Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen, Milwaukee police uncovered nearly $1 million in cash and more than 10,000 THC vaping cartridges in a small home on a modest street.
In addition to the cartridges filled with THC oil, police found 18 pounds of marijuana in the two-bedroom house and a loaded weapon.
They arrested Govanny “Gio” Molina, 34, and Amanda Ware, 30, on charges of maintaining a drug trafficking place, use of a dangerous weapon and possession with intent to distribute more than 10,000 grams of THC or 200 plants, as party to a crime.
The cash was in a bedroom closet inside two 20-gallon plastic storage totes, one with $450,500, the other with $452,680. Police also found about $30,000 in a dresser drawer.
The bust follows arrests last month of three members of a Kenosha, Wisconsin, family accused of running a massive counterfeit THC vape cartridge operation that reportedly produced as many as 5,000 cartridges a day.
The arrests come as doctors and epidemiologists across the country scramble to figure out what’s causing severe lung damage in more than 1,000 people nationwide — mostly teenagers and young adults — who said they recently vaped THC or nicotine or both. At least 18 people have died from what doctors say was vaping-related illness.
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