Operation Green Reaper Strikes Again

Ranken

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February 25, 2009
Contact: Jodie Underwood
Number: (206) 553-5443


Operation Green Reaper Strikes Again


South Sound Raids Yields 4,495 Marijuana Plants







FEB 25 -- (Seattle)–On Monday February 23, 2009, federal agents and local authorities executed 8 federal search warrants involving indoor marijuana grow operations in Thurston and Pierce Counties. The collaborative effort by law enforcement was part of ‘Operation Green Reaper’, targeting the command and control components of the Puget Sound’s indoor marijuana grow organizations and was investigated by law enforcement officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration and Tahoma Narcotics Enforcement Team (TNET), which is comprised of the Washington State Patrol, Washington Department of Corrections, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tacoma, Puyallup, Bonney Lake, and Auburn Police Departments.
DEA Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Arnold R. Moorin stated, “Operation Green Reaper continues to have a pronounced impact on these organizations and we will continue our collective efforts with our law enforcement partners, for the benefit of our communities."
In conjunction with these raids, law enforcement seized 4,495 marijuana plants from six residences, approximately 2,000 tablets of MDMA, 5 vehicles, and U.S Currency. The following five subjects were arraigned in federal court and have been charged federally with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute:
Amanda Ky Nguyen, 62, of Seattle, Washington
Quang Vinh Vu, 48, of Ontario, Canada
Quoc Viet Huynh Nguyen, 28, of Glendale, Arizona
Ha Thuy Le, 43, of Ontario, Canada
Xuan Thanh Trang, 35, of Massachusetts
The above offenses and charges are punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million dollar fine.

Didn't i hear something about no more raids??? Typical government :hump:
 

dhhbomb

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well these do from how described arent medical dispensaries or care giviers if im wrong then let me know but so they are just large grow ops that are illegal by stae law
 

NuteGreenwitch

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That'd be 750 plants per dwelling... and then the real drugs... that's a legit bust imo - And to top it off, this is not a new thing with the asians. They are really fucking it up for the rest of America.
 

ghosthorse

Active Member
The Att. Gen statement came out on the 25th. Plus like the others said this looks like a big operation that wasn't Medical.
 

EckoSky

Active Member
This was not medical. These are Vietnamese organized crime rings that most likely used to operate in Canada before 911. In the past few years several groups of Vietnamese growers have been busted in the greater Seattle, WA area.

There was a huge group that owned a Hydro store that would front out all of the equipment to start up a grow house, and even had a real estate agent to find good grow houses. This hydro store even sold clones and let people dump all of their "grow trash" in their dumpster.
 

Igrowmyown

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viets are the sharpest of the asian gene pool ... why would they let people use their dumpster for trimmings or sell clones out of a legit front??? unreal
 
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