Several Maine properties used as grow houses in marijuana enterprise, prosecutors say

Greenfield resident wanted by FBI for illicit marijuana operation

GREENFIELD — The FBI is searching for 47-year-old Yanrong Zhu, a fugitive Greenfield resident who allegedly conspired with six others to grow, transport and sell illicit marijuana in a ring that spanned Massachusetts, Maine and New York, and relied on labor from Chinese nationals who were smuggled into the country.

7 charged for role in money laundering, human smuggling and drug distribution operation out of Braintree

Federal prosecutors say that seven people are facing charges in alleged scheme to grow and distribute marijuana in single-family homes in Massachusetts and Maine. The group is accused of using the labor of other Chinese nationals smuggled into the U.S. to support the operation.

6 arrested after feds bust multi-million dollar marijuana operation in Mass.

Co-conspirators in the sprawling criminal enterprise hid cash and drugs in vehicle engines and used profits to purchase luxury homes, cars and jewelry, prosecutors said.

FBI Busts Chinese Nationals For Multi-Million Dollar Drug Ring, Exploiting Immigration System

The FBI busted a multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking scheme run by Chinese nationals, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Seven Chinese nationals were charged over an alleged marijuana conspiracy operating out of Massachusetts and Maine. Investigators said that the operation, which began in January 2020, generated millions of dollars by distributing kilogram-sized quantities of marijuana in bulk.“This case pulls back the curtain on a spr…

7 Chinese Nationals Charged Over Marijuana Trafficking in Massachusetts, Maine

Seven Chinese nationals were charged on July 8 for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar marijuana trafficking network in the suburban neighborhoods of Massachusetts and Maine, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Prosecutors alleged that the defendants turned single-family properties in Massachusetts and Maine into covert interconnected grow houses for cultivating and distributing “kilogram-sized quantities” of marijuana in bulk, wh…

Several Maine properties allegedly used in multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana enterprise

Seven people have been charged in connection with what prosecutors describe as a multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana growing, human trafficking and money laundering operation in Maine and Massachusetts. Six of the men have been arrested, while one has evaded police, according to a spokesperson for the District of Massachusetts branch of the Department of Justice. Those arrested include Jianxiong Chen, 39, of Braintree, Massachusetts.; Yuxiong …