Authorities in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania have arrested and charged eight men in an operation that dealt massive ammounts of high-grade marijuana near Philadelphia.
Local television station KYW-TV reports that the investigation, known as "Operation Weed Whacker," resulted from a tip received by authorities from a member of the community.
Authorities are saying that the drug ring was part of a major nationwide drug distribution network that moved millons of dollars worth of marijuana throughout the country.
"Each of those pounds is sold in Pennsylvania for $4,000 a pound," said Montgomery County DA Risa Ferman. "So we're talking about an organization that in less than one and a half years has moved fourteen-and-a-half million dollars."
Authorites used surveillance and cell phone wiretaps to break up the organization and confiscated guns, cell phones, approximately $700,000 in cash, and hundreds of pounds of marijuana during the raid.
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