Posted: 2/2/2010 7:03:30 PM EDT
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Looks like the NJ crew is still in business. Over 200 grow houses popped in my town alone... all of it headed for Jersey.
Looks as though they will be a little short this time: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=993613 Pa.'s biggest pot bust made in Lebanon County By CHRIS SHOLLY Staff Writer Updated: 02/02/2010 02:47:28 PM EST Trooper Tom Pinkerton, right, and Maj. Huascar Rivera announce the arrest of two Florida men and the seizure of 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of marijuana during a news conference in Harrisburg on Monday. Police said the seized drugs have a street value between $10 million and $25 million. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS CHRIS SHOLLY ) HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania State Police at Harrisburg arrested two Florida men in Lebanon County after they were found to be hauling between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of marijuana in the back of their tractor-trailer. Police called it the largest seizure of marijuana in recent memory in Pennsylvania. At a news conference in the Harrisburg Troop H barracks on Monday, Trooper Tom Pinkerton said police arrested Stanley Narcisse, 35, of 213 Doe Run Road, Winter Garden, Fla., and Eric P. Emmanuel, 34, of 9820 Sheridan St., Apt. 211, Pembroke Pines, Fla., on Sunday afternoon. Both men were arraigned before District Judge Michael Smith of Cleona and are incarcerated in the Lebanon County prison. Bail was set at $1 million for each. About 12:30 p.m. Sunday, the truck with Narcisse and Emmanuel failed to stop at the weigh station as required by law, Rivera said. The station is near mile marker 80 on the highway. A trooper at the weigh station followed the truck for between two and five miles, then stopped it and directed the driver to Exit 85, the Annville/Fort Indiantown Gap exit in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, so the trooper could safely conduct a commercial-vehicle inspection. "This inspection led to the trooper discovering approximately 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of marijuana inside the trailer," Rivera said. "The marijuana has an estimated street value between $10 million and $25 million. This could quite possibly be the largest single seizure of marijuana by law enforcement in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Rivera said the two men were the only occupants of the rig. The truck, which was leased from Swift Transportation Inc., had New Jersey license plates. "We are still in the process of investigating this and chasing down a lot of leads," he said. Rivera declined to say where the two men were delivering the drugs. He said, however, they drove across the United States from the vicinity of California. The marijuana was packaged in six large wooden crates, four feet by four feet by seven feet high at the front of the trailer, he said. The marijuana was in sealed plastic bundles. Rivera said the two men did not try to evade police after they were stopped. No weapons were found on the truck. "They cooperated with our questions, and eventually, after the trooper determined there was more to this than a normal vehicle stop, they consented to a search of the vehicle," he said. Troopers used a canine detection unit, which found the drugs, he added. The trailer also was hauling some legal commercial merchandise, such as foam cups, which was used to conceal the crates, Rivera said, adding it is likely police would have discovered the drugs if the truck had pulled into the weigh station. "We are looking for safety violations (during the inspection)," he said. "Our troopers and enforcement officers look beyond just that. Our belief is that we would have found it regardless." Rivera said troopers are seeing an increase in drug traffic along the highway, whether by personal vehicle or tractor-trailers, "but we've not seen a seizure of marijuana on this scale." [email protected]; 272-5611, ext. 151 The Judge is a friend of mine from back in school... LOL.. |
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Lemme guess, the cops got nothing better to do? Dunno... guess they were doing what they are supposed to. Just found it interesting how small a world it is, i grew up in that area.... now live in South Florida, there were over 200 grow houses busted all around this town over the last 2 years, including several within my neighborhood, all of it was going to jersey... they had several of the illegal alien growers turn states evidence. This was headed for jersey from here and I know the judge.. he is an old friend of mine. Just found it interesting. |