Nearly $17 Million Worth of Marijuana Found Less Than 2 Miles from Elmhurst City Limits
Two men each held on $10 million bond.
Two men each are being held on a $10 million bond after they were arrested for possession of 3,700 pounds of marijuana Saturday, Aug. 27.
In the evening hours of Friday, Aug. 26, undercover agents with DuMeg allegedly saw Luis Pichardo, 32, of 138 N. 18th Ave., Melrose Park, and Ignacio Morales, 28, of the same address, acting suspiciously at a business in Addison.
The men left the business and were pulled over by Addison police for traffic violations a short time later. Pichardo, the driver, reportedly did not have a valid drivers license and was arrested. During the stop, a police dog showed a positive response.
In the early morning hours on Saturday, Aug. 27, a search warrant was obtained for the Addison business, located at 135 Laura Drive. Inside, DuMeg officers recovered 3,700 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $16.8 million.
Pichardo and Morales have each been charged with one count of unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (over 5,000 grams), which is a Class X felony punishable by up to six to 30 years in prison.
The men appeared in DuPage bond court on Monday, where Judge Else set their bond at $10 million each. Both men are scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 19 for arraignment in front of Judge Robert Kleeman.
“I would like to commend officials at DuMeg for their solid police work in this case,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said Monday. “Because of their efforts, nearly 2 tons of marijuana will not make it to the streets. I would also like to thank Assistant State’s Attorney Audrey Anderson for her continued efforts in protecting society from illegal drugs and the pain and heartache they can bring.”
This complaint contains only charges and is not proof of the defendants’ guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
jsknow
2:10 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
'If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.' ~Thomas Jefferson
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson.
“They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security”. Benjamin Franklin
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." Samuel Adams
No matter where you stand on the issue of legalizing marijuana everyone should read:
MARIJUANA AND HEMP THE UNTOLD STORY, Thomas J. Bouril,
WHY IS MARIJUANA ILLEGAL, Pete Guither
and the free online book:
THE EMPEROR WEARS NO CLOTHES, The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and The Conspiracy Against Marijuana.
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If you think marijuana prohibition has anything to do with the imaginary, false, fabricated, alleged harms from using marijuana as a recreational drug, YOU HAVE BEEN DUPED!
jsknow
2:18 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Learn the TRUTH about marijuana / hemp! It was NOT made illegal because it harms "We The People" but it's a huge threat to crooks that want to sell you poisons instead of you being able to grow things for yourself, or buy safer, superior, more environmentally friendly products than those being sold to you now by crooked mega-corporations that "lobby" (buy) crooked politicians who keep marijuana / hemp illegal.
This one plant produces food, paper, cloth, fuel, building materials, medicine, a FAR safer, so called "recreational drug" than alcohol or tobacco and it can be used to provide over 50,000 green job producing products.
No one, of any age, in all of recorded history, anywhere on planet earth, ever died from marijuana and that includes from SMOKING it! Many have died from marijuana PROHIBITION and according to the Government's own estimates, ILLEGAL marijuana sales NEEDLESSLY fund criminals, gangsters, terrorists and illegal aliens with about $113 Billion TAX FREE dollars every year BECAUSE it is illegal.
The ONLY reason you see very few illegal alcohol dealers today is BECAUSE alcohol is LEGAL. When was the last time you heard of alcohol dealers getting into a shootout? I bet it was when alcohol was PROHIBITED.
jsknow
2:19 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Virtually every bit of anti-marijuana propaganda is nothing but pure lies. Marijuana does not cause aggressive behavior. Marijuana does not cause dangerous driving. Marijuana does not cause cancer, brain damage or any serious health problems. Marijuana prohibition does not keep kids away from marijuana, illegal dealers don’t ask for ID. Marijuana is not a “gateway drug”, there is absolutely NOTHING about marijuana that causes people to use other drugs. Marijuana is not addictive. In fact marijuana is one of the safest substances known! Marijuana is SAFER than many foods we consume and give to our kids all the time! Exactly what good is this prohibition doing and who is benefiting from it?
Stewart Levine
10:12 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
i think that dupage county likes stealing peoples money, and property. thats what i think.... what is worse is that this is the general consensus of the public. how do you feel about that dupage county?