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750 Pounds Of Marijuana Worth $1.5M Found In Mass Sting, Duo Busted: Police
Two Braintree men were busted with more than 750 pounds of marijuana following a months-long investigation in Randolph, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 17.
Mukunda Znajmiecka, age 37, and Clifford Saint-Jean, age 25, face multiple felonies in the case, Randolph police announced. A 34-year-old Braintree man, who is linked to the operation but was not identified, was given a summons to court for violating drug laws.
Police began investigating Znajmiecka and Saint-Jean months ago and raided multiple stash houses in Randolph and Braintree on Jan. 11, authorities s…
Western Mass Man Sentenced For Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
A 54-year-old man from Western Massachusetts was sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Berkshire County resident Edward Chapman, of Pittsfield, was sentenced on Thursday, March 10, to 11 years in prison and eight years of supervised release, according to an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
In March of 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, oxycodone, and …
Plumbing Business Was A Front For Large-Scale Marijuana Cultivation
A man who created a fake plumbing business as a front for an illegal, large-scale marijuana growing operation has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
On Tuesday, March 2, Thomas Laverty, 40, of Clinton, was sentenced on prior drug, money laundering, and fraud convictions, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said.
According to court documents, Laverty, along with co-conspirators, created the phony plumbing business Chuck Laverty & Son Inc., as a cover to grow weed. Laverty and others used the plumbing business’ bank accounts and locations to facilitate growing, storing and dist…
Trend: Fourth Large-Scale Marijuana Farm, With NYC Ties, Is Busted In Western Mass
For the fourth time in about six months, men from Brooklyn have been busted in Western Massachusetts for allegedly growing mass quantities of marijuana.
On Monday, Jan. 11, around 8 a.m., police responded to a report of a possible fire with smoke coming out from the eaves of a roof at 24 West St. in Belchertown.
When firefighters entered the home to investigate, they allegedly found a large-scale marijuana growing operation, WesternMass News is reporting. After obtaining a search warrant, law enforcement allegedly seized more than 800 marijuana plants, growing equipment, and $2,500.
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Police Arrest Teen Allegedly Drinking, Driving, And Planning To Sell Marijuana
A 19-year-old allegedly found driving with open beer bottles and marijuana in an unregistered car has been released on $240 cash bail.
On Sunday, Dec. 20, around midnight, police stopped a motor vehicle in Dudley. While talking to the driver, Leonardo Hernandez, 19, of Southbridge, police allegedly observed open and unopened beer bottles, police said.
Hernandez allegedly confessed to drinking while driving, police said.
Upon further investigation, police allegedly found marijuana, 50 plastic baggies, a digital scale, $368 in cash, and other paraphernalia consistent with drug distribution, …
Fried Electric Wires Lead To Weed Worth $3 Million In Western Mass
Thousands of marijuana plants worth millions of dollars were discovered in Savoy after a power company went out to fix an electrical issue in the area.
As the Eversource employees tried to gain access to the Jackson Road property, a man allegedly stuffed an envelope full of $100 bills into one of the employee’s pockets and shooed them away, police said.
Yebin Mai, 28, of Staten Island, New York; and Bin Huang, 32, of Brooklyn, New York, were arrested on probable cause related to the large-scale marijuana grow operation, police said.
The weed police found at the Savoy grow house has a stree…
