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Colorado Springs Man Arrested With 68 Pounds Of Marijuana

The Denver Post | Posted 06.25.2011

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A Colorado Springs man was arrested in Wyoming over the weekend after Wyoming Highway Patrol officers said they found five duffel bags filled with 68 ...

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Hazmat Scare Turns Into Pot Bust In South Barrington

Barrington, IL Patch | Posted 05.28.2011

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A hazmat box alarm caused a scare at a South Barrington home on March 25. At 5:18 p.m., South Barrington police officers responded to a burglar al...

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What's The Number One Reason For Arrest In New York City?

Posted 05.25.2011

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The NYPD has been unkind to the possessors of 'kind bud'. Marijuana possession was the top reason for arrests in New York city in 2010, according t...

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Police Terrorize 13-Year-Old Girl In Botched Pot Bust, Family Says

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Spring Valley, New York, family was mistakenly displaced from their house early Thursday morning after a troop of armed officers looking for drugs r...

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Routine Traffic Stop Leads To 500-Pound Marijuana Seizure

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not routinely the kind of the thing you find on a traffic stop. Perhaps it's because one who drives a car with 500 pounds of marijuana is not su...

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Family Angry At Cops For Ruining 'Designer Marijuana' Operation

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Tinley Park family busted for running a $1 million marijuana grow operation in their suburban home is furious with the Cook County Sheriff's police ...

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Mexican Authorities Seize 105 Tons Of Marijuana

AP | MARIANA MARTINEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the b...

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Stoned on Righteousness

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not just about us. If Californians legalize marijuana on Nov. 2, maybe Mexico will end its horrific drug war.

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Cook County Pot Bust One Of The Largest In Its History

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Describing it as one of the largest marijuana busts in its history, the Cook County sheriff's police has seized 5,525 pounds of the drug with an estim...

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Six Brooklyn Restaurants And Stores Busted For Marijuana Sales

nytimes.com | ANN FARMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sign outside Chris Restaurant in Brooklyn listed some staples of Caribbean cuisine among its offerings: homemade fried chicken, jerk chicken and s...

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Cops Seize $8 Million In Marijuana, Plus Cocaine, Weapons And Cash

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago police seized more than 1,200 pounds of cannabis worth an estimated $8 million and 800 grams of cocaine worth about $100,000 in a Back of the ...

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Two Tons Of Marijuana Seized In A Record Bust

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday night, Illinois State Police stopped a semitrailer truck on Interstate 57 in Tuscola, a town about 30 miles south of Champaign. A drug-snif...

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Barney Frank: POT BUST Took Place With Congressman Present

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready's marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report. Ready was arrested ...

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Jeremy Wheeler Tried To Eat Pot Plants After Weed Bust: Cops

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Deputies say an upstate New York man has been charged with evidence tampering after he was busted for growing marijuana -- and t...

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Man Tells Cops Pot Plants Were For His Dog

Joliet Herald News | JOE HOSEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cops found a pair of large pot plants growing in the back yard of a Twin Falls Drive residence last week, but the man of the house explained he wa...

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Police Seize $260,000 Worth Of Pot In Will County Bust

Chicago Tribune | Dennis Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will County sheriff's police seized nearly 115 pounds of cannabis, valued at $260,000, after an early Friday traffic stop on Interstate Highway 57 nea...

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