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Armored Vehicle Aids In Rescue of Shot Parks Officer

July 26, 2011
The officer radioed for help at about 7 p.m. Monday, reporting he had taken automatic rifle fire from multiple assailants and was wounded. Police believe the officer may have run across marijuana growers defending their cash crop.

Calif. Sheriff Seizes $200 Million In Pot Plants

July 18, 2011
The Ventura County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office has eradicated a massive outdoor grow operation. Investigators also discovered several campsites with several hundred pounds of equipment including tents, propane stoves, sleeping bags, fertilizers, pesticides, and an enormous amount of trash.

Smalltown Homicide Scene Yields $200K in Marijuana Plants

May 31, 2011
Some 100 sturdy young marijuana plants worth up to $2,000 each when grown were found in the back room of a Lugoff, S.C., mobile home methamphetamine lab where a woman was found shot to death over the weekend.

NYPD Helps Seize $10 Million In Hydro Weed

March 31, 2011
A strike force of NYPD officers, DEA agents, and Sullivan County police coordinated the Wednesday bust. Each plant seized could produce a pound of pot worth anywhere from $600 to $1,200 on the street.

DOJ Warns Oakland About Approval of Marijuana Growing

December 8, 2010
The Oakland city attorney has acknowledged receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice warning the city about a plan approved by the city council that allows large-scale marijuana growers.

Members of Multinational Vietnamese Pot Network Indicted

November 11, 2010
Three members of a multinational Vietnamese drug-trafficking syndicate have been indicted in a $10 million February bust involving a suburban New Jersey patrol officer who sniffed out a grow house.

'Funny Smell' Leads Miami Officer to Marijuana Lab

September 14, 2010
After responding to a burglary call, a Miami police officer was outside the home working on his report, when he noticed a "funny smell" that let him to a marijuana growing operation.

Measure to Legalize Marijuana Will be on California's November Ballot

March 25, 2010
An initiative to legalize marijuana and allow it to be sold and taxed will appear on the November ballot, state election officials announced Wednesday, triggering what will probably be a much-watched campaign that once again puts California on the forefront of the nation's debate over whether to soften drug laws.

Officer Who Smelled Burning Marijuana From Chimney Triggered $10M Bust

March 10, 2010
An officer's keen nose has led to the largest pot bust in New Jersey history, which took an estimated $10 million in marijuana off the market.

Mexican Drug Gangs Take Over National Parks and Forests

March 2, 2010
Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

Denver Cops: Medical Pot Sale Linked to Homicide

January 5, 2010
Police say a medical marijuana sale gone awry early this morning led to the fatal shooting of a man in Denver.

Colorado Cops Feel Handcuffed by Medical-Pot Changes

November 5, 2009
Colorado law enforcement officers say they are flummoxed by "murky, confusing and vague" rules governing medical-marijuana production and are looking to the state legislature for clarification this January.

Feds Won't Use Resources to Prosecute Medical Marijuana Cases

October 21, 2009
The Obama administration has ended the policy of federal enforcement of medical marijuana patients and dispensers in states where use of the drug is permitted for certain illnesses, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced.

California Pot Farm Fire Reveals Troubling Trend

August 20, 2009
Narcotics agents said Tuesday they had little doubt that the nearly 90,000-acre La Brea fire in California was started by Mexican drug traffickers who were tending a large, sophisticated marijuana farm planted on the side of a mountain in the Los Padres National Forest.
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