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OPD Releases Details Of Deadly Confrontation With Caravan Of Armed Robbers At Cannabis Grow

MMP News AuthorNovember 11, 2020

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — New details have emerged regarding a violent police confrontation during an attempted burglary/robbery at a marijuana grow operation in Oakland, that left one man dead and several officers wounded, on election night. Around 9 p.m., Oakland police began receiving dozens of calls reporting roving caravans of ... Read More

GrowGeneration Can Go Higher As Cannabis Sales Grow

MMP News AuthorNovember 9, 2020

GrowGeneration GrowGeneration (GRWG) sells hydroponic equipment for growing plants indoors, particularly cannabis. Hydroponic farming refers to using water instead of soil to nourish plants as they grow, but the term has really become more of a catch for indoor growing of almost any kind; fertilizers and other additives will be ... Read More

2 Sentenced For 8,600 Plant Marijuana Grow In Shasta-Trinity National Forest

MMP News AuthorNovember 7, 2020

SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST (CBS SF) – Two men were sentenced Thursday in connection with a massive marijuana growing operation inside the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California. U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that 38-year-old Armando Vargas Garcia and 38-year-old Eduardo Montero Aleman were each sentenced to 21 months in ... Read More

2 Sentenced For Large Marijuana Grow In Shasta-Trinity National Forest

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two men were sentenced Thursday in connection to a large illegal marijuana grow in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that Armando Vargas Garcia, 38, and Eduardo Montero Aleman, 38, were sentenced for conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, marijuana cultivation in that national forest, ... Read More

60 express interest to grow cannabis

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

The Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) says at least 60 investors have expressed interest to grow industrial and medicinal cannabis in the 2020/21 growing season. Addressing the media in Lilongwe on Wednesday, CRA interim registrar Ketulo Salipira said apart from the 60 applicants, his office is still receiving inquiries for submission ... Read More

Update: Oakland Police Officers Injured In Violent Confrontation During Attempted Marijuana Grow Robbery

MMP News AuthorNovember 4, 2020

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A violent confrontation between Oakland police and suspects who were attempting to rob a marijuana grow operation late Tuesday night ended with multiple officers being injured and an officer-involved shooting. While the details were still sparse early Wednesday, Oakland police said officers responded to a report ... Read More