Seeds Lead To 19 Pot Plants

Seeds Lead To 19 Pot Plants
Online Purchase Tracked By Police

Stan Maddux
For The News-Dispatch

LA PORTE - An online purchase of marijuana seeds from overseas caught the attention of federal authorities, leading to the discovery of an alleged growing operation in La Porte.

According to investigators, 19 plants were grown mostly to support the habit of David Bollinger, 57, and Sandra Manring, 49.

"They've been longtime users of marijuana," Indiana State Police Trooper Jason Sample alleged.

Sample, the lead investigator, said the seeds were ordered from Europe and delivered to Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

U.S. Customs and Immigration authorities detected something peculiar about the package and called Indiana authorities.

With the address from the package in hand, Sample responded to the home Monday night in the 1600 block of Stone Lake Drive.

He smelled an odor of fresh marijuana and was allowed to go in the basement where the plants, high-powered lights, fertilizer and other materials used in a hydroponic growing operation were discovered.

Due to their cooperation, the couple will be allowed to turn themselves in if a judge - after reviewing the evidence - orders them arrested, police said.

The couple allegedly told investigators they had been growing marijuana for at least four years, mostly for personal use.

Judging from their ledger books, though, Sample said some of the marijuana was sold.

At full maturity, all of the plants would have a street value of more than $10,000, police said.



So how safe is seed buying online?????

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1. why in the hell did they arrive at the airport?
2. he must have been ordering mass amounts of seed to notice a package that looks 'suspicious' i call bullshit
3. why in the fuck did he use his real name and address?


my point is proven all the time. growing weed doesnt get people busted, stupid people growing weed get themselves busted.

no wonder they think us potheads are so dumb.... we do stupid shit and dont cover tracks

I'm not sure of all of the details, but I always see posts here stating that no one has ever heard of anyone getting busted for seeds. Well, now you have.

I suspect they arrived at the airport because that is where air mail arrives. If you ever get a chance to visit an airport, look around at the planes. You see UPS, Fed Ex, etc. Customs checks air mail.

Mail sent by freight gets checked by port authorities...etc.

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Also, it doesn't matter how many seeds are ordered. 1 seed is illegal. People get those confiscation letters without ordering tons of seeds.

It doesn't take much for customs to hand that information over to the local LEO.

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you are not understanding what im saying.


do you know how much mail comes from overseas? there is no way in hell they just picked out a packaged and determined there was something peculiar about it.

cmon man...you know that smells of shit, bullshit more specifically!

i still stick to my original comment. buying seeds is not what got them busted.

its the stupidity that got them popped.

we are doing something highly illegal, highly! why would one be so lax/passive on the steps our hobby requires? you just cant take short cuts when your security is at risk.

i cant fathom why he used his real name &/or address. IMO, that is just asking for attention. 'AYE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!! look at me, im ordering illegal contraband and not even being discreet about it!!!!!!! Just for a smack in your face'

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regardless, thanks for the post & the heads up!

cmon he been growing for 4 years?

and he just getting caught?

yup! he got comfy...i mean real comfortable, cocky and let down his guard!

no matter how long im in this hobby, i will NOT ever get comfortable! i will NOT be passive or let my guard down

In posting this, it was not my intention to debate the how's and why's. Just to pass on the information.

It is up to the readers to decide if they feel it is important or not. I've read posts of people stating that they use their real name AND real address (Even the address where they are growing).

I felt that this may be an eye opener for those individuals. It may behoove some of those people to rethink their strategy.

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One other thing of note... if you read carefully, the seeds arrived in a completely DIFFERENT state. They arrived in Chicago, and customs called Indiana LEO.

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which is why i thanked you..... i have no problem with your post. infact, we need to be on the news and watching their ass just like they watch us.


i just wanted to put my 2cents in. Especially b/c people will see post like this and get all scared. No nuts no glory bro. They want us to read shit like this so they can 'strike' fear in a our hearts. Fuck that. Overgrow the Government!!!