TOWNSHIP 37 — Six years ago, there was more than logging going on in the wilderness in eastern Maine. Hidden from view and protected by gates, a sophisticated marijuana-growing operation featured a warehouse, bunkhouses, migrant workers — and $9 million worth of marijuana. It was camouflaged so well that a game warden rode right past […]
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Judge denies pot farm defendant’s request to visit dying dad
BANGOR — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to release one of the men convicted in the Township 37 marijuana plantation operation so he could visit his dying father — 10 days after the father died. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock found that Malcolm French was a flight risk because of his estimated worth of […]
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Mexican native says French asked him to find migrant workers to work Township 37 pot farm
BANGOR — A man with dual citizenship in Mexico and the U.S. identified Malcolm French as the person who asked him to find migrant workers to plant, tend and harvest marijuana at the Township 37 pot farm that police have called the most sophisticated ever uncovered in Maine. Moises Soto, 53, of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, […]
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MDEA agent: Slug bait, porn magazines link Township 37 pot farm to locations owned by defendant
BANGOR — The lead investigator in the Township 37 marijuana case testified Friday in federal court that many of the items seized as evidence at the site where nearly 3,000 mature marijuana plants were cultivated also were found at a nearby warehouse and in a home and hunting camp owned by one of the defendants. […]