Tag: marijuana smuggling

Legal Weed in Canada Might Be Dry for a Year

Former Colorado Cop and Pot Entrepreneur Indicted in Huge Trafficking Ring

A former marijuana enforcement officer and a Denver-based cannabis entrepreneur were indicted by a grand jury in connection with a massive trafficking ring that allegedly shipped marijuana out of state, while also fleecing numerous investors in a license-peddling scheme. According to the indictment, first reported by the Cannabist on Tuesday, former marijuana enforcement officer, Renee Rayton; weed entrepreneur Scott Pack

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Seattle Cop Arrested in Major Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Ring

A Seattle police officer served as the “muscle” for a sizable interstate marijuana smuggling operation run by his brother-in-law—who hired the cop because he was family, federal authorities announced Monday. Alex Chapackdee, 44, allegedly helped send “hundreds of pounds of marijuana” from Seattle, where recreational cannabis is legal, to Baltimore, where it most certainly is not, as well as other

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Customs Officials Discover Pot Being Mailed to US Air Base in Japan

Smugglers have been using Yokota Air Base, the headquarters of U.S. troops in western Tokyo, to mail pot into Japan. “Japanese customs officials at Yokota Air Base discovered marijuana being sent to an APO box in September,” officials said Tuesday in a statement, as reported by Stars and Stripes. The pot, valued at 8.5 million yen or $72,000, originated in Canada, according

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