Vu from Compton

Glad to see the police doing their job in Carson. I forsee a spike in marijuana prices this coming holiday, better buy now before you have a sober holiday!!!

Taken from the daily breeze:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/11515891.html

Narcotics detectives arrested two men and seized $20 million worth of marijuana stacked in bales from floor to ceiling at a Carson “stash house,” police said Friday.

Inglewood police called the 5,000-pound seizure the largest marijuana bust in the department’s history.

“Five thousand pounds makes an extremely large dent in the marijuana dealing industry,” Inglewood police Capt. Eve Irvine said.

The seizure occurred Wednesday after Inglewood narcotics officers developed information about a possible marijuana stash house in southeast Carson. Such locations house narcotics until they are distributed to other dealers, who sell to lower-level dealers, who ultimately provide it to the street dealer.

Police would not say where the house was located because they are continuing to investigate the narcotics ring.

But when they arrived to check the house out on Wednesday, they knew immediately that their information was accurate.

“When they drove into the alley, they said they could smell it,” Irvine said. “It was an overwhelming smell.”

Narcotics detectives served a warrant to search the house. Inside, they found about 400 bales throughout the sparsely furnished home. Two bedrooms were packed with pot, detectives said.

Beyond the marijuana, the house contained only a couple of mattresses on the floor for sleeping.

Officers arrested the two men on suspicion of possession and transportation of marijuana for sale, Irvine said. Police also confiscated $3,000 cash and a handgun.

The bales ranged from a football-sized 7 pounds to 33 pounders. Some were low-end “ragweed” marijuana worth $300 to $400 a pound. Others were high-grade “Arizona” at $500 to $600 a pound.

Each bale was wrapped in plastic and painted with oil used in motor vehicle crank shafts. The oil is designed to mask the odor from police dogs, Irvine said.