Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Jacksonville man caught flying into OIA with nearly 50 lbs of marijuana hidden in luggage – WFTV

MMP News AuthorJanuary 20, 2024

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Jacksonville man is in the Orange County jail, accused of flying in to Orlando International Airport with nearly 50 pounds of marijuana hidden in his luggage. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The investigation started early on the morning of Jan. 3 with the arrival of ... Read More

No shorter jail sentence for marijuana trafficker Masecchia

MMP News AuthorJanuary 16, 2024

A judge has rejected a request for a shorter prison sentence from a former schoolteacher who admitted receiving help from a federal agent, Joseph Bongiovanni, in trafficking marijuana into Buffalo and its suburbs. Michael Masecchia, left, walks out of federal court accompanied by his lawyer, Patrick Brown, after being sentenced ... Read More

Police: Nearly 100 pounds of illegal marijuana seized

MMP News AuthorJune 20, 2023

ARDMORE, Okla. (KFOR) – Nearly 100 pounds of illegal marijuana was confiscated in Ardmore. Officers with the Ardmore Police Department say they found 95 pounds of marijuana stuffed inside black trash bags during a traffic stop. State demands man pay back $12K in unemployment benefits after pandemic Investigators say the ... Read More

Johor Customs cripples drug syndicate selling marijuana under the cover of Raya cookies

MMP News AuthorMay 22, 2023

JOHOR BARU, May 22 — The Johor Customs Department crippled a drug trafficking syndicate that used a courier services company to send compressed marijuana hidden in cookie containers to Sarawak with the arrest of two men in two separate locations around the city here recently. Johor Customs director Misbahudin Parmin ... Read More

Tallahassee police suspected FSU QB Deondre Francois was selling marijuana at apartment – Orlando Sentinel

MMP News AuthorMarch 12, 2023

TALLAHASSEE — Deondre Francois became the subject of a two-month drug investigation after Tallahassee police received a tip and believed the Florida State quarterback possessed marijuana with the intent to sell, according to a search warrant obtained by the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday. The anonymous male tipster, who was in ... Read More

More than 800 Oklahoma medical marijuana farms linked to organized crime, drug agency says

MMP News AuthorFebruary 28, 2023

An ongoing Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics investigation has linked sex trafficking, prostitution and drug trafficking to multiple medical marijuana farms in Oklahoma, the agency announced Friday. An Asian organized crime network recruited undocumented Asian women to serve as prostitutes for the managers and administrators of several farms across the state, ... Read More