from The Epoch Times:
Illegal marijuana grows are responsible for billions in illegal revenue, reflecting a nationwide problem.
Hundreds of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing operations have been popping up across parts of Maine over the past three years, officials say.
On Nov. 28, local law enforcement shut down an illegal marijuana site that was being operated in a building located behind a licensed marijuana cultivation facility in Franklin County.
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“It’s a place that has been on the radar,” state Rep. Mike Soboleski told The Epoch Times, adding that he had visited the facility previously. The Republican lawmaker said he had learned about the raid just minutes before a Nov. 28 interview with The Epoch Times to discuss the illegal marijuana operations being run by Chinese nationals throughout the state.
He also reportedly told the news outlet that the facility was being run by four Asian men who claimed they were from New York, California, Washington, and Massachusetts.
The property owner “has no connection to the internal operations of either the licensed or unlicensed marijuana cultivation facility,” according to authorities. The building, a former Bass shoe factory, is currently on the market for $6 million.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been investigating the facility for possible ties to Asian transnational organized crime, the Maine Wire reported.
Marijuana is legal for recreational use for adults ages 21 and older in Maine. State law also allows adult residents to grow up to three mature plants and 12 immature plants for personal use.
