Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Farmer nabbed for maintaining marijuana plantation in Balamban

MMP News AuthorApril 14, 2023

A 44-YEAR-OLD farmer was arrested for allegedly maintaining a marijuana plantation in Sitio Quo, Barangay Gaas, Balamban town, midwest Cebu at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 14, 2023. The suspect, Victor Abadenas Paran, a high-value individual from Sitio Hunop, was not able to escape when the police arrived. Lieutenant Colonel Glenn ... Read More

Kalinga farmer carrying P2.6M worth of marijuana arrested

MMP News AuthorSeptember 30, 2022

LUBUAGAN, Kalinga: A farmer was arrested by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents for possessing more than P2.6 million worth of marijuana at a police checkpoint at Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy here on Thursday. BGen. Mafelino Bazar, Cordillera Police Regional Office regional director, identified the arrested suspect as Ersilias Maccay ... Read More

British marijuana farmer gets third drugs arrest for running indoor plantation on Spain’s …

MMP News AuthorDecember 10, 2020

A BRITISH man has been arrested for the third time in three years for running an indoor Costa Blanca marijuana farm. The Guardia Civil in Jijona said that the 36-year-old operated out of a villa in Aigues and his last arrest was just five months ago. An appearance before a ... Read More

Best of BS Opinion: Modi's dilemma, farmer crisis, cannabis, and more

MMP News AuthorDecember 5, 2020

Nowhere do politics and economics, with all their toils of the law, blend in a finer way than in the farm sector. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up The solution to India’s agriculture lies not in farms but in factories. T N Ninan explains ... Read More

Cannabis farmer confessed to police because he 'wanted out'

MMP News AuthorNovember 19, 2020

A man who ran a cannabis factory with 30 plants worth up to £25,000 at his Cardiff home handed himself in at a police station after saying he “wanted out”. Gregory Wyatt, 46, told police he was coerced into cultivating the cannabis plants at his property in Birchgrove Road by ... Read More

Hemp farmer says thieves looking for marijuana are leaving in cuffs and disappointed

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2020

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Pete Bunker says 2020 seems to be the year for hemp thieves. Already, he says he’s caught people sneaking into his fields at Bunker Hemp LLC almost 10 times. “This is the worst issues we’ve had. We had a very small amount last year,” Bunker ... Read More