Marijuana Warehouse That Provided Dispensaries With Weed Busted By LAPD

By Dennis Romero Fri., Feb. 1 2013 at 4:03 PM

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A nearly $4-million-month marijuana operation that supplied dispensaries near and far was busted by the LAPD, the department alleged today.

Narcotics officers, with the help of U.S. Homeland Security gang agents, served a search warrant at a warehouse about 11 a.m. yesterday and allegedly discovered what they expected to find -- 1,500 pounds of marijuana alongside 2 assault rifles, 2 shotguns and three pistols, according to an LAPD statement:

The south-of-downtown warehouse in the 2000 block of E. 15th St. was using "dangerous amounts of electricity" and "electricity lines attached to the building were charred from the amount of power going through" them, the department stated.

The situation represented an "extreme fire risk," police said: Families were living in the warehouse and "legitimate" businesses also shared space inside.

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Cops say the operation did about $7.6 million worth of business every 60 days and supplied weed to ...

... numerous stores throughout the Southern California region as well as shipping marijuana to the Midwest and the East Coast.

Four suspects were arrested in connection with the alleged operation, but they were not named.

Got info about this case? Drop a dime: 310-382-6615.

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jose257 topcommenter

Did the LAPD have fun kicking people during the arrest? Marijuana needs to be legalized today and end the gateway to violence and corruption.

lousie.thomas420

Because of this criminals who does the illegal business of marijuana , The government and marijuana patients both has to suffer , The government for laws, and legalization of marijuana and Patients for the need of Marijuana.

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jimmytproductions

Marijuana is the 21st Century “Boogey Man”.. Drugs are only a smokescreen. Marijuana prohibition has always been about money, power, and control. Restore hemp! It suffers from purely unfounded.
accusations and fears with a corrupt political system having an interest in keeping it illegal and the Prohibitionists who profit from this shameless, morally bankrupt policy
Something we haven't as a collective realized yet is that football and boxing are more dangerous than marijuana, resulting in occasional deaths and life long injuries, school children are strongly encouraged to violently attack each other over a ball. That's okay I suppose, but the risks are much stronger than smoking pot..
The reason marijuana was prohibited in the 20th century was to suppress hemp fuel and fiber production.
In 1988, a DEA Administrative judge wrote, in a report.
Commissioned by the DEA; “16. Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a.
supervised routine of medical care.”.
Leaves we the People with__
Jury nullification -
- the power of juries to disregard unjust laws -- was a precursor to the outlawing of slavery and the repeal of alcohol prohibition. The same can be done regarding pot laws. With half of US citizens supporting making pot legal (and larger percentages in WA and CO), the numbers are there in many states for juries to take a stand against our anti-pot laws that are empowering violent cartels, filling our prisons with nonviolent offenders, and making criminals of people's sons and daughters. Jury nullification recently worked successfully in a case in New Jersey.

ZZardozz

Wow! They even brought in the Homeland Security Gang. And, the "homeland" was threatened by this in what way? Oh well, they are obviously innocent. Vote to acquit.