State Troopers Seize $1 Million In Marijuana

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[BikePacker]

CLEVELAND -- Police seized more than $1 million in drugs this week through the hard work of two Ohio State troopers, reported NewsChannel5.

The first bust came when the Criminal Patrol Tactical Squad was looking for suspicious activity on the Ohio Turnpike Wednesday, and seized 20 pounds of marijuana. The marijuana was a rare high grade from British Columbia, worth more than $900,000.

Two hours later, another bust occurred on the same Interstate when a trooper pulled over a pickup truck for tailgating.

"His story wasn't quite right, so (the trooper) called for a drug dog which came to the scene," said Lt. Cory Davies, of the Ohio Highway Patrol. "The K-9 alerted to the car, which means he indicated there were drugs in the car."

The dog went straight for a gas tank and a spare tire in the back, which were stuffed with marijuana. Police seized 65 pounds of marijuana, which has a street value of about $150,000.

"The units did a good job of actually looking beyond the traffic stop and noticed something unusual and they investigated it," said Davies. "Just good police work by these two troopers."

[BikePacker]

Now doing some simple math... 20lbs of marijuana "worth" $900,000, would be nearly $3,000 per ounce ($100/gram).

It sounds to me, like the Cops are just trying to justify their wasteful "War on some Drugs" by outrageously inflating numbers.

[B4Ranch]

How would a dealer sell that stuff? Pure or cut it with something else?

[BikePacker]

I think these Ohio yahoos just never saw REAL stinky BC bubblegum, and got high off the fumes.

It was like BILLIONS, man....

[Lexington Green]

$3,000 per ounce??

Lawyer-Bud... only lawyers can afford it

[metalcor]

I grew up in rural SE Oklahoma. I had some friends who had a few (maybe 10) plants which they watered with wash out from huge nearby chicken warehouses. They were big plants, I was told, but these backwoods country boys were shocked to see the county sherrif and DEA posing in a picture on the front page of the newspapers touting the bust of their patch which "had marijuana valued at $250,000, according to law enforcement ". These guys grew for several years and often couldn't scrape together cigarette money. I don't know where the sherrif was selling the stuff, but it was a sellers market apparently.

[Tacis]

Boy, El Presidente Fox is going to be pissadoed!! The Candian drug operation is part of Fox's outsourcing campaign, where he sends jobs out of Mexico so he can then send Mexicans out of Mexico to do those jobs. He produces MJ in Canada and has his organization market it in the US. Fox is trying to develop a program where the Mexican army can make special deliveries (for another fee or mordida, of course) along the US NORTHERN border much like the extensive Mexican system in the US near the southern border.

[Dan Middleton]

I think these Ohio yahoos just never saw REAL stinky BC bubblegum, and got high off the fumes.

It was like BILLIONS, man....

I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but that comment could be percieved as rather insulting to Ohioans such as myself.

[Dano50]

Look at it this way...

$90,000 in street level dope + $30,000 cars + $200,000 bank accounts + $750,000 homes + $100,000 buried in the back yards = 1.17 milli.

So actually the value of the bust was underestimated

The finial irony is that most upper level busts kick in enough assets to pay for their own incarceration.

[Rebelbase]

"I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but that comment could be percieved as rather insulting to Ohioans such as myself."

You shouldn't be. The first time reading the quote in the earlier post I thought it read Ohio yankees.

[not-alone]

I was going to ask, I been clean many years but that price ?

[inkling]

"You can trust us with it!"

[wardaddy]

LEOS and US Attorneys and State Attorneys have been overestimating dope values along with their stooges in the press since the 60s as I recall.

It's amazing this goofy self promotion still goes on.

[em2vn]

The math was done after the officers sampled the product to determine its quality. Officer Chong made the final determinatiion as part of a work release program.

[El Conservador]

"Littering and... littering and... smokin' the reefer."

[Gigantor]

Two hours later, another bust occurred on the same Interstate when a trooper pulled over a pickup truck for tailgating. "His story wasn't quite right, so (the trooper) called for a drug dog which came to the scene," said Lt. Cory Davies, of the Ohio Highway Patrol. "The K-9 alerted to the car, which means he indicated there were drugs in the car."

Why engage in a converstion with a cop about anything other than the reason why you were pulled over? Give me a warning, or a ticket, and that's it. I don't want to chit-chat about anything, I'm only interested in being on my way.

[Fledermaus]

That must be some good stuff at $2,815 an ounce!

Yeah, the always over inflate the worth.

[philman_36]

Give me a warning, or a ticket, and that's it. I don't want to chit-chat about anything, I'm only interested in being on my way.
~this guy must be stoned to think he can talk to me that way~
"Sir, we're going to call in a drug dog to search your automobile. Your attitude indicates that you're under the influence of something because no one in their right mind speaks to Officer Friendly in such a haughty fashion." /Officer Friendly

[I_dmc]

Perhaps a zero was dropped from "20 lbs"?