Marijuana attacks are booming on the Michigan-Canada border

By Nicolas Jose Rodriguez

Canadian smugglers use sophisticated techniques like small submarines to bring marijuana into the U.S., where a patchwork of laws ranging from total legalization to total prohibition creates economic opportunity, MLive.com reported.

“It’s about profit,” said Matthew Stentz, special envoy for Homeland Security Investigations in Detroit. “Especially with the high-quality, potent stuff that is grown in the greenhouses. That is still very desirable in states where it is not necessarily legal. “

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supply and demand

Customs and border guards seized nearly 15,000 pounds of marijuana on the Michigan border, mostly in Detroit, this year alone. That’s seven times as much as the 2,189 pounds that were confiscated in 2018.

In Buffalo, 1,071 pounds were confiscated in 2016, up from 41,000 in fiscal 2021.

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Most of the grass smuggled into Canada is intercepted in Detroit. It usually goes to states where demand – and prices – are higher (…) states where marijuana is illegal, (…) Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Georgia, ”Stentz said.

Earlier this year, Buffalo News reported that customs and border guards in Buffalo continue to find unprecedented amounts of marijuana.

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The agency seized more than 40,000 pounds of marijuana in the fiscal year ended September 30, nearly 10 times more than in the previous fiscal year.

Canadian cannabis can be sold in the US illegal market for $ 3,000 to $ 5,000 a pound.

“The plants grown in greenhouses can produce flowers over four growth cycles per year. In addition, the flower is a perishable product. They can’t store it so they just shot it through the border, ”Kelly added.

This article originally appeared on Benzinga and was republished with permission.