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Agents seize $1.2 billion worth of pot in Calif.
AP on SFGate.com ^
| 7/23/09
| Garance Burke - ap
Posted on 07/23/2009 5:43:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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82 of the 83 arrested are Mexicans, some have been arrested before in previous years in other areas of the state for the same type of offenses.
Just growing the pot Americans refuse to grow, I reckun.
That’s a lot of lost tax revenue.
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:44:51 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:46:09 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(YO! You are also half white Â… recognize it, deal with it.)
To: doc1019
So thats where I left my stash...
To: doc1019
There’s green in them thar hills!
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:53:51 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
While -7bama murders the auto industry, banking industry, insurance industry, energy sector, and now trying to have his way with the health care sector, here is one area which should be taken down. Perhaps evidence of trying to destroy everything, and not pick-n-choosing...
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:54:01 PM PDT
by
C210N
(A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Ditto my last post. Thanks I needed this. ;-)
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:55:06 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(YO! You are also half white Â… recognize it, deal with it.)
To: NormsRevenge
Marijuana .. lettuce... both are green, both come out of the dirt... it’s all so confusing.
At least we now know where all of the lettuce pickers go to wait for new job openings.
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:55:28 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(I live in "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." Imam Obama told me so.)
To: NormsRevenge
Waste of police resources.
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:56:32 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: NormsRevenge
1.2 Billion dollars worth of pot...
I wonder how many lost jobs this translates into?
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posted on
07/23/2009 5:57:45 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: NormsRevenge
I'm heartened by these arrests. Our western wilderness (particularly in the Sierras and certain coast ranges) are being overrun by these gangsters. It's becoming very dangerous to set foot in many of our wild places because of their remote pot farms and their paranoia in protecting them.
They're human vermin, and they need to be removed and eradicated.
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:01:43 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: NormsRevenge
More than 318,000 marijuana plants were destroyed in the operation, which also netted nearly $41,000 in cash, 25 weapons and two vehicles, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said Thursday. Is California going to confiscate the plants to sell and help pay off it's debt?
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:02:12 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: NormsRevenge; gubamyster; SwinneySwitch; Pelham; Czar; Travis McGee; Tennessee Nana; brushcop; ...
Another big one in the news today.
These are Mexican drug cartels/Ms-13, they are armed and dangerous and absolutely destroying public lands.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2209-marijuana_grow.67b95315.html
Idaho News
A large outdoor marijuana grow operation was eradicated Monday on federal land in Baker County, Oregon. Police say two people were arrested at the site and approximately 3,500 marijuana plants were located.
The grow operation is similar to others found over the past several years in eastern Oregon, and was located in rugged terrain in the Snake River area. This is the second large grow operation found in Baker County this year.
The grow yielded marijuana plants 4 to 6 feet in height. Detectives estimate that if the plants were left undetected and allowed to grow to full maturity they would have yielded about two pounds per plant. Estimated value of the marijuana would be $2,000 to $3,500 per pound.
The two men taken into custody were identified as Jose Piedad Gamino-Villa, 28, and Humberto Gamino-Villa, 32, both from Mexico. They were booked in the Baker County Jail for unlawful possession, delivery and manufacturing of marijuana.
Also:http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/marijuana_farm_in_baker_county.html
(with photos of the perps)
[snip]”We believe these were both planted by members of Mexican drug cartels,’’ Duby said. “They find good sources of water and set up drip irrigation systems.”
Duby said the plants were scattered over remote, rugged terrain on about three to five acres of land on terraced hillsides. Typically, law enforcement officials spot the grow operations from the air.
The men arrested were identified as 28-year-old Jose Piedad Gamino Villa, and Humbert Gamino Villa, 32, both from Mexico. They were booked into the Baker County Jail for possession, delivery and manufacturing marijuana.
For photos of these grows in No. California, look here:
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=Invasion+lou+dobbs
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:02:35 PM PDT
by
AuntB
(Tired of Left/right coast globalist party power brokers? How 'bout THE HEARTLAND AMERICA PARTY??)
To: NormsRevenge
Agents seize $1.2 billion worth of pot in Calif.Dammm, that bites dude.
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:04:48 PM PDT
by
RoadKingSE
(How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:06:28 PM PDT
by
AuntB
(Tired of Left/right coast globalist party power brokers? How 'bout THE HEARTLAND AMERICA PARTY??)
To: mysterio
Waste of police resources.
In this case, I disagree. Anything that kicks the Mexican drug cartels in the groin and makes it harder for them to do business in the US is a good thing. However, what many people are too short-sighted or brainwashed to realize is that if we legalized marijuana in CA, the cartels immediately lose millions per year in revenue since anybody could grow a couple of plants in their backyard or closet if they wanted it. The criminalization of a particular plant is what makes this market so lucrative for the cartels.
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:07:34 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: NormsRevenge
The state then sold the pot for 2 billion, and Arnold paid off some of the state’s huge debt.
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:10:49 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: AuntB
BILLION ????????????????????????
To: NormsRevenge
"You can imagine looking from a helicopter down onto a forest, there are a lot of different shades of green. It took some specially trained personnel to spot where the marijuana was growing," Mims said. "We found it planted on hillsides and gullies, and some of the plants had grown to be eight feet tall."
They don't have specially trained personnel to spot pot. That's passe.
They have light spectrometers...pot has a UNIQUE spectrum of reflected light, just as all plants do. They simply overfly a grid and wait for the alrm, mark the GPS and send in the agents.
Personally, I don't get the war on pot. It's SILLY to think LEO and government can make a impact. It's available to anyone who wants to smoke it.
One has to ask, why put people in jail for it?
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:12:24 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: AuntB
In other words, it wasn't actually $1.2 billion worth of pot, it was 300,000 plants that might grow to that much someday. And the chief wanted a bigger headline.
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posted on
07/23/2009 6:12:59 PM PDT
by
JasonC
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