US EditionSeven Chinese nationals charged in multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking operation
MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 7 – The indicted group allegedly smuggled Chinese workers into grow houses and laundered millions in drug profits through luxury purchases, authorities said.
- Seven Chinese nationals are charged in a multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking operation across the U.S. Northeast, according to the U.S. Department of Justice .
- The group allegedly smuggled individuals into the U.S. to work in marijuana grow houses, withholding their passports until debts were paid, as stated by the DOJ.
- During police raids, law enforcement found over $270,000 in cash and large quantities of marijuana, according to federal agents.
- The defendants include Jianxiong Chen and Yanrong Zhu, with Jianxiong Chen facing multiple charges, including money laundering.
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Seven Chinese nationals indicted by feds for suspected ties to illegal cannabis grow houses, human trafficking
Six men were arrested and one remains wanted after a federal investigation into a ring of Chinese-run cannabis grow houses across Maine and Massachusetts that investigators say uncovered widespread human trafficking and money laundering.
Seven Chinese nationals charged in multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking operation
Seven Chinese nationals living in Massachusetts have been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar drug-trafficking organization that allegedly grew and distributed marijuana across the U.S. Northeast.
Seven charged as part of multi-million dollar money laundering, drug trafficking operation in Braintree, feds say
Six people from China have been arrested on allegations that they smuggled people into the United States to work at illegal marijuana grow houses in Massachusetts and Maine, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. A seventh person remains at large.
Feds take down Chinese-operated grow home network in Massachusetts, Maine
An alleged network of interconnected grow houses in Massachusetts and Maine that Chinese nationals operated to cultivate and distribute marijuana is no more after authorities arrested the men behind the “sprawling criminal enterprise.” Seven Chinese nationals have been indicted in connection with what the feds describe as a “multi-million-dollar conspiracy to cultivate and distribute marijuana across the Northeast.” The group is accused of smugg…
Seven Chinese nationals indicted for marijuana trafficking and money laundering
BOSTON (WWLP) -Federal authorities have charged seven Chinese nationals, including an individual from Greenfield, in connection with a multi-million-dollar criminal enterprise. State House lawmakers learn how to administer Narcan According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the defendants conspired to cultivate and distribute large-scale quantities of marijuana by operating an underground network of grow houses hidden in quiet neighborhoods. I…
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