7 Chinese Nationals Charged Over Marijuana Trafficking in Massachusetts, Maine

DOJ said the defendants allegedly smuggled Chinese nationals to work in suburban grow houses, producing and distributing bulk marijuana.
7 Chinese Nationals Charged Over Marijuana Trafficking in Massachusetts, Maine
The Department of Justice in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Seven Chinese nationals were charged on July 8 for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar marijuana trafficking network in the suburban neighborhoods of Massachusetts and Maine, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Prosecutors alleged that the defendants turned single-family properties in Massachusetts and Maine into covert interconnected grow houses for cultivating and distributing “kilogram-sized quantities” of marijuana in bulk, which started in January 2020, according to a DOJ statement.