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GanjaIsMyLife · 10-16-2010, 05:35 PM

damn all this before prop 19, 20 years damn.

Cool Moe · 10-17-2010, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Green lung

Why not grow the weed in New York? Why florida

can't say for sure but def the florida real estate market crashed much harder than NY, these guys are probably buying up foreclosures for cheap cheap

asher1er · 10-17-2010, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Green lung

Why not grow the weed in New York? Why florida

cause Fl is a producing state..

cool moe.. 20 years ago the market wasnt where its at now.. and Fl been supplying the tri-state for much longer than that

mens rea · 10-17-2010, 06:37 PM

The size of the "ring" is more than likely exaggerated, but here's the story:

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So much for the high life.

Cops busted a writer for marijuana magazine High Times along with 45 other people, including a man behind a major hip-hop label, for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar pot ring.

Police arrested magazine writer Matthew Woodstock Stang and Kareem Burke, who founded Roc-a-Fella records along with Jay-Z and Damon Dash, in the federal takedown.

Prosecutors say the marijuana was grown hydroponically in Florida and smuggled to New York for sale. Stang was allegedly the guy who supplied the marijuana to the man who ran the pot ring, identified as Geovanny "Manny" Rodriguez Perez.

"In the case of the High Times employee, it's a case of art imitating real life," Jim Hayes, a special agent who heads Homeland Security Investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the New York Post.

Federal agents say they seized $2 million and more than 360 pounds of marijuana in the bust. Hayes said authorities would centralize their efforts on ensuring competing pot networks don't use the same methods to ship marijuana across state lines.

Stang was released on $500,000 bail and ordered to wear a monitoring bracelet. High Times didn't return the Post's requests for comment. Burke was remanded after his arraignment.

Source: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...105097879.html

excalibud7 · 10-17-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben Tokin

medium and large size organizations can and do attract attention. lessons to be learned. break off. be invisible. no noticeable communications. always changing. never obvious. blend. no footprint. observe your surroundings. have legitimate income. be nice.

PREACH

monkeysee · 10-18-2010, 12:42 AM

Much better headline: "Stang stung in sting. Details inside."

dj digigrow · 10-18-2010, 03:05 AM

Roc-A-Fella records co-founders Jay-z, Kareem Biggs, and Dame Dash have broke up for like 5years already... Jayz started Roc Nation a few years ago and severed tied with the old co founders.. so hes in the clear...
I always wished to be BIGGS cause he had all the $$ but no fame so he could still go out in public!..
millions and millions for over 20 years = 10yrs prob. end up getting 5yrs.. worth the risk IMHO!!

SOTF420 · 10-18-2010, 03:28 AM

They can't fuck with Jay Z anyways, dude has more money than they do!

hempluvr · 10-18-2010, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Hash Zeppelin

now jay-z is gonna rap about being out of weed, and high times is gonna advertise one really good defense lawyer.

hahahaha....how true

10-18-2010, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Green lung

Why not grow the weed in New York? Why florida

i agree

i doubt that the cultivation laws in NY are as harsh as fla's laws, poss over 20 gms is Felony in fl.

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10-16-2010, 05:35 PM	#21
GanjaIsMyLife Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 105	damn all this before prop 19, 20 years damn.
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10-18-2010, 12:42 AM	#26
monkeysee Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 99	Much better headline: "Stang stung in sting. Details inside."
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