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 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] 
#6776071 - 04/11/07 05:20 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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DPS reports what is believed to be one of largest pot busts
April 11, 2007 - chron.com
 AUSTIN — Department of Public Safety troopers seized 4 1/2 tons of marijuana from inside a tanker truck in what authorities say is the second-largest pot bust by the DPS during a routine traffic stop since 1997, authorities said Wednesday.
DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said the truck was stopped Monday on a highway about three miles east of Hebbronville in South Texas.
Troopers said the truck bore fictitious markings, and an inspection revealed 846 plastic-wrapped bundles totaling 8,900 pounds, Vinger said. Authorities suspected the cargo was being taken from Starr County in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to Houston.
Reynaldo Hovey Jr., 24, of La Joya was arrested and expected to appear in federal court to face drug possession charges.
The largest bust by the DPS recovered 11,896 pounds on July 16, 2004, in Bee County, Vinger said.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: veggie]
#6776227 - 04/11/07 05:50 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: toastandjam]
#6776484 - 04/11/07 06:47 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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FurrowedBrow
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: toastandjam]
#6776488 - 04/11/07 06:48 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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^well said.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: FurrowedBrow]
#6776839 - 04/11/07 08:30 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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this has certainly been an all-around shitty day in my town. i feel for all the smokers i know.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: CantiSama]
#6776960 - 04/11/07 09:07 PM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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I wonder how much honey oil 4 1/2 tons of pot would make? 
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: veggie]
#6777592 - 04/12/07 12:11 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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veggie said:
The largest bust by the DPS recovered 11,896 pounds on July 16, 2004, in Bee County, Vinger said.
I love how they say "recovered" was it theirs to begin with?
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: Salvia_Antics]
#6777691 - 04/12/07 12:58 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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probably.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: CantiSama]
#6777719 - 04/12/07 01:07 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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Quote:
CantiSama said:
this has certainly been an all-around shitty day in my town. i feel for all the smokers i know.
Indeed.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: veggie]
#6778011 - 04/12/07 04:21 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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I wonder how that puppy got across the border?
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: agar]
#6778178 - 04/12/07 06:36 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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<<I wonder how much honey oil 4 1/2 tons of pot would make? >>
Good question, because that's the only real use mexi-brick quality bud has.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: SuperD]
#6778718 - 04/12/07 11:57 AM (17 years, 9 days ago) |
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i dont think i could even imagine that much pot...
11,896 puh,puh, pounds
theyve got to be exagerating
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: Muufokfok]
#6779664 - 04/12/07 04:54 PM (17 years, 8 days ago) |
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Sometimes, although not in this case... but when the fedies find grow ops, they weigh the whole plants, dirt and all, and calculate the "street value" based on the whole quantity in nickel and dimes.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: Wheels]
#6779749 - 04/12/07 05:36 PM (17 years, 8 days ago) |
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ahhh that would make sense
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: veggie]
#6783604 - 04/13/07 03:13 PM (17 years, 7 days ago) |
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Reynaldo Hovey Jr., 24, of La Joya was arrested and expected to appear in federal court to face drug possession charges.
man I wonder what kind of sentence he'll get for possessing over 4 tons of weed... 
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: chodamunky]
#6785543 - 04/14/07 12:53 AM (17 years, 7 days ago) |
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Reynaldo Hovey Jr., 24, of La Joya was arrested and expected to appear in federal court to face drug possession charges.
man I wonder what kind of sentence he'll get for possessing over 4 tons of weed...
Probably more than a murderer.
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Re: 4½ tons of marijuana seized [TX] [Re: guitarmonkus]
#6785881 - 04/14/07 04:22 AM (17 years, 7 days ago) |
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guitarmonkus said:
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chodamunky said:
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Reynaldo Hovey Jr., 24, of La Joya was arrested and expected to appear in federal court to face drug possession charges.
man I wonder what kind of sentence he'll get for possessing over 4 tons of weed...
Probably more than a murderer.
it's sad they shoot the messenger..
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