PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 24, 2023
Maine’s congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Justice Department to shut down illegal Chinese-run marijuana growing operations in the state. A letter signed by Maine’s U.S. senators and representatives this week to Attorney General Merrick Garland comes in response to a report on a conservative news website suggesting there could be as many as 270 growing operations here worth more than $4 billion. Profits from these operations allegedly are being sent back to China or used in other criminal activities.