between 300 and 1,000 pounds … was to provide tractor trailer drivers to drive marijuana loads to locations including Houston and Taylor, …
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Former Army Man Convicted In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and use and carrying of a firearm in furtherance … 29, of Denver, Colo., also pleaded guilty today to the marijuana and cocaine conspiracy as well as conspiracy to … was discussed as well as a future load of 500 kilograms of marijuana. At the meeting, Corley also sold undercover …
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Operation Mountain High Concluded With Federal Charges

… aerial surveillance when they happened to spot a remote marijuana farm in Julian. Agents cut down the massive crop … the middle of nowhere and arrests of elusive higher-level marijuana traffickers who manage large-scale grows on public …
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Seattle News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Laundering Conspiracy October 22, 2008 Five Members of Marijuana Conspiracy Plead Guilty October 21, 2008 Drug … October 2, 2008 Postal Carrier Jailed for Distribution of Marijuana on Mail Route September 26, 2008 Meth, Cocaine … Physician and Dentist Plead Guilty July 29, 2008 Alaska Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced July 24, 2008 Barrow Man …
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St. Louis News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Worth of Meth December 1, 2009 Federal Indictment Alleges Marijuana Traffickers Made $22 Million November 18, 2009 Two … October 27, 2009 East St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Marijuana Offense October 23, 2009 Nixa, Missouri Woman … Overdose Death September 28, 2009 Arizona Man Sentenced for Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy Case September 25, 2009 …
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