Month: September 2016 (Page 21)

Marijuana grow prompts human trafficking, forced labor investigationColorado Springs GazetteAuthorities arrested 14 Chinese nationals and seized about 3,000 marijuana plants Monday from a suspected illegal grow site near the Colorado River in western Colorado. The 14 people arrested, 12 men and two women, were working at the site. Authorities …Marijuana growContinue Reading

Marijuana grow prompts human trafficking investigationAlbuquerque JournalRIFLE, Colo. — An illegal marijuana grow in rural western Colorado has sparked a federal investigation into possible human trafficking. Authorities arrested 14 Chinese nationals and seized about 3,000 marijuana plants Monday from a suspected illegal …and more » Read More: Marijuana grow prompts humanContinue Reading

Marijuana grow prompts human trafficking investigationSFGateAuthorities arrested 14 Chinese national and seized about 3,000 marijuana plants Monday from a suspected illegal grow site near the Colorado River in western Colorado. The 14 people arrested, 12 men and two women, were working at the site. Authorities …and more » Read More: Marijuana growContinue Reading

eFinancialCareersWhy this brother and sister quit their jobs to run a cannabis hedge fundeFinancialCareersThey currently manage a marijuana-focused hedge fund calledPoseidon Asset Management, with more than 27 cannabis-oriented portfolio companies spanning agriculture and machine learning, but their plan is to eventually move towards raising a venture … Read More: Why thisContinue Reading

FOX31 Denver14 arrested after large illegal marijuana grow found in Garfield CountyFOX31 DenverGARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. — A traffic stop led authorities to a large illegal marijuana grow site and the arrest of 14 people on Monday, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. A deputy made a traffic stop onContinue Reading

The CannabistUpdate: 2 more sought in kidnapping of 4 brothers held captive at California marijuana farmThe CannabistThe brothers told police they ran away in July from the secluded pot-growing operation in the small Sierra Nevada foothills town of West Point after overhearing they would be killed once all the marijuanaContinue Reading

The CannabistPolice: 4 men held captive at California pot farm, forced to work for monthsThe CannabistThe brothers told police they ran away in July from the secluded pot-growing operation in the small Sierra Nevada foothills town of West Point after overhearing they would be killed once all the marijuana wasContinue Reading

Niagarathisweek.comRobbed marijuana grow in Port Colborne had mostly illegal plants: policeNiagarathisweek.comOn Tuesday, members of the guns, gangs, and grows unit with the assistance of the St. Catharines street crime unit executed a search warrant at this location. Police discovered 3,400 marijuana plants growing, nearly 3,000 more than is legally permitted.Continue Reading

Terra Tech Subsidiary, Edible Garden, Announces Sales of Living …Yahoo FinanceTerra Tech Corp. or , a vertically integrated cannabis-focused agriculture company, today announced that its subsidiary, Edible Garden, a retail seller of locally …and more » Read More: Terra Tech Subsidiary, Edible Garden, Announces Sales of Living … – Yahoo FinanceContinue Reading

Terra Tech Subsidiary, Edible Garden, Announces Sales of Living Herb Line to Wegmans SupermarketsYahoo Finance(TRTC) ("Terra Tech") or (the "Company"), a vertically integrated cannabis-focused agriculture company, today announced that its subsidiary, Edible Garden, a retail seller of locally grown hydroponic produce, herbs, and floral products, has started …and more » ReadContinue Reading