Two Men Found To Have $16.8 Million In Marijuana At Addison Business |
Addison, IL — Luis Pichardo, 32, of 138 N. 18th Ave., Melrose Park, and Ignacio Morales, 28, of the same Melrose Park address have each been charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver (over 5,000 grams), a class-X felony, punishable by up to 6 to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, according to a release today from the DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert. B. Berlin.
On Friday evening, undercover agents with the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group (DuMeg) allegedly observed Pichardo and Morales acting suspiciously at a business at 135 Laura Drive in Addison. The men left the business and were pulled over by an Addison police officer a short time later for traffic violations. The driver of the vehicle, Pichardo, allegedly did not possess a valid driver’s license and was arrested.
During the traffic stop, a K-9 unit positively alerted officers on the vehicle. In the early morning hours on Saturday, a search warrant was obtained and executed for the 135 Laura Drive address. Inside the business, DuMeg officials recovered 3,700 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $16.8 million.
The men appeared in bond court Sunday morning, where Judge Else set bond for each man at $10 million with 10 percent to apply.
Both men are scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 19 for arraignment in front of Judge Robert Kleeman.
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watching them for what ever reason... then pulled over for a traffic violation... something made up... he was dumb not to have a valid license... what are you thinking.... maybe smoking too much of their own...
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