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veggie

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[CA] Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino
#27790060 - 05/23/22 10:39 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino May 23, 2022 - CBS News
San Bernardino area law enforcement has busted a massive marijuana grow operation, uncovering over $9 million in illegal product in an underground bunker.
The discovery comes as San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson and San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus continue to crackdown on illegal drug enterprises operating out of the more rural parts of their county.
"The money in illegal marijuana is not a victimless crime," Dicus said. "There are a number of things that have happened. I've had deputies pass by these areas in Newberry Springs and had rounds go through their front window."
Investigators had previously executed a search warrant on a Newberry Springs property back in 2020, when they discovered more than 2,000 live, potted marijuana plants and over 100 pounds of processed marijuana ready to sell on the five-acre property.
The owner of the property, Cheng Lin, was only issued a citation back then.
When they returned to his property in March of this year with another search warrant, they found the same single-story residence, but also several sheds and one single Conex Box, or shipping container, as detailed by Jaquelyn Rodriguez with the San Bernardino DA's office.
They found a door on the floor of the shipping container, which led them to a 14,000 square foot underground bunker, filled with over 6,000 marijuana plants and equipment. Investigators estimate that the worth of the plants alone is well over $9 million on the black market.
"We have a bootleg-Amazon selling illegal or counterfeit products out of a warehouse that's buried underground," Anderson said. "Who can compete against that? Jeff Bezos can't compete against that."
Rodriguez continued to detail how, "a grow that size is estimated to take one gallon of water per plant per day, indicating that the minimum amount of water usage would be at least 6,000 gallons of water daily."
Anderson issued one final statement on their continued efforts to cut down on crime, "Individuals who want to engage in these kinds of activities know that their land is either going to be taken, or we're going to get creative to prosecute and you're not going to do it here anymore."
Lin was one of five people arrested and charged with several felony drug and environmental law charges. Others individuals charged are Wu Lin, Qiaoyan Liu, Zhonggui He and Mingfeng He.
Lin and Liu were both also charged with land owners conspiring to commit crime.
Additionally, authorities have also issued warrants for the arrests of six other involved people including Weijian Liu, Aiqing Lin, Wenren He, Lijie Lin, Bin Li and Huang Lin.
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split_by_nine
i am the liquor

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Re: [CA] Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino [Re: veggie]
#27790073 - 05/23/22 11:02 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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"The money in illegal marijuana is not a victimless crime," Dicus said. "There are a number of things that have happened. I've had deputies pass by these areas in Newberry Springs and had rounds go through their front window."
random bullets. must be an underground pot farm
why are the 3 pictures of the "underground farm" all looking suspiciously above ground?
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durian_2008
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Re: [CA] Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino [Re: split_by_nine] 1
#27790098 - 05/23/22 11:58 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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a 14,000 square foot underground bunker, filled with over 6,000 marijuana plants and equipment...
"We have a bootleg-Amazon selling illegal or counterfeit products out of a warehouse that's buried underground," Anderson said. "Who can compete against that? Jeff Bezos can't compete against that."
14,001 sq ft bunker with 6,001 plants woulds be competitive.
Controlled markets would not be.
If you were really, sincerely worried that we would all have enough to drink, you would not be allowed to hide industrial scale water use through so many distribution hubs, then sell rights to foreign govts.
One candidate for water board, in this greater San Bernardino area, personally put his head under a brakeless tractor, which I was driving. He told me to back up.
He couldn't tell me where water comes from, locally. He explains to other people, for me, that I read alot. 
Each natural water source in the area has it's own water table at an average, given depth. Although, in a City Hall pamphlet -- you can just take one off the wall and read it, for free -- we have depleted farms to the north to recharge reservoir projects that benefited corrupt, local officials. Nestle then packages it in caprisun like foil envelopes, the size of waterbeds, on pallets, which are shipped to foreign countries. Since when has business, here, been that competitive? City Hall was closed for days by alphabet soup agencies.
Edited by durian_2008 (05/24/22 12:43 AM)
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Re: [CA] Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino [Re: durian_2008]
#27790271 - 05/24/22 06:05 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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"We have a bootleg-Amazon selling illegal or counterfeit products out of a warehouse that's buried underground," Anderson said. "Who can compete against that? Jeff Bezos can't compete against that."
Because growing cannabis underground actually lowers overhead cost..../s
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durian_2008
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Re: [CA] Massive underground, illegal marijuana grow operation busted in San Bernardino [Re: Holybullshit] 1
#27790507 - 05/24/22 10:12 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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These seeds are a vaunted source of high protein sold in healthfood stores at a premium price. The fiber and biodiesels are used to make everything, in the old cliche.
This method is so economically viable, yet we are still in danger of starvation, we are in want of industrial feedstocks, and there is a trade deficit.
You cultural Marxists should just nationalize it and be grateful.
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