Man Arrested in Ludington on Marijuana Charges
Posted: Jan 27, 2015 10:48 PM ESTUpdated: Jan 28, 2015 5:06 PM EST
By Karie Herringa, Web Producer
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A Northern Michigan narcotics enforcement team ended a drug investigation that started in the fall of last year.
Members of SSCENT and the Ludington Police Department executed a search warrant at a home on Whitter, and police arrested a man at a Ludington home Tuesday for possession with intent to deliver marijuana.
Inside the home, detectives found an undisclosed amount of marijuana and items used to sell it.
The man has yet to be formally arraigned in court.
This is kinda of a crazy separate story, here's the part that gets me...
"The U.S. Attorney's Office announced in 2013 it would begin using the Hobbs Act to prosecute armed robberies in Flint. Typically, it is used to target robbers who hit stores that sell items like cheese, soda and beer produced out-of-state. However, prosecutors are attempting to extend this protection of interstate commerce since the heroin the alleged victim sold was produced from poppies not grown in Michigan. While the tactic to extend this protection to illegal narcotics is rare, experts say it has been successfully used previously."
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/01/suspected_out-of-state_heroin.html