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Underground Economies: The Pot Biz

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12/22/09

  • Police Find Pot Plants At Fortune Cookie Factory

    From the AP.

    Oakland police are looking for the growers of at least 1,000 marijuana plants found after a small fire at a one-time Oakland fortune cookie factory.

    Sgt. Rich Vierra says the pot plants, valued at about $500,000, were not burned during Monday's fire in the former Kar Mee Fortune Cookie Factory in Oakland's Chinatown district.

    Police say the plants ranged in size from seedlings to 4 feet tall and were being grown in about 1,750 square feet of space.

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