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Special Units

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.

January 31, 2012

SWAT

Armored Rescue Vehicles: 3 Effective Deployments

ARVs are one of the many specialized "tools" in the SWAT toolbox. As such, they're usually employed only for high-risk situations and community relations initiatives. The end result is that ARVs are employed very selectively and infrequently.

September 7, 2011

Special Units

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.

July 25, 2011

Special Units

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.

July 17, 2011

Patrol

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.

May 30, 2011

Patrol

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.

March 30, 2011

Patrol

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.

December 7, 2010

Patrol

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.

November 10, 2010

Patrol

'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.

September 13, 2010

Patrol

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

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.

March 24, 2010

Patrol

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

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.

March 9, 2010

Special Units

Mexican Drug Gangs Take Over National Parks and Forests

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.

March 1, 2010