I wonder how many million$ of our money goes back to Communist China just through the cannabis industry? I'll bet that number would shock the hell out of everybody.
Why? They don't seem to be shocked when the Western Union kiosk lines up with illegal aliens on payday Fridays! I bet those people ship millions into Mexico, or wherever they happen to be from. I've seen them send thousands. They hand the clerk a piece of paper with the name of the recipient and how much to send. The recipient can go to a Western Union office anywhere in the world and pick up their cash. ....and Western Union charges as much as $75 for a single tranaction!
10-12 years ago, I read that NYC illegals sent 55+ million per year south of the border. That's one city, think what it would be nationwide, boston, dallas, LA, seattle, chicago, miami ++++++.
Draining our country of its wealth.
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The pot growers go into nice small towns with lots of easy access National Forests, and really screw over the locals there with huge crime increases and they also try to limit NF access by threatening hikers/hunters. They also use lots of water for their plants. They can really basically destroy what some of those small towns.
Which state are you referring to?
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The pot growers go into nice small towns with lots of easy access National Forests, and really screw over the locals there with huge crime increases and they also try to limit NF access by threatening hikers/hunters. They also use lots of water for their plants. They can really basically destroy what some of those small towns.
The pot growers go into nice small towns with lots of easy access National Forests, and really screw over the locals there with huge crime increases and they also try to limit NF access by threatening hikers/hunters. They also use lots of water for their plants. They can really basically destroy what some of those small towns.
Which state are you referring to?
That sounds like California
Yep, and Oregon as well.
Originally Posted by gonehuntin
I wonder how many million$ of our money goes back to Communist China just through the cannabis industry? I'll bet that number would shock the hell out of everybody.
From what I actually KNOW, probably not that much. And yes, I actually have some insight into this very particular topic. Figure some money may be going back to help family members back in the PRC. But more than likely these are Chinese Capitalists (remember, China is the largest crony capitalist state on the planet) trying to make even more money the easy way. And doing their very best at attempting to keep all proceeds out of the hands of ANY government. And it's interesting this is happening in OK. The word in CA is that pot is now so cheap, that even tax free (hence illegal) commercial grows aren't worth the effort.
The ChiComs are behind a LOT of the cannabis industry in Oklahoma, along with the resulting criminal activity that accompanies the drug trade. What about your states??
ELMORE CITY, Okla. (KXII) - A man who had been working at a marijuana grow near Elmore City told law enforcement he was being held against his will for three months, according to the Garvin County Sheriff’s office.
Xiaobing Chen, Xuechun Ruan and Quan Zhao were arrested after several people called 911 about a fight in a street near Elmore City on Tuesday.
According to a press release, Elmore City police chief Johnny Denney witnessed two people wrestling on the ground.
When deputies spoke with the victim, he told them he had been working at the residence for three months.
The victim went on to say he was afraid of three other residents in the home and that he wasn’t allowed to leave by himself, the press release stated.
According to the Garvin County Sheriff’s Office, the victim told deputies he was able to escape with a bag of personal belongings.
When the sheriff’s office entered the home to make sure no one else was inside, they found $2 million worth of marijuana, two guns, and some cash.
The press release stated that the grow was not registered with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
Chen, Ruan and Zhao were charged with kidnapping, illegal drug trafficking, possessing guns while committing a felony, and several other drug-related charges.
This is a category error. Not every ethnic Chinese person in the USA is controlled by the Chinese communist party. Far from it, actually.
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I wonder how many million$ of our money goes back to Communist China just through the cannabis industry? I'll bet that number would shock the hell out of everybody.
Why? They don't seem to be shocked when the Western Union kiosk lines up with illegal aliens on payday Fridays! I bet those people ship millions into Mexico, or wherever they happen to be from. I've seen them send thousands. They hand the clerk a piece of paper with the name of the recipient and how much to send. The recipient can go to a Western Union office anywhere in the world and pick up their cash. ....and Western Union charges as much as $75 for a single tranaction!
Well dayum ! ! ! I'm glad someone else noticed. This area is border jumper central, and every grocery store customer service counter has WU or money transfer of some flavor. The biggest newest store has something like 9 WU windows that stay mostly full . They have big Jed Clampett rolls of hundreds, and drive new/newer SUVs and trucks and pay with EBT. The bank I used to trade at got to where they catered more and more to border jumpers and finally all the signage in the bank went to all spanish language
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics says Oklahoma is now the number one black market supplier of illegal marijuana in the country.
Translation = The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics needs at least an additional 13.9 million taxpayers dollars appropriated to them every year to continue to fight an absolutely and completely lost war on drugs (marijuana in particular).
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There are 8,500 medical marijuana grow licenses in Oklahoma and agents say 25 percent of them are run by criminal organizations from places like China, Russia and Mexico.
And Oklahoma had zero problems issuing all of those licenses. At least 10% of Oklahoma’s population now has a medical marijuana card, and the industry sales in Oklahoma have been over a billion dollars a year since its inception. And Oklahoma law requires that 75% of the medical marijuana business owners are Oklahoma residents.
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics just getting started after major marijuana sting operation
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Just over a week since the major marijuana sting operation that took place across Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics says they’re just getting started.
The operation targeted nine farms and three homes where drugs and paraphernalia were being stored.
OBN spokesperson Mark Woodward said that the operation was major success, but its just a piece of a larger puzzle.
“It was just kind of the first phase of a much larger investigation involving a group of individuals that are moving marijuana off of several different farms around central and southern Oklahoma and taking product illegally to the black market in multiple states including Texas, California, Illinois, Indiana, North Caroline,” Woodward said.”
The transportation of marijuana across state lines, violating Oklahoma’s medical marijuana guidelines.
According to Woodward operations like this have become increasingly common throughout the state in recent months, with as many as 90 illegal grow facilities shut down since last April.
And while they’re doing what they can to contain the problem, its having a serious impact on the states legal marijuana business and regular citizens alike.
“They’re hurting the legitimate businesses,” Woodward said. “Many of which have dumped their life saving into their business and are financially unable to compete with the black market. These people are coming in and driving up the cost of property and taxes for land owners by paying exorbitant amounts of money for land so they can grow in remote areas. We have found evidence where they’re stealing electricity, they’re stealing water, they’re often times bringing in other drugs, we’ve identified human trafficking’s tied to these groups.”
Woodward said that of the 90 busts they’ve carried out almost all of them are connected to larger, nationwide criminal drug operations.
He believes that while these busts are a positive move in the right direction, more needs to be done to completely eliminate the problem.
“If you just hit one illegal grow they’re going to replace those plants and workers very very quickly,” Woodward said. “You’ve got to dismantle organization and that takes time.”
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson
“If you just hit one illegal grow they’re going to replace those plants and workers very very quickly,” Woodward said. “You’ve got to dismantle organization and that takes time.”
“If you just hit one illegal grow they’re going to replace those plants and workers very very quickly,” Woodward said. “You’ve got to dismantle organization and that takes time.”
GARVIN COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - The Garvin County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people for marijuana trafficking.
According to court documents from the State of Oklahoma, Phi Hong Cai was found with 68 pounds of marijuana near Wynnewood.
Documents allege Hong Cai was planning to sell it in Houston.
Xing Song Yang and Mei Ying Yang are accused of trafficking marijuana and growing the marijuana without the proper documentation in Pauls Valley, according to court documents.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson
SEMINOLE, Okla. (KXII) - Approximately 1,722 pounds of marijuana, valued at $1.3 million were seized after a traffic stop in Seminole County.
The Seminole Police Department said Lee Xiong and Ger Xiong were arrested for aggravated trafficking of marijuana, after a traffic stop on November 9.
According to law enforcement, Officer Messner and his partner K9 Raven, pulled a U-Haul truck over for defective equipment, and during the traffic stop the officer noticed an odor of marijuana coming from the truck.
Police said after searching the truck, 1,722 pounds of marijuana, with a black market value of $1.3 million was discovered.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson
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