Maine authorities raided three more illegal marijuana operations on Tuesday. Police have reportedly busted a total of seven in the last month in central Maine.
Two of the locations searched on Tuesday were in Whitefield and the other in Chelsea.
On Jan. 17., police raided homes two homes in Whitefield and a location in Jefferson. Police also searched another home in Whitefield on Jan. 10.
Several arrests were made but officials say one suspect did flee the area.
This is the latest in a series of raids after Maine’s congressional delegation recently made calls for the Justice Department to “crack down” on illegal Chinese-run marijuana operations, which they say are worth close to $4.5 billion and includes 270 suspected properties.
In total, authorities have raided seven of these operations in the last month based on information from the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says the following people are sought or have been charged:
Xiangming Yi, 61, is still at largeWeihuan Liu, 41, of Brooklyn, NY Huan Ying Li, 57, formerly of NYC.Zhen Zhong Chen, 45.Ming Da Li, 41, of Brooklyn, NY.Wan Ting Xiao, 50, of San Gabriel, Ca. Ding Zhan Liao, 49, of Brooklyn, NY.
They’ve seized over 6,000 plants total, which equals roughly 107 pounds of processed marijuana.
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