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Suspect Wanted for Marijuana Trafficking Ring Stretching from Santa Barbara County to Florida

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A SANTA BARBARA MAN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A MULTI STATE MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING RING.. BACK IN JANUARY AUTHORITIES IN OKLAHOMA ARRESTED 46 YEAR OLD KENNETH KOSTER AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH OVER 33 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA WHICH WAS HEADED FOR FLORIDA.. AFTER SEARCHING HIS HOME, 130 MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE FOUND ALONG WITH 27 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.. 31 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, 600 POUNDS OF HIGH GRADE MARIJUANA HAS BEEN SEIZED ALONG WITH 27 VEHICLES AND ABOUT 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.. SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN DREW SUGARS SAYS THE MARIJUANA WAS BEING GROWN LOCALLY FOR MEDICINAL USE BUT WAS BEING SOLD ILLEGALLY IN FLORIDA.. THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE MARIJUANA IN CALIFORNIA WAS FOUND TO BE 37 YEAR OLD GEORGE FOXX WHO REMAINS AT LARGE AND A $ 500 THOUSAND DOLLAR WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST..

 

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