While monitoring a Clover Lane home in the days after a Jan. 10 search, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies located and charged Xiangming Ye, 62, and Hongxia Kuang, 51, both of Whitefield and Brooklyn, New York.
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Police find thousands of marijuana plants in Turner home after fire reported
A deputy and firefighters found steam — not flames — and spotted marijuana plants inside the Auburn Road home. Authorities seized more than 2,000 plants, but have made no arrests.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Several people arrested after raids of 7 illegal marijuana grows in central Maine
Over 6,000 plants were seized from residences in Whitefield, Jefferson and Chelsea in the last month, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Politics
Maine’s congressional delegation renews call for crackdown on illegal pot-growing operations
They ask in a letter to the federal Department of Justice what federal agencies are doing to support Maine law enforcement shut down the illegal grows.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Sheriff: Three arrested, hundreds of plants seized in latest marijuana growing bust at a central Maine residence
Officials said they arrested Huansheng Mai, 75; Yuling Mei, 63; and Yiming Hu, 68. Each was charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana and unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs with more than 500 plants.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Court files reveal new details of ‘complex’ large-scale illegal marijuana grows at central Maine residences
After five people were arrested at a triad of houses in the towns of China and Belgrade, details are emerging such as fake marijuana license cards and expensive Armani jackets.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
The president, in a statement, said his actions would help make the ‘promise of equal justice a reality.’
Posted inMaine Crime
Wilton police destroy $1 million in illegally grown marijuana
State officials and Wilton police discovered an illegal cannabis cultivation facility while conducting an inspection at a separate Weld Road licensed facility Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
A Massachusetts cannabis worker died on the job from an asthma attack. It’s the first reported case in the U.S.
A federal report calls on cannabis facilities to evaluate workers with new-onset or worsening asthma.
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Augusta councilors propose allowing recreational marijuana businesses
The city, where only medical marijuana businesses are currently allowed now, may allow recreational retail sales, manufacturing, cultivation and testing.