{"id":2003709,"date":"2023-08-17T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:40:24","slug":"illegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese marijuana grow operations worth billions discovered in Maine, says Border Patrol memo."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003709&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Illegal Chinese Marijuana Grow\u200b Operations Taking Over Rural Maine<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to \u2064a leaked\u200d memo\u2062 from Border \u200cPatrol, illegal Chinese marijuana\u2062 grow operations are cropping up throughout \u2064rural Maine, posing a significant problem for federal\u2063 officials. \u200bThe operations, believed to \u2064be profiting China, \u2062are spread across the U.S., particularly\u200b in rural areas. The \u2064Daily Caller News Foundation \u2064has reported on \u2062this\u2062 alarming issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;270 properties within the state that are actively used by the Chinese&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The memo, dated July,\u2064 reveals that Border Patrol has identified 270 \u2062properties\u200b actively used by the Chinese for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-chinese-marijuana-grow-operations-worth-billions-cropping-up-in-maine-border-patrol-memo\/\" title=\"Chinese marijuana grow operations worth billions discovered in Maine, says Border Patrol memo.\">illegal \u2063marijuana operations<\/a> in\u2064 Maine. Shockingly, \u2064a single \u200dproperty can generate over \u2063$16 million \u2063in profit annually, which is likely used for\u2063 other criminal activities or sent back to China. The \u2063total profits from \u200cthese operations could exceed $4 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Transport Route and\u2063 Chinese Influence<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The memo also highlights the\u200b significance of I-95\u200b as the main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ericsson-ceo-reveals-company-may-have-paid-isis-other-terrorists-for-access-to-transport-routes-in-iraq\/\" title=\"Ericsson CEO Reveals Company May Have Paid ISIS, Other Terrorists for Access to Transport Routes in Iraq\">transport route<\/a>\u200d for bulk cash, illegal\u2062 narcotics,\u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-urge-americans-to-stay-home-in-january-knowing-no-one-would-show-up-for-a-stolen-inauguration\/\" title=\"Democrats Urge Americans to Stay Home in January Knowing No One Would Show Up for a Stolen Inauguration\">illegal aliens<\/a>. This route, stretching from Miami,\u200b Florida, to New Brunswick, enables smugglers to access many adjoining \u2064states. \u2064The\u200b problem of \u2064illegal Chinese marijuana grows is not limited to Maine and has been ongoing\u200d for years. Chinese \u2064nationals involved in these operations have \u200dbeen arrested in states like California and Colorado, as reported by the Portland Press Herald in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Derek Maltz, the former head of the DEA&#8217;s\u2063 Special Operations\u200d Division, emphasizes the\u2062 lack of deterrence in dealing \u2064with these criminals. He states, &#8220;Criminals are\u200d masters at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evil-democrats-changed-house-rules-so-they-could-smear-president-trump-repeatedly-during-impeachment-sham-as-a-racist-and-white-supremacist-in-chief\/\" title=\"EVIL: Democrats Changed House Rules So They Could Smear President Trump Repeatedly During Impeachment Sham as a Racist and \u201cWhite Supremacist-in-Chief\u201d\">taking advantage<\/a> of vulnerabilities.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration with Mexican Drug Cartels<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese\u2064 nationals frequently collaborate with Mexican drug\u2063 cartels, according to \u200dMaltz. They use cash from the cartels to \u200cpurchase\u200b properties and make \u2064investments in the U.S., \u2062forming part of their money laundering \u200dscheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK\u200b HERE TO \u2064GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 2020, the recreational sale of marijuana has \u200bbeen legal in Maine, following the voters&#8217; legalization of the drug\u200d in 2016. However, the presence of illegal Chinese marijuana grow operations poses a significant challenge\u200b to law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, it\u200b is estimated that\u2064 up to 90% of the illicit fentanyl found in the U.S. originates from China, highlighting the broader impact of Chinese involvement \u200din the illegal drug \u2062trade.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that illegal Chinese marijuana grow operations are spreading across rural Maine. The leaked memo from Border Patrol suggests that China is benefiting from these illegal activities, which are prevalent not only in Maine but also in various rural areas across the United States. The report from the Daily Caller News Foundation highlights this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2003710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}