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Lake County authorities seized another $500,000 in marijuana Monday stemming an ongoing investigation into a cartel-affiliated drug ring that already had netted an estimated $3 million of the drug, authorities said. Officers from the Round Lake Park Police Department, the Northern Illinois...

Clinton police and federal agents seized 2,200 pounds of marijuana worth more than $6 million from a warehouse and discovered a sophisticated growing operation, according to authorities. The drug bust occurred Tuesday morning at a property on 843 Main St. The 8,000-square-foot warehouse was...

Illinois State Police said they arrested three people and seized 62 pounds of cannabis worth $150,000 during an Interstate 70 traffic stop west of Vandalia on Oct. 11. Police said a trooper made the stop at 4:37 p.m. because the car was following too closely in traffic. The trooper found the...

Police have arrested five people in connection with two separate cannabis grows. Officers were able to carry out the arrests after receiving information from the public about a house in Portland Road, Hucknall, at around 12.25pm yesterday (Sunday, October 15). They arrested a 40-year-old...

A New Paris man was found in possession of about 5 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a search in September, state police said. State police in Bedford said a search of 111 Thomas Drive on Sept. 19 revealed the marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police said they responded to...

A 45-year-old man and 24-year-old woman are facing charges including possession of the proceeds of crime and drug possession for the purpose of trafficking following an Ottawa Police Service drug unit raid of a marijuana dispensary on Armstrong Street, near Parkdale Avenue, on Friday. Ottawa...

Police has destroyed more than 1,000 plants of marijuana on 3 hectares of land in Myene sub-county, Oyam district. Hundreds of marijuana gardens have been destroyed in the area, according to sources. Myene sub-county LC3 chairman Patrick Olobo, said tracking down the farmers was difficult...

An effort to evict a business Thursday led investigators to a marijuana grow operation in Santa Ana, police said. Orange County sheriff's deputies were directed to 1714 E. McFadden Ave. on Thursday, Oct. 12, to evict a business, but when they arrived they discovered a marijuana grow operation...

A Dunkirk man faces drug charges following a raid Wednesday of a Town of Pomfret residence where police confiscated 138 ounces of marijuana. Hammad R. Zaidi, 46, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and faces additional charges, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's office...

Cannabis has been found growing on the side of the A30 near the Daisymount roundabout. Police were called at around 11.15am today on Tuesday to reports that cannabis plants had been located on the A30 at Daisy Mount Cross in Ottery St. Mary. A police spokesman said at 4pm on Tuesday that...

The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously on October 2 to pass legislation that will decrease penalties for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in the city, making the punishment more akin to getting a speeding ticket. The decision had local celebs like 2 Chainz, Big Boi, and Killer...

Two cannabis farms worth an estimated £400,000 were found in raids at addresses in Speke this morning. A total of 99 plants were seized after officers carried out drug warrants at two addresses in Damwood Road and East Damwood Road. Police estimate the two cannabis farms to have an annual...

Indiana Excise Police have continued citing retailers selling a cannabis extract after saying they'd stop confiscating the product. The state's Alcohol and Tobacco Commission announced the moratorium on cannabidiol confiscations Aug. 12, The Indianapolis Star reported . Records show that...

An illegal marijuana grow operation was shut down Thursday after police saw several plants growing in the backyard of a home they were at earlier in the day. Police were executing an arrest warrant at a home in the 300 block of W. Adams Street early in the morning Oct. 5,when they saw several...

Cicero police came upon the largest marijuana growth operation they've seen when they searched a home Thursday, officials said. Inside, they found 68 full grown marijuana plants -- each about 4 feet tall -- and several plastic buckets of dried plants ready to be harvested and packaged...

A topless dancer is in trouble after misplacing a batch of marijuana-laced brownies. A Walgreens store on North Main Street in Fond du Lac called police early Friday morning after an employee found a container by the ATM machine that appeared to be stuffed full of baked goods. Police described...

Police pulled over a car with a faulty brake light in Torquay and found almost £2,000 worth of drugs inside. Half a dozen wraps of cannabis were stuffed inside a Tesco bag in the passenger footwell, magistrates in Newton Abbot were told. There was also a smaller amount in a plastic box by...

Border patrol police seized 400kg of compressed marijuana from Laos in Na Yoong district Wednesday. They believed the shipment was destined for Japan. Pol Col Prat Soonthornpimol, chief of the 24th Border Patrol Police unit in Udon Thani, said the marijuana was ferried in sacks by three...

A Wayland, Steuben County, couple has been arrested by State Police for growing marijuana on their back porch. State Police from the Wayland barracks and Steuben County Probation had received an anonymous report of a subject, who is on probation, growing marijuana and possibly possessing a...

A Georgia police department and one of its officers has been sued for arresting three people based on a report by a "drug recognition expert" who accused each of driving under the influence of marijuana. The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed the lawsuit earlier this week in...