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| Man sells 1 ton of pot through restaurant |
| 2004-01-16 |
| Found via the new news-compilation site Topix, which compiles news by topic and geographical location. I highly recommend it! A Jamaican man living in Pennsylvania was sentenced to 10 years in prison and faces deportation for using a Caribbean restaurant to sell more than a ton a marijuana, sometimes in takeout containers. I guess the name "Ganja to Go" wasn’t obvious enough... Herbert Heath, 41, of Monroeville, was sentenced Thursday for his October guilty pleas to drug conspiracy, money laundering and immigration charges. Heath’s attorneys, federal public defender Crystina Kowalczyk and Florida lawyer Martin Roth, did not return phone calls for comment after business hours on Thursday. Federal prosecutors said Heath, who had twice been deported for gun and drug charges, used a false name to move to western Pennsylvania in the late 1990s, where he began selling marijuana out of a restaurant in suburban Pittsburgh. Federal prosecutors estimated he and his accomplices sold a ton of the drug between 1997 and 2002. Prosecutors said Heath also wired drug money back home to Jamaica. Too bad he got caught so soon. He might have had amnesty under the proposed immigration law changes. *spit* |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #7 not coffee - diet coke |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-16 4:05:40 PM |
| #6 A pity - come legalization, there will be a franchise opportunity there. Sadly no, when and if that day comes selling food and Ganja at the same establishment will be forbidden. For obvious reasons. 1 Ganja Fatty = $5.00 1 lb. Bag Wise Tater Chips = $92.00. Not sporting... Shooting fish in a barrell. Course McD.. would do well... uh.... 12 cheeseburgers, 3 fries... 1 coffee., yes and 5 apple pies... yes, only 1 coffee. That's for here. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-16 3:17:01 PM |
| #5 I bet they made great brownies there. LOL One of the funniest episodes of 'Barney Miller' occured when someone brought in hashish laced brownies that his girlfriend had baked. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-16 1:24:50 PM |
| #4 A pity - come legalization, there will be a franchise opportunity there. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-1-16 12:17:04 PM |
| #3 I bet they made great brownies there. An all around solid marketing plan. Easy to launder the cash, easy distribution... and giving people the munchies was good for his restaraunt sales too. |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-16 11:51:42 AM |
| #2 Federal prosecutors said Heath, who had twice been deported for gun and drug charges,.. Inspires a lot of confidence, doesn't it? The U.S. government deports someone twice, and yet still manages to be unable to keep him out. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-16 11:46:23 AM |
| #1 sometimes in takeout containers "You want rolling papers with that?" |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-1-16 11:45:36 AM |