Ohio High School Kingpin Arrested in Major Drug Bust

Ohio High School Kingpin Arrested in Major Drug Bust - Yahoo! News

Ohio police have arrested an alleged drug kingpin, a 17-year-old accused of running a multimillion dollar ring that distributed high-grade marijuana through two school districts and netted $20,000 a month.

When cops raided the boy's bedroom at his parents' home, they found over $6,000 in cash, prosecutors said.

Authorities have not released the student's name, because he was a 16-year-old minor at the time he committed the alleged drug deals. Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said the boy will be tried as juvenile.

Cops first became aware of a high-grade hydroponic strain of marijuana being sold for $350-$400 an ounce in the Mason school district near Cincinnati last year. An undercover agent began making buys at Mason High School, where the teenager was a student, and uncovered a dealing operation headed by the arrested student.

"The undercover officer uncovered six students or former students working for that individual and trafficking drugs in two school districts," Fornshell told ABC News.

"The group supplied an overwhelming amount of marijuana in the Mason and King school districts," Fornshell said.

The marijuana previously sold in the areas was a lower-grade variety smuggled into the U.S. through the border, but the weed they began seeing last year was a much more expensive product.

The student helped lead cops to uncover a major grow operation, run by locals out of warehouses and other buildings in three nearby towns.

Six other adult individuals were ultimately arrested for their role in growing and distributing the drug.

Authorities seized 600 plants from the three grow houses, with an estimated street value of $3 million.

All of the individuals have been indicted by a grand jury, but have yet to be arraigned or enter pleas.

Authorities seized 600 plants from the three grow houses, with an estimated street value of $3 million.

Those numbers never make any sense xD

they weigh the entire plant (with soil weight, water weight, etc.)

600 plants * $300 per ounce * 16.6 ounces per plant = $3 million

600 plants * $20 per gram ($560 per ounce) * 8.92 ounces per plant = $3 million

EDIT: apparently no one can figure out that the point i'm trying to make is that there estimate is pretty much some bullshit. No fucking shit you won't get 16 ounces a plant and all the other shit you guys are trying to nit pick about.

Edited by purplerhino, 22 July 2012 - 03:35 AM.

Fucking kid narced.

The marijuana previously sold in the areas was a lower-grade variety smuggled into the U.S. through the border, but the weed they began seeing last year was a much more expensive product

Thats some bullshit. They should be glad the kids are getting some quality.

The illegality of cannabis makes the industry more profitable and when kids see just how much money they can make for putting in a minimal amount of work, then of course there's going to be a handful that start growing and selling. If it were legalized and regulated, it wouldn't be so damn profitable and there wouldn't be nearly as many kids entering the drug trade for the sake of making a quick buck. Because who the hell would buy marijuana from some shiesty high school kid, if instead they could buy it from a legally licensed dispensary?

Hahaha! What a boss! Talk about an euntrepeneur (fuck I can't spell)

I hope someone kicks the narc's ass for ridding their town of high grade.

You already know that the narc is gonna get his ass whooped. Well deserved. Lol.

Don't worry folks! The locally grown high grade weed has been removed so now the bloodstained shwag can rightfully take its place again.

Don't worry folks! The locally grown high grade weed has been removed so now the bloodstained shwag can rightfully take its place again.

So true smh

they weigh the entire plant (with soil weight, water weight, etc.)

600 plants * $300 per ounce * 16.6 ounces per plant = $3 million

600 plants * $20 per gram ($560 per ounce) * 8.92 ounces per plant = $3 million

Yeah right man good luck getting enough space to get indoor plants that yield roughly 17 ounces.

think hell get out scott free because hes a minor?

think hell get out scott free because hes a minor?

That and the fact that he dimed out everyone else. Or more likely probation and fines.

Yeah right man good luck getting enough space to get indoor plants that yield roughly 17 ounces.

Did you bother to read enough to know what I was talking about? The first line of what you quoted says that they weigh the entire plant.

Edited by purplerhino, 18 July 2012 - 06:40 PM.

Thats one house I wish I would have robbed..

So instead of a coke or heroin kingpin the cops go after a high school kid. Man, they are so brave!

I hope someone kicks the narc's ass for ridding their town of high grade.

Lol, we still got the high grade in mason, dont worry bout that

lol what a chump got scared by the police to drop names. straight up pussy they were trying him as a juvenile he was facing 0 time! could have manned up and took a slap on the wrist.. but now forever a rat!

Oh and fuck the media