Thursday, January 31, 2013
Additional charges are pending against Oudam Thou and Robert Thou after a Jan. 29 search of their home.
Two Plainfield Township men face felony charges after the Will County Gang Suppression Unit seized two semi-automatic weapons and thousands of grams of cannabis and synthetic cannabis during a search of their Hampton Court home. Oudam Thou, 26, and Robert Thou, 22, of the 1900 block of Hampton Court, are charged with manufacture/delivery of 2,000-5,000 grams of cannabis. Robert Thou is also charged with possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. Get Plainfield news delivered right to your inbox — sign up for the Patch newsletter. Will County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said additional charges against the duo are pending the outcome of testing on the suspected synthetic cannabis, also …
Friday, January 25, 2013
IHS Cigars and Tobacco on Route 30 was one of two Will County retailers caught selling synthetic marijuana this week, police said.
A Will County task force on Thursday seized 20 packages of synthetic marijuana from a Plainfield tobacco store after making a similar bust at a Joliet retailer, according to the Herald-News. Members of the Cooperative Police Assistance Team (CPAT) executed a search warrant at IHS Cigars and Tobacco, 16200 S. Lincoln Highway, and discovered the stash of K-2, or synthetic marijuana, hidden behind a display rack of candy, police said. Sign up for the Plainfield Patch newsletter. “For some time there have been ongoing complaints made to local police and the warrant resulted from four drug buys there,” CPAT Director Mike Weber told the Herald-News, adding the drug, which contains toxic substances, was concealed in Scooby-Doo packaging. Click …
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow — backed by Rep. Tom Cross and many of the county's police chiefs — put the word out about ridding the state of synthetic marijuana.
Shop owners are raking in outlandish profits on synthetic marijuana, marking up the product as much as 500 percent, said Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow. And that's why at least some merchants plan to continue carrying it despite a law that makes its sale a felony starting Jan. 1. During a Tuesday press conference at Shorewood Village Hall, Glasgow — who was joined by state Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego, Will County Executive Larry Walsh and a veritable army of Will County police chiefs — told of the reluctance to stop selling supposedly dangerous, and soon to be illegal, drugs. The state's attorney said he learned of this lack of cooperation from Crest Hill Alderman Charles Convery, who visited stores in his city to alert them to …
Ricky A
12:03 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Well Amanda you might be right, but we are not talking about the all natural plant of marijuana here. This chemically altered synthetic is nasty, similar qualities as methamphetamines more ›