As pot businesses proliferate around the state, criminal activity has followed. In Gorham, one business was the victim of a band of audacious burglars who cut a hole in the side of a building to get to the valuable cannabis inside.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
New York’s first marijuana sales permits will go to people with convictions
The first 100 to 200 licenses will be aimed at helping casualties of the war on drugs, including people with family convicted of a marijuana-related offense, state officials said.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News
Former Franklin County prosecutor admits to federal crime linked to large marijuana operation
The attorney for Kayla Alves said the former assistant district attorney was not a part of an alleged illegal marijuana distribution and laundering conspiracy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
New York planning $200 million equity fund for new marijuana industry
State officials want ‘the most diverse and inclusive’ cannabis market in the nation, but advocates say the timing of funding and services is more important than the amount.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Vassalboro official had ordered marijuana growing business to close prior to fire
Medical marijuana cultivation business on Webber Pond Road that was destroyed in an accidental fire Monday had failed to secure town approvals to operate as a commercial business and as a marijuana business.
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Double dealing: Legal, illicit blur in California pot market
As California enters its fifth year of broad legal marijuana sales, industry insiders say the practice of working simultaneously in the legal and illicit markets is all too commonplace in the struggling pot economy.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Judge gives defendants in Farmington marijuana case more time to review evidence
The trial on federal charges has been pushed to September.
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Massachusetts company weeds out competition, bakes 850-pound pot brownie
MariMed Inc. says the brownie, containing 20,000 mg of THC, will ultimately be sold to a medical marijuana patient.
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Federal court grants time for filing motions in marijuana, money laundering case in Farmington area
It gives defendants and their counsel more time to review extensive federal information, evidence.
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Case against former Franklin County prosecutor to move forward
Federal court finds probable cause to believe Kayla Alves of Farmington committed the crimes of tampering with proceedings and tampering with documents.