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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2012

LASD Seizes $10M In Marijuana From Warehouse Grow Operation

Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives seized more than 2,000 marijuana plants valued at $10 million from a sophisticated indoor warehouse grow operation capable of producing $30 million a year of marijuana.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 7, 2012

Medical Marijuana Passes In Conn.

Connecticut became the 17th state in the nation to legalize marijuana for various medical ailments, when the state legislature passed a bill early Saturday authorizing its use.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2012

Bronx Marijuana Jungle Raided by NYPD

NYPD investigators raided an indoor jungle of marijuana plants that reached seven feet in height and likely generated $3 million in drug profits for its owners.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 26, 2011

Armored Vehicle Aids In Rescue of Shot Parks Officer

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2011

Calif. Sheriff Seizes $200 Million In Pot Plants

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 31, 2011

Smalltown Homicide Scene Yields $200K in Marijuana Plants

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2011

NYPD Helps Seize $10 Million In Hydro Weed

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2010

DOJ Warns Oakland About Approval of Marijuana Growing

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2010

Members of Multinational Vietnamese Pot Network Indicted

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2010

'Funny Smell' Leads Miami Officer to Marijuana Lab

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.

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