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Saturday, June 19, 2010
NEWS: (Cook County) Mammoth marijuana bust value: $20 million
From Chicago Sun-Times

LYONS | 5,525 pounds weigh in as one of sheriff's biggest seizures in history

June 19, 2010

BY VERNON CLEMENT JONES Staff Reporter

The Cook County sheriff announced Friday one of the department's biggest marijuana busts ever -- a seizure of 5,525 pounds, worth about $20 million and very soon to go up in smoke.

Police made the discovery late Wednesday night at a home in the 7800 block of West 47th Street in Lyons, said Sheriff Thomas Dart at a press conference Friday. The marijuana was allegedly set for distribution on Chicago streets.

All 224 bales of marijuana, wrapped in plastic wrap, were neatly stacked behind Dart in a forest preserve facility in Maywood. Pending a court order, almost all of it will now be incinerated.

Members of Cook County's narcotics squad -- one of them still undercover and wearing a mask -- stood to the side.

Frederico Moreno, 35, is charged with manufacturing and delivery of cannabis. If convicted, he faces six to 30 years in prison, officials said.

The marijuana was allegedly smuggled into the country from Mexico.

Acting on a tip, officers tailed Moreno and witnessed what they believed was a drug deal, Dart said. They followed him back to the house in the southwest suburb, where they witnessed him leave his car with a Tupperware container, police said.

Officers moved in, arrested him and found one of the bales in his car, police said. Another man fled from the house as officers approached, leaving the door open. Inside in plain view, said officials, were the other packages.

"It was 224 bales of taped packages stacked in the residence," Dart told reporters. Moreno was "someone who was involved at a level higher than just dealing.

"Whether he was at the top is hard to say at this time."

More certain are plans for the cache itself.

"We will retain about 10,000 grams of it for trial," said Kevin Ruel, the department's deputy chief of special investigations. "We will solicit a court order today to have the rest incinerated safely."
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"almost all of it will now be incinerated"
Except for what the cops save to smoke.

"We will retain about 10,000 grams of it for trial,"
Do you really need that much for a trial? That is just ridiculous.

They saw the guy with a tupperware container - probably thought that he had a few eighths. I bet they were surprised when they found thousands of pounds.

Sad that he is going to jail for most of his life because he had some flowers, though.
 
Ya, sad he's going to prison with rapists and murderers for a natural, harmless, fucking plant. Fuck the war on drugs. Those cops were probably surprised as shit too, bet they weren't expecting that type of weight. Shitty brick weed though probably, if it's from Mexico...
 
^whoever was wondering why they would keep 10,000 grams, its simple. Im not sure about how it works in other places but here in the chicago area they charge you by a weight-range not a specific weight. For example if you have between 30 and 500 grams its the exact same charge. Therefore 10,000 must be the cap threshold and all that is required to charge him for a 10,000+ felony of possession with intent to deliver.

Unfortunately i know this from experience :p
 
Just read that 2nd article. Crazy that his house was attached to a printing company. Like wtf?

Feel sorry for Frederico, but I'm pretty sure he knew what he was getting into. Legalize that shit.
 
5525lbs worth $20,000,000? Yeah ... tell you what, you find me someone that'll pay $20,000,000 for 2.5 tonnes of brick weed from Mexico and I'll fucking carry it personally on my shoulders all the way back from Mexico. I hate it when they do shit like that and vastly overestimate the value of drugs.

Even if you were to sell it all in eighths you'd still need to sell it at about $30/3.5g to make 20mil.

Does anyone in the states pay 30 bucks for an eighth of brick weed?
 
oh my gosh fucking pigs!!!
"here we just so happen to have this badge that says we can fuck you in the ass whenever you want, so what were gonna do is take your whole stash and burn the fuck out of it. Oh wait actually were gonna pinch it FAT and then burn it so we have a supply for us."

"for trial" my fucking ass dude.
no wonder bud has been straight dry lately.
drug bust after drug bust man.
i can't stand cops dude.
 
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