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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Probe Still Ongoing into Jofield Pot Houses

Plainfield police said the most recent raid they did at a Joliet house turned up so much pot that suspects could have easily netted $250,000 for it.

A tip from a Plainfield police officer led to a drug raid that netted 71 cannabis plants, 18 pounds of loose marijuana, four handguns and a rifle, police said Wednesday. Husband and wife Randy, 28, and Nicole Mota, 26, were arrested following a search of their home at 6512 Roth Drive in Joliet. Read: 2 Arrested in Drug House Raid  The raid was conducted by Plainfield police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, acting on a tip from a Plainfield officer assigned to the DEA’s Chicago branch, Plainfield Sgt. Mike Fisher said. According to Fisher, the raid began in the early morning hours Tuesday and was aided by the Plainfield police department’s K-9, Aron. Joliet police also assisted with the search. Randy Mota is charged with …

Pair Busted in Joliet Drug House Raid; Huge Amount of Pot Found

This is the third drug-growing operation to be uncovered in the Joliet-Plainfield area through investigations conducted by the DEA and Plainfield police.

For the third time in as many weeks, police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents busted an alleged local marijuana-dealing operation, this time in Joliet. Plainfield police arrested Randy Mota, 28, and Nicole Mota, 26, following a Tuesday raid at their 6512 Roth Drive home, and recovered 71 cannabis plants and 18 pounds of loose cannabis, Plainfield Sgt. Mike Fisher said. The drugs have a street value of more than $250,000, he said. Fisher said a Plainfield officer who works with the Chicago branch of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency helped uncover the operation. The Joliet Police Department participated in the raid, but served only as backup for the DEA and Plainfield police, Joliet Cmdr. Rich Demick said. Because it was not a …

Sryan

12:12 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013

Your article says smoking weed is more harmful than tobacco, which is obviously one sidedly written and wrong, @Deborah Halley. It also says not one thing about the numerous truths related to eating/vaporizing cannabis. I personally suffer from anxiety, psychosis from PTSD, and bipolar (NOS). I medically cry for help and have been on every pharmaceutical put on the market from 1999-2010. In that …   more ›

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