Law enforcement busted up an illegal marijuana cultivation site of nearly 1,000 plants inside Los Banos city limits, police said Thursday. The Merced Area Gang Narcotics Team served a search … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two with ‘large amount’ of weed arrested after chase in Merced County, police say
A man and woman were arrested during the weekend with a suitcase full of marijuana and a digital scale, according to Los Banos police. A Los Banos officer attempted to … Click to Continue »
Read More »They’ve been legally growing weed for medicine. Merced County wants to pull the plug
With degenerating discs in his back, Adam Pluguez of Merced County lives with daily pain and lack of mobility, but the medical cannabis he grows outside helps him get by. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County deputies bust up illegal weed site
Dangerous chemicals can make outdoor growing of weed detrimental to the environment, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies destroyed a site on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (Thaddeus Miller/tmiller@mercedsunstar.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Turlock man arrested in Merced County for dealing drugs, police say. It was weed
Police arrested a man Wednesday in Livingston who is suspected of dealing marijuana, officers said. The Merced Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression Unit served a search warrant at about 11:40 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County plan to ban outdoor weed growth hurts the poor and sick, advocates say
Merced County is making moves to reverse its stance on growing marijuana outdoors, which advocates say will affect the poorest and sickest medical cannabis users. The Merced County Board of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Victim said he was invited to smoke weed at Merced home. Instead, he was attacked
Three teens were jailed Tuesday afternoon after they allegedly beat up a man they planned to smoke marijuana with, Merced police reported. Officers responded to the 2800 block of Park … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deputies bust up indoor weed cultivation
A house in the 6000 block of Irvine Drive in Winton was growing more than 150 marijuana plants indoors, Merced County Sheriff’s Office said Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. The occupants were stealing at least $ 2,000 worth of electricity, deputies said. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Thinking about opening a weed business in Merced? Here’s what leaders want to allow
Merced is looking at how many marijuana business it wants in town, and how strictly dispensaries and related businesses should be treated. Leaders showed support for allowing marijuana distributors, testers … Click to Continue »
Read More »How much weed can you carry now that California has legalized marijuana? You might be surprised
Proposition 64 establishes one ounce of marijuana, or 8 grams of cannabis concentrates, as the legal limit for recreational pot possession for adults over the age of 21. Here are examples of actual amounts of products someone could carry now that California voters approved the ballot measure on Tuesday, Nov. …
Read More »Consultant says Merced could get $1.6M a year — if it allowed recreational weed shops
Merced stands to make as much as an estimated $ 1.6 million a year in marijuana tax revenue if it allowed recreational marijuana, according to the city’s weed consultant. A report … Click to Continue »
Read More »House illegally growing weed catches fire
A house and three cars were damaged when an illegal marijuana cultivation site caught fire Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, law enforcement officials confirmed. … Click to Continue »
Read More »House illegally growing weed catches fire
More than 150 marijuana plants caught fire Monday in a home where they were illegally being grown just west of Merced, law enforcement officials confirmed. The home in the 1800 … Click to Continue »
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