Maine’s congressional delegation on Thursday formally urged the U.S. Department of Justice to shut down a suspected statewide ring of illegal marijuana grows that’s allegedly connected to Chinese nationals.
According to the Bangor Daily News, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent, and Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a letter for federal law enforcement to further investigate the situation.
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The delegation’s concern stems from a report last week by the Daily Caller News Foundation that a July federal memo the organization obtained tallied at least 270 properties across Maine that could be “used for Chinese illegal marijuana grow operations.”
The memo – which was circulated within the U.S. Border Patrol before it was leaked to media, according to the Daily Caller – estimated that the alleged illicit grows could generate as much
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