The Cook County Sheriff's department says it's one of the largest marijuana seizures in its history.

Some $20 million worth of high-end, uncut marijuana was confiscated from a house in suburban Lyons.

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ONE of the heirs to the Samsung Electronics fortune has been arrested after US police found almost 230kg of marijuana in her luggage.

Lisette Lee, 28, was arrested by Federal Drug Enforcement Officials after a private jet she was on landed at Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Samsung Statement on Lisette Lee

Contrary to some media reports, Lisette Lee is not an heiress of Samsung Electronics and is not a member of Samsung´s Lee family.

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Erklärung von Samsung zu Lisette Lee

"Entgegen einigen Presseberichten ist Lisette Lee keine Erbin von Samsung Electronics und keine Angehörige der Familie Lee von Samsung."

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A Predator UAV climbed into the early morning Arizona sky June 1 and headed east to conduct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's first surveillance flight along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas.

..... Predators have proven valuable for patrolling the border in Arizona, New Mexico and California, where they have been operating since 2005. They are credited with contributing to the seizure of more than 25,000 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of more than 5,000 illegal immigrants. In 2006, a patrolling Predator crashed in the Arizona desert.

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Uganda police are investigating after a marijuana plantation was uncovered in the garden of a convent.

A regional police chief told the BBC that plants covering one acre had been found and uprooted in the southern Masaka district.

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The indictment charges Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra with one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and four counts of possession with intent to distribute between 100 kilograms and 1,000 kilograms.

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In Grönlands Hauptstadt Nuuk raucht derzeit der vermutlich größte "Joint" der Welt: Die Behörden verfeuern dort seit gestern (Donnerstag) auf einen Zeitraum von mehreren Tagen verteilt rund 118 Kilo beschlagnahmtes Cannabis. Der Chef des Drogendezernats der Polizei in Nuuk empfahl jenen Bürgern, die mitschnuppern wollen, vorher wegen der Windrichtung den Wetterbericht zu checken.

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More than 2,200 people have been arrested during a 22-month investigation aimed at thwarting Mexican drug cartel efforts to distribute narcotics across the U.S. and funnel guns and money back south of the border, federal authorities said Thursday.

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A coalition patrol on Tuesday discovered approximately 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) of marijuana in a truck in southern Afghanistan, while a separate operation led to the arrest of a Taliban commander and several others.

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