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Cook County police seize $20M worth of marijuana
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) ― The Cook County Sheriff's office announced one of its biggest marijuana busts ever this morning -- the seizure of 5,525 pounds worth an estimated $20 million.
It was seized from a home in the 7800 block of West 47th Street in Lyons, following a tip, according to a release.
Officers staked out the house Wednesday and arrested the owner as he left, allegedly with a bale of marijuana.
Frederico Moreno, 35, has been charged with manufacturing and delivery of cannabis, a Class X felony, which is the highest level, and carries between six and 30 years, the release said.
Officers then returned to the house where they saw another man escape through the back door.
When officers went into the home, they saw stacks of more than 200 bales of taped packages containing cannabis, officials said.
Moreno was labeled a "high-level importer" of marijuana, and part of a drug-trafficking organization.
The drugs seized came from Mexico, and traveled through the Southwest, to be distributed in Chicago, the release said.
Officials said two bales of cannabis are going to a lab to be tested, 12 bales will be held for court, and the rest will be destroyed.
Moreno will appear in Bridgeview bond court on Saturday.
Cook County Police Seize $20M Worth Of Marijuana - WBBM 780 - Chicago's #1 source for local news, traffic and weather
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The website has a picture of the "piece of crap" that pedals this stuff on American children. When will people learn not to feed the monkeys!
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) ― The Cook County Sheriff's office announced one of its biggest marijuana busts ever this morning -- the seizure of 5,525 pounds worth an estimated $20 million.
It was seized from a home in the 7800 block of West 47th Street in Lyons, following a tip, according to a release.
Officers staked out the house Wednesday and arrested the owner as he left, allegedly with a bale of marijuana.
Frederico Moreno, 35, has been charged with manufacturing and delivery of cannabis, a Class X felony, which is the highest level, and carries between six and 30 years, the release said.
Officers then returned to the house where they saw another man escape through the back door.
When officers went into the home, they saw stacks of more than 200 bales of taped packages containing cannabis, officials said.
Moreno was labeled a "high-level importer" of marijuana, and part of a drug-trafficking organization.
The drugs seized came from Mexico, and traveled through the Southwest, to be distributed in Chicago, the release said.
Officials said two bales of cannabis are going to a lab to be tested, 12 bales will be held for court, and the rest will be destroyed.
Moreno will appear in Bridgeview bond court on Saturday.
Cook County Police Seize $20M Worth Of Marijuana - WBBM 780 - Chicago's #1 source for local news, traffic and weather
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The website has a picture of the "piece of crap" that pedals this stuff on American children. When will people learn not to feed the monkeys!