Recent Posts in Broward Marijuana Trafficking Category
Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Florida law prohibits the cultivation of marijuana (cannabis). Cultivation of marijuana is a second-degree felony and is often the legal charge when a marijuana grow house does not yield enough plants ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In many marijuana trafficking cases, police will discover marijuana growing in the backyard of a person's home. In the case of a marijuana grow house, the plants will be discovered in a detached ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Police in Lake Worth, Florida, have allegedly discovered a home that contained a marijuana grow house yielding 300 plants. The police reportedly discovered the grow house upon a tip. Based partially ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Miami-Dade Police have discovered a marijuana grow house yielding approximately 500 plants in South Miami-Dade County. The man has been charged with trafficking in cannabis (marijuana) after police, ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Monroe County man is facing serious charges after police allegedly discovered a marijuana grow house. Monroe County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the accused's home to check out a ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Two West Palm Beach men whose entire residence "smelled like marijuana," according to police, have been arrested on a number of serious charges, including trafficking in marijuana (cannabis) ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Eric Matheny
More than 1,300 marijuana plants were collected by Miami-Dade police in a day long sweep of marijuana grow houses. On Wednesday, officers search a number of homes in Miami-Dade suspected of having ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Two people have been arrested after police discovered a marijuana grow house inside a Hollywood home. On Monday, authorities found 36 marijuana plants growing inside the Hollywood, Florida, home after ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Police on Tuesday arrested a woman and turned up 104 marijuana plants at a home investigators say had been converted into an indoor marijuana grow house. Port St. Lucie police showed up to serve a ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Miami Herald reports that Florida has become a top producer of hydroponic weed. Hundreds of South Florida homes have become lucrative marijuana grow houses. Last year, more marijuana grow houses ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Local 10 reports that Broward Sheriff's deputies investigating a van parked across several spots in a Home Depot parking lot Friday morning discovered millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the ...
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Posted on May 20, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Local 10 reports that Miami-Dade firefighters who were called to a house fire in southwest Miami-Dade County discovered 21 marijuana plants in the back of the home, leading them to believe that it ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 By Eric Matheny
An explosion at a Broward County home Sunday night led firefighters to discover a marijuana grow house inside. Due to the electrical needs of a grow house, explosions are not uncommon due to faulty ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Police in Pembroke Pines, Florida, are investigating a suburban home suspected of being a marijuana grow house. According to reports from news website www.wsvn.com, a search warrant was used to ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Trafficking in marijuana (cannabis) is a first-degree felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Mandatory minimum sentences depend upon the alleged weight of the marijuana. Florida law states ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2010 By Eric Matheny
I often look to the headlines in local Miami/Broward newspapers and websites to see what type of police activity is making the news. I think it's a good indicator of what our local police departments ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Check out this story on www.local10.com, posted on August 25, 2010: BSO: Police Bust 6 Grow Houses 232 Arrested In Crime Crackdown FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- More than 200 people were arrested in a ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2010 By Eric Matheny
In every case involving an allegation of a marijuana grow house, there is a search. By its very nature, the suspect marijuana is allegedly growing inside of a house. So it follows that in order for ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Ever since the South Florida cocaine boom of the 1980s and 1990s died down, marijuana grow houses have become increasingly popular in Miami-Dade and Broward County. A marijuana grow house is literally ...
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