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Another major ganja seizure in Portland

The police in Portland are reporting the seizure of 930 pounds of ganja, valued at $6.5 million, in Boston. They say that the recovery was made during a raid on Thursday which saw a fishing boat and the area being searched. Three knitted bags and...

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