Posts Tagged pot bust

SF pot bust goes awry, now SFPD and the DEA might be getting sued by Hastings Law prof

When narcotics officers appeared at a Castro home shortly after 7 a.m. on Jan. 11, they had permission from a judge to search for “proceeds” from an illegal marijuana grow. They didn’t find anything, except for Clark Freshman, a Hastings Law professor …

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Four Men Arrested For Laughing At Cop’s Failed Pot Bust

Four men from Queens, New York are suing the NYPD because they say an angry cop arrested them after another group of men laughed at the cop after he was unable to catch a fleeing marijuana suspect on foot.www.tokeofthetown.com

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Bear Pack Greets Cops on Pot Bust in Canadian Woods

Cops in Christina Lake, a town of barely 1,500 year-round residents, were acting on an anonymous tip that a woman in the woods was up to something. Police were shocked to discover $1 million worth of marijuana plants and at least 10 full-grown black be…

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Wedding Photographer Busted With 700 Pounds of cannabis…

A Massachusetts photographer has been arrested after allegedly trying to retrieve more than $1 million worth of marijuana from a shipping facility. Tommy Colbert, 52, of Brockton, Mass., one of the area’s top wedding photographers, is a suspect in conn…

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Plan To Burn 5,525 Pounds Of Marijuana Ignites Activists

Medical marijuana activists are hotly protesting plans by Cook County, Illinois, officials to burn more than 5,500 pounds of cannabis seized last week in a big pot bust. “Depending on its purity, that represents a lot of medicine that could have helped…

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Report: Congressman Frank was present during 2007 pot bust

Tipped off by two unnamed individuals, MyFox Boston claims to have unearthed a police report placing Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) at the home of his longtime partner when police arrested the man and charged him with marijuana cultivation, possession and paraphernalia. -=W/ VIDEO=-

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Toking It Up: Santa Monica Hasn’t Made A Pot Bust In 2 Years

Since Measure Y took effect in July, 2007, the Santa Monica Police Department has not issued any citations for offenses involving the adult, personal use of marijuana inside private residences. Supporters of the “lowest law enforcement priority” measure said that means it’s served its purpose.

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