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Around 500,000 pounds of illegal marijuana seized in White City ($500,000,000)
Ktlv ^ | 11/20/21 | KTLV Staff

Posted on 11/20/2021 7:08:56 PM PST by Uncle Miltie

On Thursday, Oregon State Police Southwest Region (SWR) Drug Enforcement Section (DES) team seized approximately 500,000 pounds of illegal marijuana in White City.

The OSP SWR Drug Enforcement Section team served a search warrant in the 1300 block of Antelope Road that day.

The location had five industrial-sized warehouses zoned for commercial use.

"Over 100 individuals were initially detained, identified, interviewed, and released," OSP said in a press release. "Several of the individuals were migrant workers living on-site in subpar living conditions without running water."

During the operation, which spanned over two days, a large amount of illegal, processed marijuana and a firearm were seized.

Depending on where the processed marijuana would be exported to, the DES team estimates its street value somewhere around $500 million.

This is a very involved investigation and will be ongoing for several weeks.

The OSP SWR DES team was assisted by the Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) of Josephine County, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Medford Office, the Basin Interagency Narcotics Team (BINET) of Klamath County, the Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) of the Medford Police Department-Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Fire District No. 3.

OSP will be releasing more information when available.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: cannabis
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To: Uncle Miltie

It was Cheech’s stash for his own personal use.


21 posted on 11/20/2021 8:11:02 PM PST by birdsman (NAAWP)
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To: ZOOKER

Yep. Half a billion dollars directly into the state’s and county’s treasury.


22 posted on 11/20/2021 8:11:03 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
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To: dfwgator

So you lived in White City, DFW? Still own any warehouses (ha, ha)??


23 posted on 11/20/2021 8:25:02 PM PST by dodger
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To: Uncle Miltie

$1,000 a pound is $62.50 an ounce. Sign me up for some.


24 posted on 11/20/2021 8:29:19 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

They shouldn’t put all their eggs in one basket.
And if they didn’t, that means there’s still millions of pounds of ganga hidden somewhere.


25 posted on 11/20/2021 8:43:10 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Somebody didn’t pay the right people.


26 posted on 11/20/2021 8:44:29 PM PST by Ken H (Trump won.)
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To: dfwgator
Well, Chocolate City was already taken.
27 posted on 11/20/2021 8:45:54 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Uncle Miltie

They found Hunter’s stash.


28 posted on 11/20/2021 8:53:00 PM PST by Noumenon (Black flag American. KTF)
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To: Uncle Miltie
You have to wonder why.

After all, the stuff is legal there.

29 posted on 11/20/2021 9:00:40 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

So we waste taxpayer dollars to get illegal weed off the street so they can sell legal weed?


30 posted on 11/20/2021 9:07:34 PM PST by freedomlver
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To: Blood of Tyrants

BINGO!


31 posted on 11/20/2021 9:13:27 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Well OK, I was a BP agent for 25 years. We took down 2 to 3 thousands pound loads every week.

But 500K now that's some serious bud.

Now that it's legal the "regulators" want their tax and the big guy needs his 10%.

32 posted on 11/20/2021 9:18:38 PM PST by usurper ( version )
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Several of the individuals were migrant workers living on-site in subpar living conditions without running water.”

So a pot farm with no running water.......how do you do that?


33 posted on 11/20/2021 9:19:29 PM PST by moehoward (.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

We are in Washington. We now have approximately $2 Billion a year in legal marijuana sales which is much more than both alcohol, and tobacco combined. But the taxes are so high that illegal marijuana outsells legal in most places in the state. Obviously this $500,000,000 marijuana bust indicates that Oregon has the same situation. Every day we smell the strong skunk like smell of marijuana while driving, in our neighborhood and just about every where we go. You can’t burn $4 Billion a year in marijuana without creating a stench at just about every location everywhere.

You would think that mostly younger people were responsible for the stench, but when we pass a car that has been stinking up our car, just as often as not the driver and passengers are middle aged or beyond.


34 posted on 11/20/2021 9:31:45 PM PST by fireman15
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To: freedomlver
Pretty much.
35 posted on 11/20/2021 9:33:31 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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White City isn’t that racist name?


36 posted on 11/20/2021 10:54:16 PM PST by Doofer
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To: Fledermaus

I doubt it’s that cheap, Remember what the value of a dollar is now.


37 posted on 11/20/2021 11:59:39 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: frank ballenger

Awww nawww


38 posted on 11/21/2021 1:32:17 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: ZOOKER

In the 70s many police were caught in Florida taking the weed to the incinerator, unloading the truck into unmarked vans and carting it off sayingbits burned..


39 posted on 11/21/2021 1:34:28 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: shotgun

Awww naww,


40 posted on 11/21/2021 1:35:25 AM PST by aces (and )
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