Despite a countywide burn ban, flames shot into the air last week when thousands of marijuana plants were destroyed following a sweeping investigation. In what officials are calling the largest marijuana seizure in Virginia this year, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office confiscated over 14,000 cannabis plants with a street value estimated at $44 million.
The investigation, which began with a tip from a concerned citizen, spread to the discovery of two local marijuana farms and possible ties to Los Zetas, one of the most dangerous drug cartels in Mexico. "On August 11, the Richmond...
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