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I wonder how much this operation cost.
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| Tacoma Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Very Sophisticated Marijuana Grow Operation Men Built "Ferris Wheel" like contraptions to cultivate more than 1,000 plants JAN 19--CHAD ROBERT LATHAM, 30, of Tacoma, Washington was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Manufacture Marijuana and Manufacturing Marijuana. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton noted that LATHAM had two prior state convictions for growing marijuana. According to the plea agreement, LATHAM designed eight machines out of aluminum that looked like ferris wheels. Each machine held 24 rows of plants with eight plants in each row for a total of 192 plants per machine. The plants would rotate around the machine, passing by grow lights, dipping into a hydroponic grow solution at the bottom or passing under a hydroponic grow solution spray at the top. In 2003-2004, the grow operation was located in a garage in rural Pierce County in McKenna, Washington. A co-conspirator, DANIEL IRWIN, lived on the property and hung a deteriorating deer carcase near the door to the building so that the smell of the rotting deer would mask the smell of marijuana. In March of 2004, someone discovered the grow operation and LATHAM determined it needed to be moved. In the middle of the night on March 8, 2004, LATHAM and others attempted to move the operation to a warehouse at S. Clement Street in Tacoma. Neighbors heard what they thought was suspicious activity in the alley and called Tacoma Police. LATHAM was arrested and 2,083 marijuana plants were seized. The case was investigated by the DEA/ TNET Task Force comprised of DEA agents and local law enforcement officers from Tacoma Police, Pierce County Sheriff�s Office, Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Corrections, Bonney Lake Police and Auburn Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Douglas J. Hill. Hill is a Deputy Pierce County Prosecutor who is specially designated to handle drug cases in Federal Court  |
Washington is turning into Florida. 
lol @ manufacturing marihuana
leave them alone dea!
15 years for growing pot?!!?
Jan 16 2006 
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| Originally posted by bas 15 years for growing pot?!!? |
I'm still trying to find the crime here.
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| Originally posted by bas 15 years for growing pot?!!? |
To put it into perspective, here are some PURELY HYPOTHETICAL numbers for the cost of growing pot on a significantly smaller scale (4-6 plants ready to harvest each month producing 1.5-3 lbs of herb):
Electric Bill: Approx. $200-$230 per month
Nutrients: Approx. $100 per month
Misc. (Soil, Pots, tubing, repairs): Approx $100 per month, but could be as high as $200
Time spent making sure things were good/making adjustments: 3 to 4 hours per day, every day.
All in all, after initial expenses are paid, for an operation significantly smaller, you're still talking about $500-$600 a month in upkeep alone.
TACOMA REPREZENT!!!! 
hahaha 
At least it wasn't meth.
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| Originally posted by RJT To put it into perspective, here are some PURELY HYPOTHETICAL numbers for the cost of growing pot on a significantly smaller scale (4-6 plants ready to harvest each month producing 1.5-3 lbs of herb): Electric Bill: Approx. $200-$230 per month Nutrients: Approx. $100 per month Misc. (Soil, Pots, tubing, repairs): Approx $100 per month, but could be as high as $200 Time spent making sure things were good/making adjustments: 3 to 4 hours per day, every day. All in all, after initial expenses are paid, for an operation significantly smaller, you're still talking about $500-$600 a month in upkeep alone. |
Anyways I'm glad he got caught, keep this shit in Canada you fools. Don't try to fuck up our state.
what the fuck is that supposed to mean. weed doesn't fuck anything up.
you listen to the government's bullshit too much.
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| Originally posted by Marc Summers what the fuck is that supposed to mean. weed doesn't fuck anything up. you listen to the government's bullshit too much. |
Wow, thats about the most sophisticated setup I've ever heard of and 2,000 plants...thats just crazy. I'm all for legalization and everything but the sad fact is that it is illegal and that no one can keep an operation of that scale unknown to police for long.
People like this are just trying to make shitloads of money. A main positive reason to legalizing weed is so there wouldn't be people like this making shitloads of money with a huge operation so that the police then need to use their resources (our tax money) to find and then bust them.
We don't really need to fuck up the States, the States did a good job of doing that all on it's own. Truth.
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| Originally posted by tranceDJ Wow, thats about the most sophisticated setup I've ever heard of and 2,000 plants...thats just crazy. I'm all for legalization and everything but the sad fact is that it is illegal and that no one can keep an operation of that scale unknown to police for long. |
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| Originally posted by wellguyed622 At least it wasn't meth. |
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| Originally posted by idoru I'm waiting for the day the headlines read, "Half of All Residents on Key Peninsula Busted for Meth Labs." |
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| Originally posted by RJT To put it into perspective, here are some PURELY HYPOTHETICAL numbers for the cost of growing pot on a significantly smaller scale (4-6 plants ready to harvest each month producing 1.5-3 lbs of herb): Electric Bill: Approx. $200-$230 per month Nutrients: Approx. $100 per month Misc. (Soil, Pots, tubing, repairs): Approx $100 per month, but could be as high as $200 Time spent making sure things were good/making adjustments: 3 to 4 hours per day, every day. All in all, after initial expenses are paid, for an operation significantly smaller, you're still talking about $500-$600 a month in upkeep alone. |
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| Originally posted by idoru I'm waiting for the day the headlines read, "Half of All Residents on Key Peninsula Busted for Meth Labs." |
who were these guys hurting?
wtf did they do to deserve 15 years in jail?
for growing a fucking tree?
wtf
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this story reminds me of the story from Barrie Ontario I linked. Guys had a massive op in an old brewery.
This image is one room that was a silo that was laying on it's side 
Oh yea I think that was the old abanonded LeBatts brewery... one of the biggest operations in Canada. The guys lived in the actual brewery.
Molsons, which is now part of Coors. but yeah, guys lived there and everything.
nobody had a clue.
Apparently it was running for around 3-4years if not more
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