27 arrested in five county marijuana bust

mrbungle79

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Gonna try to get cbd cuts out to as many deserving folks as possible so there won't be a need for the guy trying to charge several hundred dollars for a high cbd cut. Like to flood the market with high cbd meds so the truly needy won't have any issues finding it free or close to it
 
NurseNancy420

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mrbungle79 said:
Gonna try to get cbd cuts out to as many deserving folks as possible so there won't be a need for the guy trying to charge several hundred dollars for a high cbd cut. Like to flood the market with high cbd meds so the truly needy won't have any issues finding it free or close to it
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There is a fello at the train station looking for high ones. Your val?? Is the highest around Michigain I know of. I'll be sending him some info for you sir.
 
Flaming Pie

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2.5 oz transported on your person. 12 plants. No limit on stored bud.

That way you can harvest 6 plants (having 6 waiting in veg) with 4-5 oz per plant every couple months. And not have to worry about weight or the fluctuation of weight between harvest and cure.

Should be the law everywhere.
 
TheMan13

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Flaming Pie said:
2.5 oz transported on your person. 12 plants. No limit on stored bud.

That way you can harvest 6 plants (having 6 waiting in veg) with 4-5 oz per plant every couple months. And not have to worry about weight or the fluctuation of weight between harvest and cure.

Should be the law everywhere.
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I share your clearly reasonable view brother and some may argue that is the true spirit of the MMMP laws as written here in this state.
 
TheMan13

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Rrog said:
The 2.5 oz thing stored at home is a joke. Agreed. Who wouldn't agree?
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Special Agent Patrick Frederick (DEA) and the Federal Magistrate Judges he silicates obviously. With such federal opinions in hand the local LEO military assault teams kicking down your door will obviously have that exact same opinion as they seize all of your property and drag you off to jail in order to feed you to the "justice" system that their very existence relies upon :eyesmoke: This is a cancer we clearly need to talk about regardless of it's dark nature.
 
TheMan13

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[h=1]Anti-marijuana “Operation High Mileage” skids off the road[/h]by Rick Thompson
GRAND RAPIDS- A criminal complaint lodged a week ago against 27 people alleged to have participated in a scheme to grow and distribute marijuana in Michigan will have their federal charges dropped- temporarily.
The federal indictment was unsealed a week ago with fanfare and grandeur. Federal agents postured that the group of Michiganders, who called themselves the Medical Marijuana Team (MMT), used the state’s medical marijuana law as a front for illegal activity- even though previous police encounters had resulted in determinations that some of the growing operations were “legal”. In the investigation, federal agents have acknowledged the following facts:
28 locations were raided with search warrants
27 people were named in the federal indictment
1,000 + telephone calls were captured between participants in the MMT
500 + marijuana plants were seized
Only one person has actually been identified as possessing a MMA registry identification card, per reports
“Several hundred” items that could have evidentiary value were captured by law enforcement
$3,200/lb is the price investigators say the MMT was charging for their high-grade cannabis
160 officers were involved in the investigation
50 + police reports on the raids and interviews are expected to be filed
$250,000 income in a single year is supposedly the claim of MMT ringleader Shawn Taylor
The investigation covered six counties on Michigan’s conservative western shore.
Lead investigator for the federal government, Patrick Frederick, said that the 1,000 calls captured came from “several weeks of wiretaps on cell phones used by principal members of the organization.”
Each of the persons involved was arrested and charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 100 or more marijuana plants, per published reports from the MLive news media group. Now those charges are going to be dismissed.
Assistant US Attorney Mark Courtade asked that all charges against the alleged conspirators be dismissed until the feds have time to analyze all the data they accumulated during the investigation. The raids took place during October 16 and 17; Courtade asked for the dismissal on Oct. 21, less than a week later but after nearly all the alleged conspirators were booked into Kent County Jail by Friday, October 18.
Also seized: “several hundreds of other items of evidentiary value that must be itemized and cataloged,” per Courtade. His request for dismissal of all charges comes from his belief that “The government cannot guarantee that the investigation will be completed and ready for grand jury review within the next 30 days, therefore rather than have the defendants subject to continued court jurisdiction and constraint, the United State’s Attorney’s Office believes that a dismissal of the complaint, pending grand jury review, is appropriate.”
Several incidents precipitated the massive raid and arrest actions. On June 2nd, 2011, police investigated a break-in at Taylor’s mother’s home; police determine the garden containing 72 plants (18 of which were stolen) was proper and filed no charges. A man, arrested in Ohio with several pounds of cannabis, identified the western Michigan region as the source of the marijuana. He named a name; several months later two additional “informants” pointed to Taylor and another man as the ringleaders of a large distribution scheme.
Officers from the anti-drug agency Western Michigan Enforcement Team entered a home on Aug 10, 2012, where they found 28 plants and determined once again that the growing operation was ‘legal’. Those plants were owned by Taylor and the alleged co-conspirator.
This is the latest in a series of federal raids in Michigan on people registered to grow cannabis under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMA). The Lansing Seven, including Ryan Basore and the father and son team of Lance and Dennis Forsberg, were federally convicted of crimes relating to their legally-registered caregiving activities under the MMA; a second father-son team, Jerry and Jeremy Duval, are both in federal penitentiaries serving sentences for their cultivation of cannabis as authorized by the MMA.
Similar to the MMT story, the Duval family acknowledges that their marijuana cultivation operation was given approval by a Michigan law enforcement group just months before the federal government raided it and called it illegal. Basore and the Seven were advised by Michigan attorneys prior to the federal raids that their conduct conformed to current legal requirements of the MMA.
Jerry (Gerald) Duval is a multiple transplant patient who has been assigned to a federal medical facility for the duration of his sentence; despite the nature of the detention facility Duval still suffers from hemorrhages in both eyes that could rob him of his sight. Duval says he has not had medical attention for his ailments for several months. Americans for Safe Access representative Kari Boiter confirmed to TCC in an earlier interview that the involvement of a high-profile Washington legislator was necessary for Duval to get proper medical treatment after being assigned to the facility earlier this year.

http://thecompassionchronicles.com/2013/10/22/anti-marijuana-operation-high-mileage-skids-off-the-road/
 
TheMan13

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[h=1]Several people question recent marijuana raids[/h]RAND RAPIDS (WZZM) -- "Operation High Mileage" is getting a lot of comments on the internet and social media sites. Many question the cost of such a large marijuana investigation.
There were 27 people arrested in the multi-county drug raid. It's considered a big win for the law enforcement teams that were involved.
For many others, like community activist Michael Tuffelmire, it's being called a waste of time. "I do believe there should be regulation; however, I believe this is another step in the wrong direction."
Tuffelmire says he does not use marijuana, but he does believe in de-criminalizing it to some extent. He was the director of DecriminalizeGR, the organization that helped make small amounts of marijuana a civil infraction in Grand Rapids. He's concerned about the recent raids.
"As I see in media reports, there were 160 police officers across 11 agencies involved. As a combat veteran of Iraq, this sounds like a military operation."
WZZM 13 News did reach out to most of the agencies involved to see why so many resources were used in the bust, but no one would comment.
On Facebook, the majority of the feedback was negative.
Patty says: "what a waste of time and money." Arty says: "take the 160 officers and go work on the meth problem."
There was some positive feedback. Becky says: "good job guys."
"I'm just wondering in this time of need, when we're looking at how to reduce our budgets, if this is the wisest use of our resources," says Tuffelmire.
In all, there were 500 pounds of marijuana, money, and other property seized in the raids. Investigators have warned that it's not over and there will likely be more arrests to come.
The Western branch of the ACLU is taking up the issue of smarter drug policies next month. Experts on the issue, including law enforcement officers, will be on hand for the discussion. It will be held November 11 at the UICA on Fulton Street at 7 p.m.
 
TheMan13

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The western branch of ACLU is holding "Smarter Drug Policy" 7pm Monday November 11th at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (2 West Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49503).

Anyone going?
 
slumdog80

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"In all, there were 500 pounds of marijuana, money, and other property seized in the raids. Investigators have warned that it's not over and there will likely be more arrests to come."

They can't help themselves from lying, oops, I mean making typos.


 
TheMan13

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[h=1]Business raided in huge pot bust remains closed[/h]MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- Some of the 27 people arrested last week in a massive marijuana sting say they want to talk and clear their names, but for now they're leaving that decision up to their lawyers.
Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office decided to temporarily dismiss charges against the suspects because the operation was so vast, the prosecution would not be able to make its case within the required 30 days.
Prosecutors have 50 reports and 1,000 electronic communications to review. The U.S. Attorney's office could file the charges again at a later date.
Since charges were dropped, some of the 27 suspects have already hired representation. Two others said Tuesday they were meeting with lawyers.
A Rothbury store police searched last week during Operation High Mileage has reopened but employees said they can't talk about the search.
Meanwhile the lights are off at another hydroponics store. In-Do-Grow in Muskegon is still closed, and there was a letter from the City of Muskegon taped to the door saying the city is revoking Molly and Shawn Taylor's business certification. The Taylors have 10 days to appeal the decision. The city document cites reports to police about the direct sale of marijuana to customers as one of the reasons for the action.
A lawyer representing a Grand Haven man charged in the bust says investigators cast a large net hoping for big fish in the drug trade but missed and only caught people abiding by Michigan's medical marijuana laws.
All 27 suspects had been charged with conspiracy to manufacture and deliver marijuana. Possible penalties for that charge depend on the amount of drugs involved in the case.

http://www.wzzm13.com/rss/article/271680/14/Business-raided-in-mass-pot-bust-remains-closed
 
Someacdude

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Citys broke , i was in Detroit a few months ago, very sad.
Wait till the speed traps double and other fines go up, they have no revenue , highways closed , huge detours , this is what happens with poor leadership.
 
TheMan13

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[h=2]Neighbor of Pot Suspect Recalls Raid[/h]


KENT COUNTY, Mich — Gale Soules told FOX 17 that he was enjoying his typical Wednesday morning routine in his Kent County home, when his wife informed him of the comotion next door.
“I was having coffee and my wife was leaving for work and she got out of the driveway, stopped the car, came in the house and says ‘there’s cop cars all over the place,’” said Soules.
Soules also said he watched from a distance while the DEA and 15 other law enforcement agencies raided the home of his neighbor, Braden Kasper. Kasper was one of 25 arrests made during “Operation High Mileage” in which more than 500 marijuana plants were confiscated.
“I stopped and asked the kids that were at the house what was going on. They really had no idea. I said is it something to do with the medical marijuana, they said yah,” said Soules.
Soules says law enforcement spent about three hours at the house collecting evidence.
“All the officers were here in the driveway and they backed the pickup truck against the boat, pulled the boat out, took the two trailers that we here. Garage door was open, stuff was piled up in a big heap in the middle,” said Soules.
There were 28 search warrants executed at different locations around West Michigan on Wednesday.

Read more: http://fox17online.com/2013/10/17/neighbor-of-pot-suspect-recalls-raid/#ixzz2jzUZfXPu
 
TheMan13

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Someacdude said:
Citys broke , i was in Detroit a few months ago, very sad.
Wait till the speed traps double and other fines go up, they have no revenue , highways closed , huge detours , this is what happens with poor leadership.
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It's more than just poor leadership brother, that's just a criminal defense after the fact.
 
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