Massive marijuana operation busted in Denver
Massive marijuana operation busted in Denver
The indictments of 32 people allegedly connected to a multimillion dollar scheme to grow marijuana illegally and ship it out of state is being called the largest marijuana bust since legalization, according to law enforcement authorities. During a news conference Thursday, officials said the group transported hundreds of pounds of marijuana out of Colorado and brought cash back, at times, using skydiving planes
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there’s nothing wrong with marijuana. legalize and decriminalize cannabis world wide and end prohibition!
snitch looser must of got pulled over. n snitched
32 people behind bars… $40,000 per year per person, that’s $1.28 million a year to keep them in jail.
Taking out black market growers in the United States,supports black market grows in Mexico.Support your local economy.Not Paragway’s.
selling a product people want to be happy is not drug dealing. these politicians are more crooked then these marijuana dealers they get paid a big salary buy stealing peoples tax dollars. they could never earn their own money so they join a group that steals peoples money and they call it tax dollars.
Just legalize it.
Lmao, people need to understand that it still is a federal crime, dont think it’s legal just yet and end up behind bars for jumping the gun and being stupid.
Make it legal in more states and the black market disappears. Funny thing is that MN has med, but their requirements were ridiculous.
Waste of resources and efforts. You have not made the world a better or safer place by these arrests. Youve only ruined 32 lives. Pat yourselfs on the back
how about just make it legal everywhere, no more black market bs to worry about
How about I go and kidnap 34 DEA agents and lock them in my basement for 10 years. I could also put them next to a bunk mate that is a serial murderer/pedophile.
It’s just a fucking plant.
i know this is old but thats what happens when only 1-3 states are legal and the rest are not .least its up to 8 now,just need more now.spread the love 🙂
I fucking hate when people call it "pot" like what are you fucking 70 years old smh
shiiiiit….hahaha Colorado aint got shit on CALIFORNIA….CA supplies America ..
The state busted these people since the State is not collecting taxes on this operation in which was a strong motivation for the government to make it recreational which is spreading to American States every year little by little. Legalized recreational marijuana was only approved to generate more money for the State, nothing more so of course they will arrest those not being taxed. It simply takes money out of the States pocket. The legal companies selling weed who pretty much sold illegally prior to the change of the laws will snitch out the illegal operations to reduce competition for them, mark my words and that will be nation wide.
Weed in Colorado sucks. Cheeses and whatever were terrible. No buzzz. Even when flown to Texas. I dont want that shit.
As the Evil Entity of Prohibition dies an agonizing death, I celebrate, and light another bowl of Gods Herbal Blessing.
The real answer to this situation is to let everyone grow nationwide. Washington DC now allows home grows with no sales.DC residents can have 5 plants per person per household and they can carry up to 2 ounces without fear of arrest. Only time will tell but I feel the DC law is the best legalization effort to date because they don’t allow sales thus preventing any group of investors from moving in and taking over all production and sales which only creates new U.S. born drug cartels.
Omg free these innocent people (unless they sold other drugs too)
This is so evil, yet the government does it every day.
oh the hipocracy! If the state doesn’t get their cut (taxes) then all of a sudden whats LEGAL IN COLORADO becomes a HORRIFIC CRIME that took four years of work to bring down! This is so ridiculous! The people who are pattin themselves on the back for this display of wasted resources on a non crime should be ashamed! Public display of incompetence, arrogance and corruption. How bout this? Instead of this mafia style take down of competition in your drug dealing…..do your job! Test all the hundreds of rape kits that sit currently untested due to …lack of funds?…..and stop funneling resources into organized crime you are the boss of. Disgraceful.
oh the hipocracy! If the state doesn’t get their cut (taxes) then all of a sudden whats LEGAL IN COLORADO becomes a HORRIFIC CRIME that took four years of work to bring down! This is so ridiculous! The people who are pattin themselves on the back for this display of wasted resources on a non crime should be ashamed! Public display of incompetence, arrogance and corruption. How bout this? Instead of this mafia style take down of competition in your drug dealing…..do your job! Test all the hundreds of rape kits that sit currently untested due to …lack of funds?…..and stop funneling resources into organized crime you are the boss of. Disgraceful.
yeah they are pissed off bcz theg cant tax. Fucken state and cops are pathetic
If white people don’t get a piece then it’s considered the "black" market
Who’s the Asian dude NATO?
Better them than the cartels
wtf pot ain’t a drug
Weird. If more weed is being grown in Colorado and more weed is being shipped to the parts of the U.S. where weed is still illegal now, I guess that means there’s more Americans going to prison on weed charges than ever before. I’m sure weed was legalized in a tiny portion of America for your benefit though. The far left sure does seem to want to fill those prisons up, if you really think about it.
The world is/always will be a business. The government is your boss, and you are an employee of the corporation of the USA. You are considered a tax paying node in their system, and expected to follow any policy that is set by the head office. Head office would actually loose $ if MJ were legalized; Pharma, med, alcohol/tobacco, oil, prisons, and police can’t let it happen. Now, take a vaccine, eat monsanto, drink fluoride, pop a prozac, watch american idol, pay your taxes, and get back to work!
weed lol
Here is the bottom line, Black markets will always be there UNTIL the price of legal cannabis drops! When the legal grower are charging 15-20 dollars a gram and the black market growers are charging 10 how do you thing its going to work out. The people will go to the cheaper grower. Everyone knows this fact so again this is a failed program by the government. If you would allow anyone to grow what ever they wanted and how ever much they wanted guess what would happen, The Black market would go away IDIOTS ! Why does the government have to make money from this market, its called GREED and because government have been managing the moneys from taxes wrongly for well lets see since I have been born. The bottom line is if there not doing there job they should be replaced they only make millions of dollars from taxes just regulars taxes. and still they want more and more soon you will work and all you will get is a food ticket and once a year you will get a couple of tickets for cloths and things if they have there way.
make pot illegal !!!
A person doesn’t need to be an expert to see the real story here. The anti-cannabis people will use this to paint all the legal cannabis workers as criminals to scare any on the fence supporters back to their side.
Who is smuggling black market vodka across the country? NO ONE! I can go to the liquor store and buy my own goddam Vodka, Gin, or Pinot Grigio! I don’t have to even LOOK at anybody that looks like those 32 people arrested, let alone do business with them. Legalize weed and this stupid shit stops.
Just legalize it nation wide and we won’t have to worry about home grown black markets or Mexican cartel black markets. Smdh, enough is enough.
no hope for dope period end of stupid .
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA! STOP THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE FALSE PROPOGANDA.
Who cares it’s weed
Cannabis is produce and should be sold in every produce aisle in the nation. Every garden could have 5 – 6 plants in them the way nature intended.
Congratulations to everyone who put all those people in jail. Now pat yourself on the back. Next ask yourself is the public any safer? When you figure out the answer, go and do actual work.
most of em probably aint even from colorado!!
just pay taxes and your legit cause that’s what this country wants is your money and they will let you work but you gotta come up with that cut fisrt… it’s nothing personal it’s just a money cut.
If everyone who wants to smoke grew 6 plants the government would have hell putting everyone in jail. Citizens could force government to legalize mm for personal use. Just plant the beans Jack.
Hate money hungry people free weed solve world hunger and no more nukes
GROWING POT oh man what will happen next
we took a billion $ business away from the cartels and made it an american business.. DEA couldnt even stop weed from the cartels..but american growers did..