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Maine State Police Investigating Homicide at Illicit Cannabis Grow Run by “Chinese Gang from NY”

Steve RobinsonBy Steve RobinsonDecember 19, 202413 Comments3 Mins Read6K Views
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The Maine State Police are investigating a homicide that is tied to the location of a former illegal Chinese marijuana grow in Turner, near the defunct Twitchell-Turner-Auburn Airport.

According to a source who asked to remain anonymous, the Maine State Police (MSP) have asked at least one Turner property owner for security camera footage from the first week of December. It was disclosed during that process that they were investigating a homicide that involved a large building on Conant Road.

[RELATED: Asian Biz Owners with Illegal Cannabis Ties Targeted in Complex Home Invasion Spree Across Maine…]

A law enforcement official subsequently confirmed for the Maine Wire that a homicide did occur at 57 Conant Road in Turner, that it was related to drug trafficking, and that the victim is a white male.

Incident reports obtained by the Maine Wire indicate that police suspected in March 2021 that the location—at 57 Conant Road—was under the control of a “Chinese gang” from New York.

Records obtained through the Freedom of Access Act show a Maine State trooper describing the 57 Conant road location as a Chinese criminal operation as early as March 2021.

Office of Cannabis Policy records reviewed by the Maine Wire also point toward the location as a significant nexus for Chinese organized crime during the time that it was owned by Green Future LLC.

The property owner who was asked for CCTV footage said that the responding MSP officers revealed the body was found in Westbrook.

The law enforcement official said it’s believed that the victim was involved in an attempted robbery at the former Chinese marijuana grow.

[RELATED: Illegal Chinese Marijuana in Maine: The Shadowy Network of Johnny Wu and Green Future LLC (PART II)…]

The MSP has not officially disclosed the homicide or the homicide investigation.

According to a source familiar with the investigation, the homicide occurred the morning of Dec. 3 and the victim was shot in the head by a young white male wielding a revolver.

Records obtained by the Maine Wire show the facility at that address was owned for a time by Green Future LLC, a company connected to two medical marijuana growers who have lost their licenses, Jung “Jason” Yen Tsai, of Greene, and Yen “Johnny” Hsein Wu, of Lewiston.

Since that time, the property has changed hands and its ownership has become the subject of foreclosure and legal disputes involving Green Future LLC director Ganggang “George” Zheng and other illegal marijuana grow locations once controlled by the shell company.

Turner property records currently list the owner of the property as Huan Zhou, of Ellicott City, Maryland, the director of Grace Garden LLC.

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<span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="33424 https://www.themainewire.com/?p=33424">13 Comments

  1. bill in Bangor on December 19, 2024 8:49 AM

    Every one of these operations could be shut down overnight. The technology about electric use, tracking needed grow material, and neighborhood tips undoubtedly have every illegal grow operation identified.

  2. Mainer on December 19, 2024 9:22 AM

    Why haven’t you exposed (former Dem)Eddie Dugay and his connection to the Triad?
    Is it because the Dem’s won’t investigate, and you are afraid of retribution?

  3. Timmy Ramone on December 19, 2024 9:59 AM

    I wonder what Maine will be like when they deport all the non-citizens.

  4. Bill on December 19, 2024 12:44 PM

    Are Democrats getting a kickback? They don’t seem too interested in investigating.

  5. sandy on December 19, 2024 12:54 PM

    Sen King are your eyes open yet? Call the Gov and tell her to forget about running for a higher office.

  6. sandy on December 19, 2024 12:56 PM

    bill in Bangor– you are 100% CORRECT, BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE IN MAINE.

  7. Olde Crone on December 20, 2024 7:40 AM

    The Mills Dynasty does not object to this rapidly increasing black market industry or the additional escalation/increase of the horrific criminal activity associated with these ruthless untouchable Chinese
    Communist gangs.
    Very interesting and very dangerous. Ask yourself why.

  8. Boxcar on December 20, 2024 8:09 AM

    They won’t raid these grow houses….but will and did send in a swat team to Sunday River Restaurant a few years ago to shut down the operation. So tell me, what has exactly has changed since 2020-2021??? No more masks, no 6′ social distancing, no more Plexiglas barriers. What’s changed?

  9. sandy on December 20, 2024 8:11 AM

    Olde Crone– From the top, The President, to the bottom the Democratic party is corrupt. That is your answer

  10. Gardiner Schneider on December 20, 2024 8:53 AM

    Was Maine’s Governess’s lawyer Brother involved in leasing this Drug Grow as well as the one mentioned in the listings below the main article. Asking for a friend.

  11. Blob Watcher on December 20, 2024 9:18 AM

    Why are the commenters tip toeing around when implicating the Dems? Look, the Democrats (and a good slug of RINO’s) are corrupt. Say their names!

  12. Conservative on December 20, 2024 11:12 AM

    The Maine State Police along with other agencies know exactly where all these illegals ‘weed’ growing operations are. As do a lot of the real estate people who sold the houses to Chinese nations from Ma and NY.
    Cut off the power and water to those residences and the operations will stop.
    It was reported that there are over 200 locations in Maine – someone, somewhere is getting paid off to keep these places going.

  13. Lochlan on December 20, 2024 12:46 PM

    Liberal run maine government is a joke.

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