$706K in marijuana seized from Buford home; 4 charged
Three men and a woman are facing felony charges in Hall County after authorities said they were caught cultivating more than $706,000 of marijuana.
Tuan Le Khac, 39, of Buford, James Thanh Nguyen, 52, of Lawrenceville, Thu Loan Phan, 44, of Montezuma, and Vinh Thein Tran, 54, of Lawrenceville were “actively engaged in cultivating the marijuana plants” when they were arrested, Hall sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Don Scalia said.
The arrests are the culmination of an investigation by Hall’s Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad, sheriff’s deputies and Gainesville police, Scalia said.
Law enforcement officers were sent to a residence in the 6000 block of Old Wood Hollow Way in Buford to execute a search warrant Wednesday. The four were inside the home at the time, as were 253 marijuana plants that they are accused of growing in the basement, authorities said.
Narcotics officials made arrests and seized the plants, Scalia said.
“In addition, approximately 100 pounds of processed marijuana/marijuana buds, approximately 120 pounds of marijuana processing byproducts ... 159 root balls from harvested marijuana plants, $1,074 in cash, packaging materials, and digital scales were seized,” Scalia said.
The suspects were booked into the Hall County Jail on charges of manufacturing marijuana, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and felony possession of marijuana.
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