Marijuana found in inflatable carnival ride

N&R ^ | 4/18/08 | Staff Reports

[Rebelbase]

JACKSON, Ohio — Deputies seized nearly a ton of marijuana Wednesday that had been packed inside a giant inflatable children's carnival ride in Greensboro, a newspaper reported today.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, the marijuana had a street value of $4.4 million, and its seizure was the biggest drug bust in Jackson County history.

The N.C. Highway Patrol tipped off Ohio deputies to the marijuana. The sheriff's office had the marijuana driven from Greensboro to a home in Jackson. As deputies were wrapping up their raid, the paper said, a truck with a second load of marijuana pulled up in front of the house.

Deputies also seized $14,000 and six firearms. Three Ohio men have been charged with aggravated trafficking in marijuana, the paper reported. The paper identified them as Roger Baisden, 44, and Ronnie Baisden, 49, of Jackson, Ohio, and Mark Morelock, 51, of McArthur, Ohio.

[Rebelbase]

"As deputies were wrapping up their raid, the paper said, a truck with a second load of marijuana pulled up in front of the house."

"Should have used and ice cream truck, man....".

[ClearCase_guy]

“I feel like I’m floating!”

[Neidermeyer]

street value of $4.4 million
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I did the math ,, thats $137.50 / oz. ,, about double what the true retail price would be... they probably bought it wholesale just this side of the Mexican border for about $450/lb. or a total cost of $900,000.00

[dfwgator]

Three Ohio men have been charged with aggravated trafficking in marijuana

I guess if I trafficked marijuana and the cops were always on my case, I'd be pretty aggravated too.

[Ghengis]

Now they don’t know what to do about the $4.4 million dollar order at the Jeno’s Pizza factory next door in Wellston.