A federal grand jury has indicted a Navajo man, his father, and a business partner on charges of running illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation to supply the black market. Authorities seized 8,500 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine, firearms, and cash during raids on their properties.
A federal grand jury has indicted a Navajo man, his father and a business partner on charges that they were running illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation to supply the black marketFILE - Dineh Benally poses for a photograph before a Navajo Nation presidential forum at a tribal casino outside Flagstaff, Ariz., June 21, 2022.
Prosecutors described the alleged operation as a brazen criminal enterprise and asked a federal judge to detain the men pending trial,that there was a risk the defendants would flee and that they were a danger to the community. Benally and his associates. The workers claimed they were lured to northern New Mexico and forced to work long hours trimming marijuana on the Navajo Nation, where growing the plant is illegal.in Torrance County, east of Albuquerque. Regulators levied a $1 million fine, saying there were about 20,000 mature plants on site — four times more than the number allowed under the license. Inspectors also found another 20,000 immature plants.
With armed guards securing the farms on tribal land, the indictment alleges, vacuum sealers were used to package marijuana and Chinese workers transported the drugs across state lines.
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